Yellowbeard
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Cheech Marin, Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Peter Cook, Tommy Chong Director: Mel Damski Brand: Sony Writer: Graham Chapman Writer: Peter Cook Cinematographer: Gerry Fisher Producer: Carter DeHaven Producer: John Daly Writer: Bernard McKenna Writer: David Sherlock DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 96 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of Yellowbeard
Movie Review: Definitely NOT a shipload of laughs
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought this movie because I remember watching it as a kid in the 80s, and I remember laughing so hard over this movie. And it has Cheech and Chong, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Madeline Kahn, and so many more. It has to be a good movie, right?
Well, either my memory is going or things just seemed funnier 25 years ago. The plot is paper thin, the story is choppy, the acting is bad.
The plot: A gruesome pirate ("I killed 500 men by the time I was 20") escapes from prison after 20 years to reclaim his hidden treasure. His son, a doctor, and a lordly-type go with him. Chasing after him are the british royal navy and some of his former pirate associates.
The good: Madeline Kahn, John Cleese, Eric Idle. Madeline Kahn's over the top english accent is funny, and the way she gets the British Navy (including Eric Idle) to follow her "recollection" of where the treasure is hidden is hilarious. John Cleese plays a fantastic blind man, and Eric Idle is, well, Eric Idle. (Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink. Say no more)
The bad: Everything else. I don't remember this movie being so bad. Graham Chapman has the ability to make this a great movie, but his acting is so horrible that it just isn't believable. His prison escape is just awful, his directions to the treasure aren't real, and the fight scenes are deplorable.
Overall: Avoid this movie like the plague. In fact, I'd rather have the plague.
Get ready for some hijinks on the high seas. Yellowbeard. It's definitely NOT a shipload of laughs.