Zorro, the Gay Blade

Zorro, the Gay Blade
by Peter Medak

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Actor: Brenda Vaccaro, Donovan Scott, George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Ron Leibman
Director: Peter Medak
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Image Entertainment

DVD Reviews of Zorro, the Gay Blade

DVD Review: Ho Ho Zorro
Summary: 5 Stars

If you're old enough to remember Zorro either at the "Saturday Serials" at the movies or the Disney version on TV, this movie will crack you up! George Hamilton
in a dual role of Zorro AND his twin brother Bunny... I laughed so much the first
time I saw it I missed some of the dialogue.. Get this one for your comedy section
of your movie collection.. What a way to brighten up a day!!!

DVD Review: Such a zany and off-beat movie!
Summary: 5 Stars

Don Diego de la Vega is a typical young Don Juan, interested only in his own pleasure. But, when he is summoned back to California, he finds his father dead, and his old friend turning California into a dictatorship. Assuming his father's old role as Zorro, Diego sets out to right the wrongs. But, he finds he needs help. And, when Diego's long-lost twin brother Romon turns up, it seems the answer to all of Diego's problems. But, Ramon, now named Bunny Wigglesworth, is very different from Diego, and he decides to give Zorro his own spin. And so rides off Zorro, the gay blade!

Oh, this is such a zany and off-beat movie! George Hamilton does a good job of playing the traditional Don Diego/Zorro character, and an even better job of playing the campy Bunny Wigglesworth. Lauren Hutton turns in a respectable performance as the straight-laced political activist Charlotte Taylor-Wilson, but the part has little scope, and leaves her marginalized. Brenda Vaccaro actually produces a better performance as the comedic, frustrated wife of the Alcalde, Captain Esteban.

It's rally a surprisingly fun and goofy movie, which turns the old story of Zorro on angles that would amaze the old movie makers. I enjoyed this movie when it was new, and I still enjoy it all these years later.

(Review of Zorro, the Gay Blade, starring George Hamilton & Lauren Hutton)

DVD Review: Zoro The Gay Blade - Great Twist on the old plot.
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a great film for baby boomers who grew up with the old Zoro series and might enjoy a well-acted and directed light-hearted movie to end a serious week. George Hamilton does a great job in his dual role and Lauren Hutton plays well off his hillarious rendition of the old Zoro character. Enjoy!

DVD Review: One of our families favorites
Summary: 5 Stars

While most think this movie is silly, our family finds it wonderfully entertaining. We've introduced it to several of our friends and they too now love it. Funny on so many different levels, that you can watch it over and over and find new reasons for the wording. The subtext is wonderful.

DVD Review: George Hamilton is a comic genius!
Summary: 5 Stars

I have been a fan of this very funny, very silly, completely hilarious movie since it was released with something to offend everyone! From the opening scene you have to realize that this is a farce and meant to be taken as such. I had enjoyed "Love at First Bite" but George Hamilton's portrayal of Don Diego/Zorro/Bunny Wigglesworth was even better and his accent was beautiful, ironically better than Brenda Vaccaro's. Ron Liebman was mostly funny if a little too over the top sometimes and Lauren Hutton, though gorgeous, was odd casting but somehow it all worked. My friends and family are constantly quoting from the movie; it's surprising how often we get the opportunity! Everytime it's on Fox movie channel I watch it since the only uncut copy I have is on VHS and starting to wear out. Please someone release the anniversary edition or something!

Description of Zorro, the Gay Blade

After having a surprise hit playing Dracula in Love at First Bite, George Hamilton seized the moment and spoofed another movie hero: Zorro. In fact, he plays two characters: the heroic Don Diego, who fights Spanish tyranny in Old California in his secret identity as Zorro, and Diego's long-absent brother, Bunny Wigglesworth, a man totally comfortable with his sexual identity and unafraid of accessorizing the Zorro outfit by rendering it in purple. When the swashbuckler is injured, he turns his sword over to the swishbuckler, who is just as good a swordsman, though a few shades less fiery. Some of the gay humor is heavy-handed, but Hamilton easily handles the comedy demands of the dual roles, and has strong support from Ron Leibman as the chief bad guy. --Marshall Fine

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