The Court Jester
Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone, Cecil Parker
Directed by: Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone, Cecil Parker, Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Mildred Natwick, Norman Panama
Released: January 27, 1956
DVD Released: March 30, 1999
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July 18, 2007
the tongue twisters in one scene will keep you in stitches for awhile
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July 14, 2007
Good natured vaudevillean slapstick swashbuckler from the old school, Danny Kaye was one of my favourites as a kid. It probably all looks very lame in today's cynical times, but I'd like to see it again for old times' sake.
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September 7, 2006
The Court Jester is a comic classic, with its hillarious plot, take off of the medieval genre and manic performance by the great comedian Danny Kaye. A garrenteed barrel of laughs that the whole family can enjoy. Get it, got it, good.
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April 7, 2006
"The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pessel. The chalice with the palace is the brew that is true."
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May 26, 2009
Wonderfully deconstructing the swashbuckler genre, poking fun at the films of Errol Flynn in particular, and featuring one of Danny Kaye's best performances, a catalogue of satirical delights, highlighted by Kaye's "pellet with the Poison" bit.
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December 30, 2008
This might be my favorite Danny Kaye movie. An absolute classic: really funny (Pellet with the Poison!), great songs, and always leaves me sublimely happy. Danny Kaye = happiness!
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