A fish called Wanda / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Michael Shamberg/Prominent Features production ; screenplay by John Cleese ; story by John Cleese & Charles Crichton ; directed by Charles Crichton in association with Star Partners, Ltd.
Edition:
Special edition.
Publisher:
Arrow Video,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (39 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm).
Title from container. John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin. Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: 4K restoration from the original negative; commentary by John Cleese; John Cleese's final farewell performance, a 1988 documentary on the making of A fish called Wanda featuring interviews with Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline and Charles Crichton; Something fishy, a 15th anniversary retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Cleese, Curtis, Kline and Palin, producer Michael Shamberg, exectuive producer Steve Abbott and director of photography Alan Hume; On location, a documentary on the film's locations hosted by Robert Powell; brand-new appreciation by Vic Pratt of the BFI National Archive; brand-new interview with production designer Roger Murray-Leach; 26 deleted/alternative scenes with introductions by Cleese; A message from John Cleese, a tongue-in-cheek introduction recorded for the film's original release; gallery; trivia track; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Four criminals try to retrieve $20 million they have stolen from a safety deposit box and each other. Meanwhile, barrister Cleese falls in love with the female thief.
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