Don't Drink the Water
by Howard Morris
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Actor: Estelle Parsons, Jackie Gleason, Joan Delaney, Michael Constantine, Ted BessellDirector: Howard Morris
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: Charles H. Joffe
Producer: Henry Polonsky
Producer: Jack Grossberg
Producer: Jack Rollins
Writer: Harvey Bullock
Writer: R.S. Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Don't Drink the Water
DVD Review: The water was sweeter in my youth
Summary: 3 Stars
Two years ago my oldest's high school did this play with him in the role of the Sultan. I remembered liking the movie when I saw it on TV as a kid. So I added it to my netflix list.
What a difference a few decades makes. Although it has some bright moments ("do you think it was a place that sold, guns, guards and barbed wire?") the movie was a completely pedestrian comedy that was a waste of the talent of Jackie Gleason.
There are actually several gems, a portrayal of the cold war with the eastern bloc "spontaneous" protests brings to mind ANSWER today in America. Some of the jokes were rather risque for the time "that's the state department for you". Gleason's confrontation scene with Michael Constantine was pretty good,
But looking at the play with older eyes allows one to see the flaws. The introduction was much too long. The writing is weak and the editing is a bit off, it ruins the timing of some of the better jokes and disrupts the movie's flow. The music is poor, and the colors just look off. Everything about the picture yells cheap.
As for the performances Gleason does his best and Estelle Parsons provides adequate support. Joan Delaney is a lot less attractive than I remembered and her performance is considerably less attractive than she. Her thin resume afterward was apparently no coincidence, however Ted Bessell with a much longer resume manages to be even less interesting and less funny. He is meant to be a likable dunce but only manages the dunce part. Richard Libertini is passable and Michael Constantine is better but the material just doesn't give us reason to enjoy them.
I suppose it might be worth a one day rental, after all there are plenty of movies out there that are worse but after seeing it but it appears that I would have been off skipping the picture and sticking with the fond memories of youth.
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