To Be or Not to Be
by Alan Johnson
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Actor: Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, Mel Brooks, Tim MathesonDirector: Alan Johnson
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: To Be or Not To Be
Summary: 5 Stars
A very hard video to find, but Amazon had it, this is one of Mel Brooks best films, very funny.I reccomend it highly to everyone.
Summary of To Be or Not to Be
No filmmaker seems to take such glee at poking fun of the Nazis as Mel Brooks. In To Be or Not to Be, a remake of a 1942 Jack Benny comedy, Brooks and an all-star ensemble cast have a splendid time working as a makeshift Polish underground in World War II, using as their cover their theatrical company. Brooks stars as Frederick Bronski, a legend-in-his-own-mind leading man, and Anne Bancroft, Brooks' real-life wife, is his glamorous--and amorous--spouse. It's a joy to see the two spar, snuggle, and softshoe together. Bancroft, in her early '50s, is so gorgeous and seductive it's perfectly believable that she's beguiling to men of all ages--from a hunky young flier played by Tim Matheson to a wizened Nazi collaborator played by Mel Ferrer. As one would expect in a Brooks film, there's lots of silliness, but the script is leavened with real drama and fleshed out by a superb cast, including Charles Durning as a semi-clueless Nazi official. There are witty blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments, too; early in the film, Bronski is barking orders to his theater staff, including one crew member who's named Sondheim, apparently solely so that later Bronski can bark, "Sondheim, send in the clowns!" Also not to miss is the production number "Naughty Nazis," in which Bronski, as a misunderstood Hitler, sings, "All I vant is peace... a little piece of Poland, a little piece of France...." No wonder he's "world famous in Poland"! Extras include a behind-the-scenes making-of featurette, and interviews with Brooks, Durning, and the lovely Bancroft, all the more bittersweet viewed after her 2005 death. --A.T. HurleyMel Brooks and his real-life wife Anne Bancroft play Frederick and Anna Bronski musical comedy stars in 1939 Poland. The highlight of the Bronskis' act is Frederick's imitation of Adolf Hitler but he is forced to eliminate this turn for fear of offending the Nazis. Meanwhile Anna enters into a harmless flirtation with Polish bomber pilot Andre Sobinski (Tim Matheson). The pilot's nightly signal to visit Anna in her dressing room is "To Be or Not to Be" spoken by Bronski during the Shakespearean portion of his act. When the Germans march into Warsaw the Bronskis and the rest of their troupe are forced into hiding (notably the homosexual Lupinski played by Lewis J. Stadlen who is forced to endure the humiliation of wearing a pink star). Flying for the Polish resistance in England Sobinski asks kindly Professor Seletzky (Jose Ferrer) to deliver his "To Be or Not to Be" message to Anna. When Seletzky doesn't seem to recognize the name of Anne Bronski Warsaw's biggest star Sobinski suspects that something is amiss. Sure enough Seletzky is a Nazi spy heading to Warsaw to help Col. "Concentration Camp" Ehrhardt (Oscar-nominated Charles Durning) destroy the underground movement. Parachuting into Poland Sobinski enlists the aid of the Bronski troupe to foil the Nazis. What follows is an uproarious series of disguises and deceptions capped by Bronski's impersonation of Der Fuhrer.System Requirements:Running Time: 107 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 024543167310 Manufacturer No: 2226731
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