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starring: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley, Jesse Whitedirected by: Frederick De Cordova
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304375396
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6304375395
Label: Good Times Home Video
Manufacturer: Good Times Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Good Times Home Video
Release Date: January 15, 1997
Running Time: 83 minutes
Sales Rank: 31549
Studio: Good Times Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1951
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Rating:  - Reagan and the Chimp
Professor Peter Boyd (Ronald Reagan) is all set to marry the Dean's daughter until the Dean discovers that there is a history of crime in Boyd's family. Backed by the arguement that environment shapes behavior, Boyd argues for the hand of the woman he loves, but the Dean insists on proof. Boyd then borrows the University chimp named Bonzo and sets out to teach him to behave like a human, thus proving that behavior is learned. He hires a young girl (Diana Lynn) to behave as the "Mama" of the family ... Read More
Rating: - Is the environment or the heredity responsible for our own facts?
Beneath the pleasant and funny moments we will have with this sympathetic chimpanzee, underlies the initial premise in the air. This original movie quickly states and even bets for the first option. In this sense, the kind manners and the good intentions are quite enough to change and shape what most of people use to think; opening a gate for the possibility to be a better human being if the conditions permit it.
Far beyond the anecdotic proposal, there is a lesson of ethic and moral that ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Reagan Movie
When he was president, he was mocked for making this movie. Easy to do because the title sounds so ridiculous. Those who mocked him probably never viewed the film or viewed it objectively. Anyone other than Reagan, and it would not be the object of such criticism.
It takes skill for an actor to work with an animal in a film, especially one who steals a scene as easily as Bonzo. Ronald Reagan was very professional in tackling that difficult assignment, and gives a very believable performance. ... Read More
Rating: - Bonzo is tops!
This is a hilarious classic film! My wife and I almost fell off of the couch laughing at this movie! If you want to watch a great family movie (getting harder and harder to find), this is it!
Rating: - Don't be misguided, this is a great little film !
I have yet to play this film for any child who didn't thoroughly love it. (and most adults seem to fall for its charm as well)
The most ridiculous and unfair criticism seems to be "what's a US president doing in a film with a chimp ?"
Well, Ronald Reagan was an actor first...and Bedtime for Bonzo is truly one of his most endearing films. It's an utterly charming tale that makes for great family viewing. It's also one of those movies that they absolutely, positively CAN NOT make anymore. Today's ... Read More
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