What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
by Blake Edwards
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Actor: Aldo Ray, Dick Shawn, Giovanna Ralli, James Coburn, Sergio FantoniDirector: Blake Edwards
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: United Artists
Movie Reviews of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie Review: Did Somebody Order a Laugh Exorcist?
Summary: 3 Stars
This one-joke movie about the Italian Army's intestinal fortitude in engaging the war is tough going particularly when you consider the film's nearly two hour running time. It's certainly watchable but doesn't deliver the chuckles one would expect. It's nothing more than an extended episode of "McHale's Navy" with less laughs. I'd say "Hogan's Heroes" but that show was repugnant. Lone saving graces are a charming, not to say voluptuous, Giovanna Ralli and an all too brief turn by Carroll O'Connor as a gruff general. Mildly shocking when you consider the involvement of director Blake Edwards and screenwriter William Peter Blatty ("The Exorcist").
Summary of What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Comedy master Blake Edwards weaves his wacky madness in this first-rate WWII story of a by-the-book Captain (Dick Shawn) who is ordered to take over a troop of misfit soldiers led by Lieutenant James Coburn.System Requirements:Running Time: 116 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY/CLASSICS Rating:?NR UPC:?883904106845 Manufacturer No:?M110684In 1943, a by-the-book captain (Dick Shawn) is put in charge of a decimated company with orders to capture a quaint Italian village. Upon arriving, the men find the opposing soldiers all too eager to surrender, but only after the local wine festival, a bacchanal that leaves both sides wasted. The troops are forced to work together to stage a mock battle to satisfy American and German forces that are close by. Neither cynical like The Americanization of Emily nor absurd like King of Hearts, this 1966 comedy directed by Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther) and scripted by William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) is a carefree romp. Collateral pleasures include Edwards' signature stylish slapstick, Carroll O'Connor as a blustery general, James Coburn as the cool-under-fire Lieutenant Christian, Harry Morgan as an intelligence officer who gets lost in the village catacombs and goes mad, and the ravishingly beautiful Giovanna Ralli as the village Mayor's very pliant daughter. "War is hell," the DVD box proclaims, "and isn't it fun?" Not really, but that shouldn't mar your enjoyment of one of Edwards' lesser-known films that is ripe for rediscovery. --Donald Liebenson
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