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Crocodile Dundee 1 2 [DVD] [1986]
enlarge	Directors: John Cornell, Peter Faiman Actors: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil, Ritchie Singer Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £5.18 as of 23/11/2009 03:30 GMT details You Save: £14.81 (74%) New (14) Used (6) from £4.74 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 10392 Format: Box set, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 200 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3 EAN: 5014437853837 ASIN: B0001ZWN2W Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 1988 Release Date: July 5, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next » Snap 'em up! September 5, 2007 T. Bobley (UK) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful Paul Hogan plays the imperturbable, droll, dry witted Aussie croc-wrangler and bush-crafty hard man so well, that it's difficult to imagine anyone else in the role. When films go into sequels, you usually find that the first one is the best and those that follow can't compete - and sometimes you may wish that they hadn't bothered with the next film at all. The first film is very cool, with a cart-load of memorable scenes that can make you smile just thinking about them (the sly punch in the restaurant, the muggers confronted by a real knife, Mick's method of ensuring that 'ladies' are what they seem, etc). The second film is pretty good too. It's a matter of opinion of course, but I think it's the usual way round, with the first film being the best. I've watched it several times and still always enjoy it. I've only seen CD2 a couple of times but I'm still happy to watch it again. I hesitate to mention the price (which could change at any time) but judge for yourself - currently less than seven quid for both films together is a bargain I couldn't resist. I recommend it. br / a classic May 8, 2004 15 out of 27 found this review helpful I wasn't born untill 87, but when I was 6 I saw this, and although I didn't understand what was going on, I laughed.brI watched this again the other day, and laughed a lot.brA fantastic film, set in the good old australian outback, with silly hats and cork abound!pI'm not very good at writing reviews, but buy this film now! Which language? which sub-titles? April 10, 2009 C. X. Linton-Willoughby (UK) 2 out of 4 found this review helpful Crocodile Dundee has audio: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Sub-titles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. br / br /Crocodile Dundee 2 has audio: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Sub-titles: English for the hearing impaired, English, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Hungarian, Turkish, Arabic, Romanian, Polish, Czech, French, Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Croatian, Italian, Slovenian and Spanish. br / Good fun from down under September 22, 2008 Mark Kibble (Coalville Leics England) Two films mixing adventure and comedy (why can't we make them like this in the u.k.?). Paul Hogan portrays the archetypal aussie outbackman as seen through british eyes, an answer for everything with a dry wit. br /In reality crocodile Dundee is a con man, australia's answer to Del boy, as a way of getting free media exposure for his part time business (outback tour guide), he and his partner Wally exagerate a run in he had with a croc, this in turn attracts the attention of a female New York reporter who travels to Walkabout Creek for a scoop. br /I won't go into detail, but this leads to various exciting, tense and always amusing escapades both in the outback and New York. br /Croc 1 starts in Australia before he is taken to America to cause mayhem on the streets, while Croc 2 sees him bring his by now reporter girlfriend back to oz for safety after she is targeted by drug barons. br /Both films are fun to watch and there is some spectacular scenery as a bonus. "That's not a knife..." January 30, 2009 least toughest in the infants (here there and everywhere) br /Amongst many 80s films deserving of a millennium rediscovery, this must rank very highly. A triumph of characterisation by actor (and partial writer) Hogan the simple tale of the country mouse brought to the city has lost none of its charm in the 20 plus years since it came out. br / br /It was an all-or-nothing gig for Hogan - he owns the part so well and of course it was a huge success worldwide. The really great thing about the film is its sense of twisting our stereo-typing of people from other countries and - more importantly, other mindsets. Mick Dundee is not just a foreigner in terms of where he comes from, but also the way he thinks, and it's THAT element and it's effects upon the other characters that make this so worth the ride. The collision between his home-spun attitude and often, passivity, against the hyped-up reality of the modern in-your-face culture is something that really gets a full work-out. br / br /It's not just great comedy (and there are lots of wonderful moments - some of them now classics) but it has such a streak of humanity in it, and whilst being funny enables us to take a look at ourselves and recognise that we could all use a little bit of Mick Dundee blue-sky thinking once in a while. br /And, a special mention for the fantastic musical score - none of which featured on the soundtrack if I remember rightly (it was the 80s!!) br / br /Given all this, plus the huge hit that the film was, the poor quality of the disc a real let down. Virtually no extras belie the fact that this must have been a film with a great story behind it. Hogan inhabited and had developed the part so well that it became his Superman, his Luke Skywalker role. Obviously hoping it would kick-start his Hollywood career, it just didn't pan out that way. Maybe the problem was that the whole ethos of the `quirky Australians' and endless beer adverts playing up to that got in the way of the real thrust of the film, which for me was always this: despite what we may think, and despite what we are sometimes told, people are pretty much the same underneath wherever you are in the world. br / br /Sadly, there were two sequels and really, the least said about them the better. I don't think you can blame Hogan for wanting to move forward, but all the things which made the first film so great, charming and surprising are totally absent from the sequels which come off feeling contrived and many times, just wasteful. br /There was simply no need - the first film was perfect and whilst we of course loved Dundee, it was probably one of those instances where we needed to be strong enough to just let him go after one glorious encounter. br / br /A great film, with a lot of heart - which makes it all the more needed to remind us that the 80s weren't all completely self-obsessed. br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next »

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