Alba, Barry Humphries, Bernard Spear
A London short-order cook, madly in love with a waitress, is offered seven wishes by the Devil in return for his soul.
DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007
Stats: 486 reviews
despite the feel of a joke too long and a weak ending still a welcome addition to the pantheon of brit comedy. cook has a roaring good time as george spiggot, who is really beezlebub, mr. scratch, mephistopheles, and legion, and he's trying to get back into heaven with every dir...( read more)
Incredibly funny film with the brilliant Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Don't bother with the terrible remake, stick to the original.
"and the magic words: Julie Andrews!"
I absolutely love this movie, and not only because Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are in it. It's extremely funny, with a very original story idea, that kept me entertained the whole time. The soundtrack was really brilliant as well, especially the self-titled track.
Yea,i love wish stories.and this one is really good.acting is good too.but i cant say that English acsane didnt annoy me.i loved Dudley Moore in Arthur.but he dissapointed me in this.of course isnt as good as Arthur.senario was smart.there was surprising and funny jokes.so its a ...( read more)
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore at the peak of their writing... witty, insightful and hilarious! (Forget the lame remake with Brendan Fraser!)
This is a very odd little film but I just love watching Peter Cook, and Dudley Moore is very funny too. The story is riddled with Peter's hilarious irony, Dud's music score is excellent, and the photography is very nice. Watching this movie puts me at ease and makes me laugh. ...( read more)
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despite the feel of a joke too long and a weak ending still a welcome addition to the pantheon of brit comedy. cook has a roaring good time as george spiggot, and dudley moore paves his way to fame and fortune in this romp that spares no prisoners, particularly catholic ones. eleanor bron, as always, the unreachable, yet articulate, object of desire.better the the remake, but that's rather cliche, isn't it?
All right, you great git, you've asked for it. I'll cover the world in Tastee-Freez and Wimpy Burgers. I'll fill it with concrete runways, motorways, aircraft, television, automobiles, advertising, plastic flowers, frozen food and supersonic bangs. I'll make it so noisy and disgusting that even you'll be ashamed of yourself! No wonder you've so few friends; you're unbelievable!
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