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starring: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox, Heather Northdirected by: Robert Butler
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788811265
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0788811266
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: February 03, 1998
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 12640
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 17, 1971
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Editorial Review:
Description:
In the wacky world of television, an ambitious mailroom boy discovers a lovable chimp who has an amazing talent. Unerringly, he picks programs that become hits. The boy secretly uses the chimp to catapult himself into a vice presidency and a lush life. The secret is revealed to jealous rivals, and the boy almost loses both the chimp and his girlfriend until he decides to change his ways and win them back.
Amazon.com:
A young Kurt Russell stars in this good-natured comedy. Steve Stone is an ambitious mailroom clerk at a third-rate television network when he stumbles onto the fact that his girlfriend's pet chimpanzee, Raffles, can pick ratings winners. Suddenly he's well on his way up the corporate ladder and getting his network to No. 1. Keeping Raffles and his abilities a secret provide the perfect setting for wacky, wicked comedy. The truly funny cast of Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox, John Ritter, and others make up the executives and their cohorts. Not wanting to be made fools of, the executives try to save their dignity as well as their jobs by relocating Raffles. There's lots of physical comedy and downright silliness. Talk about monkey business! Released in 1971, this film can appear dated at times, but the story still holds up today. A likable, fun movie that harks back to a time of innocent mischief. Refreshingly void of techno gadgets and helmet laws, this film is just good, clean, wholesome fun for the whole family. --Peggy Maltby-Etra
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Monkey See, Monkey Watch TV
An entertaing and funny comedy about a chimpanzee that watches the highest rated programs on TV. This film is for the whole family! Worth seeing and buying on DVD.
Buy this great disney movie and enjoy!!!! :)
Rating:  - The Movie Is So-So, but Kurt Russell is #1!
Steven Post (Kurt Russell) is an ordinary mailboy with his usual "adorable" enthusiasm when he discovers his girlfriend, Jen's chimp, Raffles can rate movies like the pros. You have to watch the movie to find out more! Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, and more made it to the hilarious stage!
Rating: - "...love that casting, Eugene, love that casting!"
Some beloved films from our childhood should not be seen again because they really were junk. This one is the opposite.
Not only do I still crack up (in my mid-40s) at this film, but my kids know almost every line. The script has to be awesome to do that for a picky movie connoisseur such as moi!
This film gives you more than just a funny plot from start to finish. You get some of the most quotable lines of any one film. I can still hear lines like Joe Flynn's "you've ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent work from one of my favorite periods of live-action Disney films
The Barefoot Executive may appear to just be a light and fluffy 1960s/1970s-style Disney comedy, and it can certainly be enjoyed that way, but you don't have to dig very far below the surface to find a subtly clever satire of the television industry with a very insider feel. Having worked in radio for a while, and having friends and family who do or did work in television, as well as reading a lot of behind the scenes books on television programs, a lot of the jabs at the industry feel spot on.
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Rating: - The Barefoot Executive
I am delighted to see that two of my favorite Disney films have been released on dvd, "Million Dollar Duck" and "The Barefoot Executive." Descriptions of the plots for these movies are already noted here, but I will say that both these films are very enjoyable family viewing. I can remember going to the theater as a child and watching these films, and I still enjoy them today. Nobody's claiming they're the best films ever, or even the best Disney films ever, just good, fun entertainment in the grand ... Read More
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