High Spirits
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Actor: Donal McCann, Liz Smith, Mary Coughlan, Peter O'Toole, Tom HickeyBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of High Spirits
DVD Review: Cheesy fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I just bought this dvd because I have loved this movie for goodness knows how long and now my daughter loves it. This is good, charming, innocent fun...and it's so interesting to see current "big" stars like Liam Neeson and Peter Gallagher in something waaaaay before they were famous. (As well as seeing stars of the day and wondering "where are they now": Darryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo. Even Jennifer Tilly is working more visibly these days.
The plot is pretty good, the dialogue funny...Peter O'Toole is fabulous (the drinking scene with Steve Guttenberg is hilarious as is the opening scene where he is on the phone with Jim Brogan and clarifying just what his name is NOT).
It's cheesy fun because, let's face it...it's not the best production in the world. First of all, Darryl Hannah's attempt at an Irish accent is...aah, somewhat laughable most of the time. Steve Guttenberg is a little hammy (newsflash anyone?), but it works for his character. The special effects, were, I'm sure, terrific in 1988 when the movie was made, but by today's standards are very antiquated, yet somehow add to the charm of this film.
Keep an eye out for the "bloopers" in the movie...things I wonder if the producers just felt no one would notice in a theater (did they ever dream this movie might be watched one day, over and over again, in someone's home?) or did they just lack the funds/time to reshoot?:
1. Well, you can't really miss the horse's, um, endowment in the scene where Steve Guttenberg falls from the tree.
2. When Darryl Hannah and Steve are chatting by the tree (she's praying to be released from her wedding vows), you can see the netting in her wig...her "hair" was twisted quite prettily, but left the wig infrastructure quite visible.
3. When the squid arm reaches out to grab Woody (one of the kids), he has to bend his head down to let the squid arm grab him...all while struggling to get away from the monster.
4. In the scene where Beverly D'Angelo, Steve Guttenberg, Liam Neeson and Darryl Hannah are in the bed-chamber where Liam's character kills his wife, the imposing, sturdy marble mantlepiece wobbles quite unsturdily when Beverly D'Angelo bumps into it.
5. The bus falling into the lake is very clearly a model, that goes without saying....but it's funny because in the interior scenes everyone is panicking, yet from the outside the bus/model is quiet and empty.
I'm sure there are other things I haven't listed, so have fun watching the movie, not just for the incontinuities, but for the story and atmosphere itself. The Irish cast absolutely steals the "shaggin'" movie and the performances of some of the minor characters (Liam's ghots..."Eamon", "Malcom"...the cook) are really terrific. If you like ghosts, if you like rich sets (the castle is fabulous), and a fairly original and charming plot, and you go into it just to have fun, you'll truly enjoy this film. The soundtrack is great too!
P.s. A bit of academic fun: what's the significance of the title of the book which Peter O'Toole uses as a step stool to hang himself?
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