Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series

Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series

Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series
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Actor: Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, John Cleese, Prunella Scales
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner

DVD Reviews of Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series

DVD Review: Farty Owls
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this for my brother for Christmas. We're both fans of the show and we watched each episode right away. Each one is hilarious! Honestly, they're all great. Too bad they only did a dozen episodes.

DVD Review: Farty Towels
Summary: 5 Stars

Hilarious classic. This was a replacement for our old worn out video tape version. Quality is much improved from the tape version. Many details that we couldn't see before. Kids love it too.

DVD Review: Great English Humor
Summary: 5 Stars

If you enjoy John Cleese and English humor, this is a wonderful set. I recalled watching a few shows 25 years ago and then learned I could buy the entire set. My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed the shows -- lots of laughs!!

DVD Review: Great purchase!!
Summary: 5 Stars

My DVD collection arrived in a timely manner and was in great condition! It's an early birthday gift for my husband and he's totally happy with my selection!! Thank you for the always great service from Amazon.com!

DVD Review: Psychologically acute
Summary: 5 Stars

What is so great about FT is how psychologically acute it is. The relation between Basil and Sybil is fantastic. You can see how ten years earlier they both might have seen each other as quite a catch. She, pretty and vivacious. He, tall and from a slightly higher social class They are sort of lower middle class and middle middle class respectively. Unfortunately, they have basically incompatible tastes and interests and the resulting marriage can perhaps best be described as toxic, as they make their own private hell for each other. Totally believable.

Description of Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series

Inspired by a hotel John Cleese once stayed in when he was filming "Monty Python." This complete set of Fawlty Towers episodes includes special new commentary by John Cleese. Please see individual volumes for episode descriptions.
Basil Fawlty, as created and performed by John Cleese, is the rudest, most boorish, most hilariously obnoxious man on the face of the planet. What a natural for a TV sitcom! His screen wife, Sybil (Prunella Scales), put it best in the episode "The Psychiatrist": "You're either crawling all over them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrine puff adder." He mockingly replies, "Just trying to enjoy myself, dear." With his gangly frame and contortionist abilities, Cleese brilliantly punctuates Basil's outrageous faux pas with absurd gymnastics and turns Three Stooges-style pokes and kicks into a slapstick ballet. Scales's Sybil is the genial but obliviously chatty voice of reason and Andrew Sachs mangles the English language as the Spanish bellhop Manuel, whose struggles with simple directions results in comic lunacy reminiscent of Robert Benigni. After a six-episode run in 1975, Cleese and cowriter and costar Connie Booth (who plays Polly, the maid all too often pulled into Basil's ridiculous plans) reunited the cast in 1979 for another six episodes without missing a punch line. The four-volume collection contains all 12 shows, interspersed with interview segments featuring Cleese discussing the genesis of the series and anecdotes about the individual episodes. Remember to watch the opening credits of each show to spot the creative misspellings on the hotel sign (my favorite: "Fatty Owls"). --Sean Axmaker

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