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Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302783964 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6302783968 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: June 24, 1994 Running Time: 83 minutes Sales Rank: 15237 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: October 26, 1959
Amazon.com: The Mouse That Roared (1959) is mostly remembered as a tour-de-force by a peerless comic actor, Peter Sellers, playing all three of the principal roles. It's worth seeing for that reason alone, but the film is also one of the most memorable satires of nuclear geopolitics produced during the cold war and, along with another Sellers vehicle, Dr. Strangelove, provides an unbeatable illustration of the paranoia and helplessness engendered by that period.
The Mouse That Roared tells the story of the fictional European principality of Grand Fenwick. Finding itself on the wrong end of a trade dispute with the United States, and noting America's generosity in rebuilding the countries it had fought in World War II, Grand Fenwick's rulers hit upon the idea of declaring war on the U.S., losing, and then reaping a Marshall Plan-style handout. The plan, proposed by Grand Fenwick's prime minister (played by Peter Sellers), is approved by the monarch (also played by Peter Sellers), who dispatches an invasion force under the command of Grand Fenwick's hapless Field Marshal (also played by Peter Sellers). Due to a series of happenstances and misunderstandings, however, Grand Fenwick's plan goes terribly wrong... --Andrew Mueller
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Rating: - Comedy-As-Time-Capsule, dated but charming
This is one of those goofy comedies where the lead actor egotistically plays all the parts, a genre minted by Jerry Lewis and which still exists today with people like Eddie Murphy, etc. Personally, it's not my favorite genre, but Sellers at least was a funny and intelligent actor and I'd rather watch him than Mr Murphy any day.
The plot is about the H-Bomb, with Sellers playing both the scientist who invented it and the leader of the opposing army who wants it. (He also plays an old dowager Queen!) It's a time capsule back from an era when we could afford to joke about such things, ... Read More
Rating: - good fun
Just plain, down to earth movie. Peterr Sellers does a masterful job in the myriad of characters he portrays
Rating: - A classic comedy
Peter Sellers' fans will get great enjoyment in this classic romp of his. Playing only three roles, he is able to attack and defeat the USA by accidentally capturing the "Q bomb." The resulting competition between world powers to gain control of this bomb is hilarious and at the same time rather frightening.
Rating: - The Mouse That Roared
ESSENTIAL MOVIE!!! Peter Sellers stars in this British made comedy. In this one he has three roles, one of them being a female role portrayal. The movie centers on the Duchy of Fenwick, a VERY small country somewhere in Europe. They are going broke as a country because their only export, a fine wine, has been imitated, not to mention the name minus one letter has also been stolen. The United States is the main consumer of this wine but the imitator has taken most of this market. So, the powers of the Duchy of Fenwick decide to invade the U.S.A., lose the war, then receive an influx of monetary supply ... Read More
Rating: - But what if we won ?
We already know, that the brilliant decade and a half in U.K., since 1946 to 1961, the bunch of clever films produced in this country as well in drama as comedy has been a true phenomena, a real creative outburst in all the sense of the word. Kind hearts and cornets, Hobson's Choice, The lady killers, The lavender hill mob, The man in the white suit and The mouse that roared are films seem to confirm the prominent leadership in this genre all over the world.
The screenwriters who elaborated this clever film, carried out from head to tail one of the most unforgettable and fabulous comedies ... Read More
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