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starring: Frankie Howerd, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Patrick Cargill, Lance Percivaldirected by: Bob Kellett
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304269541
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304269544
Label: Bfs Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
Release Date: November 11, 1998
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 30243
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Puns, Double Ententre, Innuendo and one Very Funny Comedian!
This review refers to the two-video boxed set of the 1970 British comedy series Up Pompeii starring Frankie Howerd (ASIN 6304269544). I mention this as there is also a 90-minute movie, and reviews are posted next to both items, regardless of the one to which they actually refer.
Having only ever "experienced" Frankie Howerd once before (in 1978's ill-fated Sgt. Pepper movie), my expectations for this series were none too high. Well, I was very pleasantly surprised to find such a ... Read More
Rating: - Sit back and let it flow
Frankie Howard plays both actor and narrater in this risque and somewhat ludicrous account of the last days of Pompeii. Frankie is a slave, Lurcio, in the household of Ludicrus Sextus, (Michael Hordern, (A Funny Thing Happend on the way to the Forum, Where Eagles Dare)), Ammonia (Barbara Murrey) wife of Sextus and Erotica (Madaline Smith), and Nausius (Royce Mills) the children of Sextus and Ammonia. Nearly every thing said in this film has a double meaning and if your mind is any where near ... Read More
Rating:  - A funny thing happened on the way to Benny Hill
Oh my, it is bawdy, and in the US the words are a little hard to catch, or the jokes are odd, but it's typical low humor as the British do it. In fact, it's not for youngsters because they might get the jokes! Frankie Howerd, who must have made his name in burlesque, is a slave in old Rome, where all the men are stupid and the women are beautiful nymphomaniacs. The names (Voluptua, Hilarius, etc.) are straight out of "A Funny Thing Happened..." which still reigns as the best, but this one has ... Read More
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