4 Marx Brothers At Paramount: 1929 1933

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The Marx Brothers – Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo – are one of the cornerstones of American comedy. Starting out in vaudeville, they conquered Broadway and the big screen in their own inimitable style, at once innovative, irreverent, anarchic, physical, musical, ludicrous and hilarious. With the advent of the ‘talkies’, the Brothers signed to Paramount Pictures and brought their stage act to cinema audiences. They made five films in five years, all of which are collected here: The Cocoanuts (1929), Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932) and one of the greatest comedies of all time, Duck Soup (1933). The Paramount era represents the Marx Brothers at their absolute finest, retaining all of the energy and controlled chaos of their stage shows. Plots are unimportant – it’s the gags, set-pieces and one-liners that matter: “Why a duck?”, “Hello, I Must Be Going”, “Hooray for Captain Spaulding”, “That’s the bunk!”, Horse Feathers’ “Swordfish” scene and classic mirror sequence in Duck Soup. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTSHigh Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all five features, each scanned and restored in 4K from original film elements by UniversalOriginal 1.0 mono audioOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingCommentary on The Cocoanuts by film scholar Anthony SlideCommentary on Animal Crackers by film historian Jeffrey VanceCommentary on Monkey Business by Marx Brothers historian Robert S Bader and Bill Marx, son of Harpo MarxCommentary on Horse Feathers by film critic FX FeeneyCommentary on Duck Soup by Bader and film critic Leonard MaltinThe Marx Brothers: Hollywood’s Kings of Chaos, a feature-length documentary containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and othersThree excerpts from NBC’s The Today Show featuring interviews with Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx and Bill MarxSibling Revelry, an introduction to the Marx Brothers by critic David CairnsMONKEYNUTCRACKERDUCKFEATHERS, a video essay about the films by David Cairns

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Dvd The 4 Marx Brothers At Paramount 1929-1933 Blu-ray Geel . De Marx Brothers - Chico, Groucho, Harpo en Zeppo - zijn een van de hoekstenen van de Amerikaanse komedie.Beginnend in het vaudeville, veroverden ze Broadway en het witte doek in hun eigen onnavolgbare stijl, tegelijkertijd innovatief, irreverent, anarchistisch, fysiek, muzikaal, belachelijk en hilarisch.Met de komst van de ´geluidsfilms´ tekenden de Brothers bij Paramount Pictures en brachten ze hun podiumact naar bioscooppubliek.Ze maakten vijf films in vijf jaar, die hier allemaal zijn verzameld:The Cocoanuts (1929), Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932) en een van de grootste komedies aller tijden, Duck Soup (1933).Het Paramount-tijdperk vertegenwoordigt de Marx Brothers op hun absolute hoogtepunt, waarbij alle energie en gecontroleerde chaos van hun podiumshows behouden bleven.Plots zijn onbelangrijk - het zijn de grappen, set-pieces en one-liners die ertoe doen:Why a duck?, Hello, I Must Be Going, Hooray for Captain Spaulding, That´s the bunk!, de Zwaardvis-scène in Horse Feathers en de klassieke spiegelscène in Duck Soup. tradeinn Techinn

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The disk DOES NOT have Dutch audio and subtitles.