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Hippies : The Complete Series [DVD]
enlarge	Actors: Simon Pegg, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, Darren Boyd Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £6.61 as of 22/11/2009 10:31 GMT details You Save: £6.38 (49%) New (8) Used (3) Collectible (1) from £4.95 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 6085 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 180 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5030697012623 ASIN: B00113NWWI Release Date: March 10, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next » Thank you Paisley gods! March 5, 2008 W. Davidson (Melbourne, Australia) 15 out of 17 found this review helpful I've been hoping this would come out on DVD. Given Simon Pegg's recent successes in film and TV it's amazing it's taken so long. br / br /Hippies is a good fun sitcom based around a group of hippies in Notting Hill Gate (Where "we'll build a love state...") and featuring a bunch of now-famous comic actors (Sally Phillips, Peter Serafinowicz, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Darren Boyd and of course, Simon Pegg). The fact that most of the cast are too old to be playing the flower power youth is surely part of the joke. Great fun parody of the patchouli generation; look out for "Girl with a Beard" and the rather brilliant stage production with Hippy Horse. Peace! where it all began August 7, 2008 K. Box (Worcester,England) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Although this isn't written by Simon Pegg, you can see that this was where he began to hone his comic trade with all his Pegg like mannerisms, line delivery etc. The same goes for Rhind-Tutt who took some of his seeming slight detachment with him to the brilliant Green Wing. The support cast are spot on. This should have been seen by more people when it was first aired but it's good to be able to see it at all. I don't know if a second series would have worked as the idea is a bit of a one idea thing, and the various scenarios one might have expected were probably played out in these 6 shows.It's just good to see it again. Very Underrated March 10, 2008 Gordon Heaney 12 out of 14 found this review helpful I am so glad to finally see this getting an official DVD release, as I only have an old VHS to DVD transfer at the moment. I could never quite understand why this never got the recognition it deserves or why it never got a second series - especially when you look at some of the manure that passes for "comedy" at the moment. br / br /Simon Pegg is brilliant in this, his mannerisms seemingly inspired by Alan Partridge (Pegg has worked with Coogan many times). His timing, facial expressions and delivery are top notch. Sally Philips is as sexy and sultry as ever and Darren Boyd is excellent as the nice but very dim Hugo. br / br /The downside is that not every episode works. It seems to be divided into half - one half genius, the othe half losing its way. Maybe this inconsistency was the reason it was axed, but the best episodes are enough to make this a show worth watching for the script and most definitely the performances. br / br /Highly recommended. br / Hippies: Finally! March 9, 2008 Ms. C. Gray (Leicestershire, England) 6 out of 7 found this review helpful I recorded each episode onto VHS when I first saw this on TV. It was underappreciated, and mainly unnoticed by the general public, and I had given up hope for it coming onto DVD - Hippies is definately a hidden gem, much like Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, or, to a lesser extent, Coupling. Well worth the buy! No deep message, but wonderfully nostalgic nonetheless March 16, 2008 Gavin Wilson 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This DVD is a quick watch: just six episodes plus one extra consisting of a David Frost show extract. The first two episodes are magnificent -- I particularly enjoyed the one where Ray is directing a Hair-style musical in a village hall. The low point is, sadly, the music festival, where the show has nothing new to say about music, drugs or camping, although there are several good gags about the ultra-reliable new East German car that Ray didn't even bother taking out insurance on. br / br /I get the impression that the writer (Arthur Mathews) is really finding his feet with this series, creating six episodes around six cliched themes of the Sixties: pop festivals, nude theatre, sex, obscene publications etc. Simon Pegg is obliged to perform various banana-skin-type slapstick falls that add little. The penis references were probably a little too strong for the American market. And when it came to finding six new themes for a second series, the writer was probably struggling. br / br /But the characterisations are really wonderful. Although the tumble-down squat scenario, and Sally Phillips' violence towards Ray, are perhaps too close to the 'Young Ones' for comfort -- Phillips even levitates at one stage from drug use -- the sitcom I found myself strangely reminded of was 1970s 'Butterflies'. Bizarre I know, but I found the two unemployed sons of Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer irresistibly cool back then. Julian Rhind-Tutt's ultra-laid-back old Harrovian is strongly reminiscent of their attitude. br / br /Anyway, this is a hugely enjoyable short series. Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next »

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