Operation Petticoat
starring: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans
directed by: Blake Edwards
directed by: Blake Edwards
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.Release Date: 03/16/2004Run time: 122 minutesRating: Nr
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Blake Edwards's delightful 1959 comedy stars Cary Grant as a World War II submarine captain whose preference for a by-the-book command reluctantly yields to certain realities. Chief among those is that Grant's first officer (Tony Curtis, who impersonated Grant that same year in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot), a shameless hustler, is better than the navy at delivering whatever supplies the ship and crew need to keep going. But when Curtis sneaks a handful of Philippine refugees and several gorgeous nurses onto the all-male sub, the skipper not only has to cool down his crew but deal with an unexpected feminine influence on ship protocol. The film is a great deal of fun, sprinkled with the director's trademark sight gags (including one of Edwards's best, involving a torpedo and jeep), and graced with his unmistakable lilt. Grant is in great form, his comic brilliance almost impossibly effortless. --Tom Keogh
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.Release Date: 03/16/2004Run time: 122 minutesRating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Blake Edwards's delightful 1959 comedy stars Cary Grant as a World War II submarine captain whose preference for a by-the-book command reluctantly yields to certain realities. Chief among those is that Grant's first officer (Tony Curtis, who impersonated Grant that same year in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot), a shameless hustler, is better than the navy at delivering whatever supplies the ship and crew need to keep going. But when Curtis sneaks a handful of Philippine refugees and several gorgeous nurses onto the all-male sub, the skipper not only has to cool down his crew but deal with an unexpected feminine influence on ship protocol. The film is a great deal of fun, sprinkled with the director's trademark sight gags (including one of Edwards's best, involving a torpedo and jeep), and graced with his unmistakable lilt. Grant is in great form, his comic brilliance almost impossibly effortless. --Tom Keogh
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- An Unsinkable Comedy!
This is a wonderful, classic, and clean movie the whole family can enjoy over and over.There's lots of laughs on board the pink submarine.The captain and crew grow together through their many transitions and mishaps and find some humorous solutions to their challenges.They even get a little crowded when they have to rescue some nurses and natives.Although they really didn't want to take on the nurses, or natives, the nurses end up helping save the day!Cary Grant and Tony Curtis are superb ... Read More
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- A little disappointed in the DVD quality
It's a Carey Grant movie-love it.I am disappointed that it was not re-mastered.I have a Blu-ray player and Samsung LCD TV with 7.1 surround system.The system automatically resizes for best quality.Which for me means the picture is not widescreen.The sound is not digital quality either.Given the option of watching on a VCR or this DVD-I would still pick the DVD.A little disappointed in the quality.
Rating: - Amazing
I love this movie. If you like Cary Grant, this is one for you. Grown men in a pink submarine. What more need be said? Obviously, not high tech, but the situation comedy is great. A must see movie.
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- Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, the lighter side of war
This movie marks the first collaboration of Cary Grant and Tony Curtis on the silver screen.Curtis entered filmdom idolizing Cary Grant and was incredibly honored to be able to share the screen with him on this venture.This is a zany, mixed up adventure of a WW II submarine commander doing everything in his power to salvage and save his damaged sub and return it to the states for repairs.This comedy follows the antics of the crew as they go from island to island, trading their way across the Pacific ... Read More
Rating: - Operation Petticoat
I won't go into plot details that others have already covered. Cary Grant and Tony Curtis are priceless.I read that Bob Hope turned down Cary Grant's role- glad he did, because it wouldn't have been the same. Cary was probably better in "Father Goose".In this film he basically plays straight man to everyone else's comedic timing.
I think the ages of various actors in the movie is a point of contention. At the first, when Cary Grant flashback/morphs from a middle-aged admiral to a Sub Captain ... Read More
- An Unsinkable Comedy!This is a wonderful, classic, and clean movie the whole family can enjoy over and over.There's lots of laughs on board the pink submarine.The captain and crew grow together through their many transitions and mishaps and find some humorous solutions to their challenges.They even get a little crowded when they have to rescue some nurses and natives.Although they really didn't want to take on the nurses, or natives, the nurses end up helping save the day!Cary Grant and Tony Curtis are superb ... Read More
- A little disappointed in the DVD qualityIt's a Carey Grant movie-love it.I am disappointed that it was not re-mastered.I have a Blu-ray player and Samsung LCD TV with 7.1 surround system.The system automatically resizes for best quality.Which for me means the picture is not widescreen.The sound is not digital quality either.Given the option of watching on a VCR or this DVD-I would still pick the DVD.A little disappointed in the quality.
- AmazingI love this movie. If you like Cary Grant, this is one for you. Grown men in a pink submarine. What more need be said? Obviously, not high tech, but the situation comedy is great. A must see movie.
- Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, the lighter side of warThis movie marks the first collaboration of Cary Grant and Tony Curtis on the silver screen.Curtis entered filmdom idolizing Cary Grant and was incredibly honored to be able to share the screen with him on this venture.This is a zany, mixed up adventure of a WW II submarine commander doing everything in his power to salvage and save his damaged sub and return it to the states for repairs.This comedy follows the antics of the crew as they go from island to island, trading their way across the Pacific ... Read More
- Operation PetticoatI won't go into plot details that others have already covered. Cary Grant and Tony Curtis are priceless.I read that Bob Hope turned down Cary Grant's role- glad he did, because it wouldn't have been the same. Cary was probably better in "Father Goose".In this film he basically plays straight man to everyone else's comedic timing.
I think the ages of various actors in the movie is a point of contention. At the first, when Cary Grant flashback/morphs from a middle-aged admiral to a Sub Captain ... Read More
