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French And Saunders: Gentlemen Prefer French And Saunders - Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders (1999)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Dawn French
Jennifer Saunders
Simon Brint
Betty Marsden
Eleanor Bron
Sarah Walker
Kevin Allen
Mark Greenstreet
Harriet Thorpe
Kathy Burke
Stuart Fell
Movie Details
Director Bob Spiers; Gareth Carrivick; Edgar Wright
Producer Jon Plowman
Writer Jennifer Saunders; Dawn French
Studio BBC Home Video
Language English
Audience Rating NR (Not Rated)
Running Time 100 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
For Americans not familiar with the comic machinations of the oddball collaborative duo of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, this video is the perfect introduction. Taken from one season of their British sketch-comedy television series, this video contains a great variety of their work. Dawn French is probably best known in the U.S. for her PBS appearances on The Vicar of Dibley and Murder Most Horrid. In addition, she cowrote the disturbingly funny series Absolutely Fabulous, which is usually associated solely with Jennifer Saunders (who plays Edina).

French and Saunders excel at movie spoofs. Their talent for parody, combined with their excellent eye for wardrobe (notably the million hairstyles of Dawn French), make even their portrayals of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe realistic. They also include non-parodying sketches, two of the most hilarious being the original Absolutely Fabulous scene and a women's-magazine publisher sketch. Although sometimes their humor includes decidedly English gags and British personalities, the entertaining nature of the show is not truly compromised. Those who are familiar with the show will delight in the duo's talent at its best, and those not familiar will have a great entrée into the fantastically funny, bizarre world of French and Saunders. --Amanda Powter

Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 827
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Amazon CA
DVD Empire
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 794051122520
Release Date 2/5/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Full-Length French & Saunders Special!