Zorro, The Gay Blade
by Peter Medak
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Actor: Brenda Vaccaro, Donovan Scott, George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Ron LeibmanDirector: Peter Medak
Producer: C.O. Erickson
Producer: Don Moriarty
Writer: Don Moriarty
Writer: Bob Randall
Writer: Greg Alt
Writer: Hal Dresner
Writer: Johnston McCulley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
Published: 2001-07-01
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Zorro, The Gay Blade
Movie Review: The pipples are not happy!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like comedies and spoofs then this one shouldn't be left out. While it is outdated. it's still a classic spoof. In the time of Love At First Bite (1979) and the king of all spoofs; Airplane ('80) there lies Zorro the Gay Blade which stars George Hamilton playing a duel role.
George Hamilton plays a bumbling Zorro who is trying to stop the evil Spanish governor Esteban (Ron Leibman) from squashing the peasants. All this happens as he is wooing the beautiful Charlotte Taylor Wilson who was played by the Pepsi Light commerical supermodel Larren Hutton. Esteban senses that Don Diego Vega aka Zorra aka George Hamilton are all the same but he can't seem to catch him in the act. When Zorro injures his leg, Esteban visits Vega and notices a slight limp. Vega is quick to dismiss his claims and wants him out. What made matters worse is that Esteban's wife, Florinda (Brenda Vaccaro) is hot for Vega and visits him by way of ladder as Esteban visits as well. While Vega/Zorro is recovering, he enlists the help of his twin brother, Ramon Vega of the Royal British Army who also changes his name to Bunny Wigglesworth (also played by George Hamilton). He also happens to be very flambouant and dresses for every imaginable occasion...if you get my drift. While Bunny takes over as Zorro complete with a whip and a new outfit (sometimes more than one lol), he adds even more laughs. When Charlotte's life is in jeopardy (cue Alex Trebek), Don Deigo Vega/Zorro and Ramon Vega/Zorro whip into action knowing that Esteban had set a trap. Will the Zorro's succeed? Will they succeed in changing how Zorro dresses while completing an extreme makeover?
Watch as there are laughs almost every minute. If you love comedies and spoofs, as well as zaniness and just an all around good time with an old classic, don't pass on this one.
Summary of Zorro, The Gay Blade
After having a surprise hit playing Dracula in "Love at First Bite", George Hamilton seized the moment and spoofed another movie hero: Zorro. In fact, he plays two characters: the heroic Don Diego, who fights Spanish tyranny in Old California in his secret identity as Zorro, and Diego's long-absent brother, Bunny Wigglesworth, a man totally comfortable with his sexual identity and unafraid of accessorizing the Zorro outfit by rendering it in purple. When the swashbuckler is injured, he turns his sword over to the swishbuckler, who is just as good a swordsman, though a few shades less fiery. Some of the gay humor is heavy-handed, but Hamilton easily handles the comedy demands of the dual roles, and has strong support from Ron Leibman as the chief bad guy. "--Marshall Fine"Similar DVD Movies
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