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Carry On Abroad [DVD] [1972] |
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Carry On Abroad [DVD] [1972] |
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starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw directed by: Gerald Thomas
Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: DVD EAN: 5037115033635 Format: PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen Label: ITV Studios Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: ITV Studios Home Entertainment Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: ITV Studios Home Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: February 17, 2003 Running Time: 85 minutes Studio: ITV Studios Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1977 Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: One of the last decent Carry On movies, Carry On Abroad is a 1972 venture into the world of package holidays. After this, the series descended into unfunny coarseness as opposed to camply laboured double entendre, culminating in the dreadful Carry On Emanuelle. Here, publican Sid James and dutiful mother's son turned sex maniac Charles Hawtrey are among a brace of Brits heading for the "paradise island" of Elsbels. Kenneth Williams is the out-of-his-depth tour operator, reverting to the sort of effete types he played in the 1950s, Peter Butterworth a pre-Manuel-style manager of a half-built hotel. A series of disasters ensue, with the entire gang landing up in jail following a fracas in a brothel at one point, but everyone finds romantic and sexual fulfilment in a quaint disco finale. This includes a gay character who is "dissuaded" from his homosexuality in a typical example of the thoroughly reactionary subtext that constitutes the really naughty bit of most Carry On films. Nonetheless, this throwback to an imaginary time when the lewdest innuendo of a dirty old man was greeted by young females with a flirty "Ooh, saucy!" is enjoyable on condition that you enter into its seaside-postcard spirit. June Whitfield is fine as a sexually uptight wife, Kenneth Connor a model of red-faced frustration as her wimpish husband. On the DVD: Sadly, no extra features except scene selection. The picture is a 4:3 ratio full-screen presentation. --David Stubbs Related Items:
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 Rating:  - TimelessOne of a handful of films that can be watched over and over again from an era of great British comedy. Everyone enjoys their part and plays it well. This is how the Brits should behave abroad! For me Peter Butterworth as Pepe still brings tears to the eyes. Look out for the wink as he calls for the porter whilst manning the reception desk. There are several memorable scenes that you can relate to. June Whitfield plays the wife doing her best to poo poo just about everything. We can almost forgive Kenneth Connor's blatant attempts at infidelity, such is the innocence of the film and it's ability to make everyone smile. Watch out for the `dance like you dad' party at the end. There can be no shame in trying to recreate that the next time you have friends round. Rating: - Tried it once, I loved it!Carry on Abroad works for two simple reasons. The first being that the film is incredibly funny. The second reason being that what the Brits get up to in the film is practically the same as what they do 30 years on. The actors and actresses are on fine form as per usual. Many people look to these films and bemoan the cheesy acting - but thats part of the charm. Sid James as per usual gets the best one liners, a particular brilliant bit of dialogue occurs with June Whitfield (and explains my review title. One of the brilliant things the actors and actresses did in the film was deliver their lines so dead pan. As per usual Babs Windsor gets her knockers out for every occassion. Peter Butterworth puts in a sterling preformance spouting every Spanish stereotype imaginable - when you watch the movie you will see what I mean. But what I really love about this film is that is reflects British holiday makers so well. Couple of observations: (1) We only want to eat British food; (2) The hotel never looks as good as it did in the brochure; (3) Quite a few Brits end up in foreign prisons for bad behaviour; (4) We always look appalling bad in beach wear (admit it); (5) we can never speak the language. A great movie that never fails to put a smile on my face. I may have not been around in 1972, but it doesn't mean I can't appreciate the cheeky charm this film has buckets of. Rating: - The best Carry On filmThis is definately my favourite of all of the Carry On Films. It is laughter from the moment it starts. Kenneth Williams as Stuart Farquhar is fantastic especially when Peter Butterworth as the Spanish Hotel owner says 'Stupid What? when he first introduces his name. Joan Sims and Sid James as husband and wife are hysterical and the scene where Sid smashes through the patio window when he thinks it hasnt got any glass in it, is superb........Joan Sims laughter really makes that scene and its so contageous. The whole supporting cast are brilliant and there really is not just one star of this film they are all great. (Lovely Bernard Breslaw as Brother Bernard and the beautiful Carol Hawkins as the girl he takes a shine to....so many others to mention, of course Barbara Windsor being chased by Sid James, how could you have a Carry On without that!!). Hattie Jacques has a smaller part as Floella the spanish wife of Pepe but the amount of time she is on screen had me in stitches. June Whitfield is fab as the snooty Mrs Blunt and the scene at the dinner table with her, Sid, Joan and Kenneth Connor (who plays her husband) is one of the funniest where he offers her a cigarette and she says 'I tried it once and didnt like it'...then offers her wine 'I tried it once and didnt like it'...Sid says its strange and she says 'Not at all my daughter is just the same'....Sid then says 'Your only child I take it!!!'....fantastic!! If you havent seen this film you must watch it, you really will laugh all the way through it. Rating: - "Mr Farky Hars"Carry on Abroad, as in the mould of many of this series, is a classic - Kenneth Williams preening about in a stripey blazer, leads a coach load abroad packed with all the old gang, to the aptly named Els Bels, a half built hotel in the middle of nowhere run by incompetent Peter Butterworth pretending to be a variety of staff and his fiery wife Hattie Jacques. Ray Brookes (the voice of Mr Benn to people of a certain age!) is their son with bad hair who seduces uptight, snobby June Whitfield "a beautiful wine for a beautiful lady" (sad to say that would have worked for me as well!) while her frustrated husband Kenneth Connor makes a play for Joan Sims who is trying to stop hubby Sid James from sleazing all over chesty Babs Windsor. Some great lines, the usual chaos ensues including a night in the local jail and the farewell party where the hotel literally falls apart around the drunken guests is brilliant. It's Carry On, so what are you waiting for!?
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