Funny little spoof shot I beleive with Bogart's own company, | Beat the Devil [VHS]

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	• Beat the Devil [VHS] Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones Sony Pictures, 1994 average customer review:based on 41 reviews view larger image
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BEAT THE DEVIL: TRIAD PRODUCTIONS DVD

This DVD transfer is OK. It is a little dark, but marginally so. There was only one blip near the beginning lasting a few seconds. It claims to be "enhanced" but is not in the sense that Sony, Warner, Fox or Paramount enhances their movies. It's certainly watchable. From the horrid reviews most of the other companies get it may well be enhanced. It is not worth $19.95 but I can justify the $12.95 (SHIPPING INCLUDED) it cost me in my mind only because of its scarcity. Why a major studio does not release it is beyond me. C'mon, Bogart and Huston together again. Isn't that reason enough?

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Funny little spoof shot I beleive with Bogart's own company,

(correct me if I'm wrong). Shot in Italy it appears on the cheap. Production wise it barely holds together. John Huston & Truman Capote directed & rewrote it on the fly. Bogie looks old as do his pals Peter Lorre & Robert Morley. He's past his leading man prime. Gina Lollabridga is not old as Bogart's sultry wife. Jennifer Jones is cute but annoying as Bogat's mistress. He has thrown in with a gang of losers in an ill-defined scheme to buy some land in Africa that contains uranium. They hava a long boat ride ahead of them. Ms Jones has a lot of pointless & boring dialogue. Things go awry. Without Bogie & Lorre this movie is nothing. So it's ok. The print I had from Maducy was as usual, terrible.

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Buy the Platinum Disc Corporation version

Buy the Platinum Disc Corporation version. The transfer is excellent and I have no complaints. It's not Criterion, but you will not be disappointed. Beautiful black and white.

I enjoyed this disc the first time I watched it a few years ago. On second viewing a few weeks ago, I appreciated it even more. Maybe it was because I had not viewed it for so long and had forgotten what it was about. All the actors perform their characters well and the pace is steady. This is now one of my favorite Bogart films. Jennifer Jones and Gina Lollobrigida are hot dolls and I like their characters. Just my two cents worth.

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Echo Bridge version - GREAT BOGART FILM!

John Huston and Truman Capote's "Beat the Devil" is simply my favorite Bogart film. Lucky for us it's also the cheapest at a little over a dollar plus shipping from third party Amazon sellers!

Bogart is at all times everything he does best: as world weary as Rick in "Casablanca", as good natured as he is in "To Have And Have Not" as much a wise-guy as he is in "The Maltese Falcon".

Peter Lorre could have stole the show if he'd had more lines, but his are certainly the funniest (funny like George Costanza funny, as in despicable but delightful). Robert Morley is equally as awful but fun as the bad guy's head honcho.

I've read that the film is a satire - it certainly doesn't come off that way. It is 'sui generis' and very clever and humorous.

It also has some aspects that are kind of eerie, in that the villains are all ex-nazis or nazi sympathisers in a lamented Allied "New World Order", making their way to discover a very modern way of obtaining fortune and less fame.
As Lorre's ex-nazi character, who takes a ribbing for his newly won Irish surname, states: "In Chile the name O'Hara is a tip-top name. Lots of Germans living in Chile have come to be named O'Hara...".

Bogart himself claimed "Only phonies like it" but I think he was taking it a bit too seriously. Fans of "Seinfeld' will 'get it' right away.

Critic Roger Ebert claims it was the first 'camp' movie, but camp is decribed as the utterly ridiculous portayed seriously and with complete sincerity. This film is the opposite: it contains a very serious plot portrayed ridiculously and humorously.

The film is endlessly quirky and humorous yet has a serious plot and if you love Bogart you will not regret spending four dollars shipped to see this, but the version you want is the Echo Bridge copy - good picture and sound and no annoying logos painting the screen.

In fact, if aesthetics mean anything to you, for the money you can afford to buy the Tgg Direct copy as well for the wonderful vintage lobby card art cover (might just do it myself, too) also for a few bucks!

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Seller went out of his way for even a small order......

What movie with this cast would not be good---one of the most overlooked Bogart films but nonetheless intriguing, A great addition to anyone's classic film library.

The seller is the only one to outperform Ms. Bacall's late husband. This was a less than five dollar purchase and the seller went out of his way to find the movie and get it to me. The large orders all deserve and receive attention. When a seller executes in the manner I experienced here it deserves writing a review to commend them of fine service. Thanks.

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