| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Eileen Brennan |
Tess Skeffington
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| Truman Capote |
Lionel Twain
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| James Coco |
Inspector Milo Perrier
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| Peter Falk |
Sam Diamond
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| Alec Guinness |
Jamesir Bensonmum
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| Elsa Lanchester |
Miss Jessica Marbles
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| David Niven |
Dick Charleston
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| Peter Sellers |
Inspector Sidney Wang
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| Maggie Smith |
Mrs. Dora Charleston
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| Nancy Walker |
Yetta
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
Robert Moore |
| Producer |
Ray Stark |
| Writer |
Neil Simon |
| Studio |
Columbia TriStar |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance) |
| Running Time |
94 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
7.2 |
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| Plot |
You are cordially invited to dinner... and a murder!
Neil Simon wrote this 1976 spoof in which virtually every famous fictional detective of the 1930s and 1940s congregate at the home of a mysterious fellow (Truman Capote) to try and solve the mystery of who's trying to kill them all. Simon's jokes are mostly obvious, and the film's real appeal is the clever concept matched with fine--sometimes legendary--actors. Peter Falk plays a very Bogart-like Sam Spade equivalent, James Coco is a Hercule Poirot wannabe, Peter Sellers does a Charlie Chan bit, David Niven and Maggie Smith are reflections of Nick and Nora.... You get the picture. Lighthearted and silly, this is cotton-candy comedy for the cast as well as viewers. --Tom Keogh |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Fullscreen (4:3, Pan & Scan) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396079342 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
12/18/2001 |
| Subtitles |
Cantonese Chinese; Chinese; English; Korean; Portuguese; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital Mono [English] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Exclusive Interview: A Conversation with Neil Simon
Theatrical Trailers
Talent Files
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Scene Selections
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