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Epicurus.com - The Ritz
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $8.49
Your Save: $ 11.49 ( 58% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham
Directed By: Richard Lester
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391203513
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-01-08
Running Time: 91
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
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Editorial Reviews:
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An all-male Manhatten bathouse becomes a hilarious hideout for a man from Cleveland ducking the mob. The fat frisky film of the Broadway farce featuring original stars Jack Weston and Rita Moreno. Year: 1976Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â COMEDY/CLASSICS UPC:Â 085391203513 Manufacturer No:Â 120351
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Summary: THE RITZ
Comment: The Ritz
This is worth owning...., I never saw the original but this is with most of the cast from the broadway show...., and it is a must for anyone who loves a good laugh...., Rita Moreno, is worth the price alone...., who else could give a great impression of a bad singer...., and she is great at I have a deweammmmm babbby! This is alittle dated for today standards but still worth it....,
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Summary: Camp classic!
Comment: I can't remember being as excited to find something released on DVD as I was with The Ritz. It's one of those camp classic movies that I only ever got the chance to see a couple of times, but which stayed with me... on many levels... ever since I first saw it in the late Seventies. While The Ritz is a very funny comedy in every sense, it is elevated to camp classic status by the fact that it is set in the nuttiest gay bathhouse ever envisioned, and peopled by wonderful, crazy characters, beautifully brought to life by a first-rate cast. At its heart though, The Ritz belongs to Rita Moreno as two-bit lounge singer Googie Gomez. The delivery of her fabulous lines in 'that accent', turns Googie into the kind of larger than life Diva who can elicit gales of laughter from Ritz-philes by a simple quote... " I had a drean, a drean abou ju bebe..." Googie was the seventies equivalent to modern-day camp creations such as Eddie from Ab Fab. Also look out for Ben Stiller's Dad Jerry, Cheers' John Ratzenberger, a very young Treat Williams and an outrageously camp F. Murray Abraham. You'll want to visit The Ritz again and again.
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Summary: The Best Comedy EVER !
Comment: This movie is just gay funny, it is an American Comedy Legend !
The movie is set in an old NYC gay bath house, pre-AIDS. But it does not go into anything historical, just hysterical situations.
The cast is amazing, with my favorites being Treat Williams ! Yes the guy from HAIR (Movie), Everwood (TV) and Heartland (TV). It even has a cameo from a (then new) John Ratzenberger (TV Cheers Fame - Cliff).
I owned the VHS before and now I own this DVD. I love the full trailer, but I wish they had more extras to give.
This movie can be viewed by kids, there are no nudity seasons, but if the kids are real young, they may need to have a few of the situations explained to them. A great dialogue starter. This movie was Risky for its time, but it is really tame for today's standards.
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Summary: THE RITZ is outdated.
Comment: I finally purchased THE RITZ. It was interesting that Warner Bros. released this gem way back in 1976 wide when a heterosexual audience didn't know what a 'chubby chaser' was. But Rita Moreno is a hoot in this film. And catching a very young Treat Williams and a fey F. Murray Abraham was great. Funny, but outdated to today's standards. Rent it- its camp in the style of Richard Lester (SUPERMAN II, SUPERMAN III).
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Summary: Top Notch Fun
Comment: The Ritz has been a cult movie in our family for decades now. Totally irreverent, it pokes politically incorrect fun at just about every ethnic group, religious faith and sexual orientation in sight. at least those in sight in 1976. Frankly, I think it is a perfect movie. When I saw the recent Broadway revival, I kept thinking how the various scenes were played in this movie. The movie won the competition with the stage performance hands down.
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