A Fish Called Wanda

[Banasa]

In 1988, John Cleese, former Python and the mastermind behind Fawlty Towers, teamed up with the veteran Ealing Comedy director Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob) to produce another classic of British comedy.

Cleese plays Archie Leach, a weak-willed barrister who finds himself embroiled with a quartet of ill-matched jewel thieves – two American con artists played by Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, Michael Palin’s animal-loving hitman and London gangster Tom Georgeson – when Georgeson is arrested. Only he and Palin know the whereabouts of the diamonds, prompting plenty of farce and in-fighting as well as some embarrassing nudity and the unfortunate demise of some innocent pooches…

Nominated for three Academy Awards and winning one for Kline’s outstanding supporting turn as the psychopathic Otto, A Fish Called Wanda has stood the test of time, earning its rightful place among its creators’ remarkable comedy pedigree.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original English mono audio (uncompressed LPCM)
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Commentary by writer and star John Cleese
• Brand-new appreciation by Vic Pratt of the BFI National Archive
• Brand-new interviews with composer John Du Prez, production designer Roger Murray-Leach, executive producer Steve Abbott and makeup supervisor Paul Engelen
• John Cleese’s Final Farewell Performance, a 1988 documentary on the making of A Fish Called Wanda featuring interviews with actors Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline and director Charles Crichton
• Something Fishy, a 15th anniversary retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Cleese, Curtis, Kline and Palin, executive producer Steve Abbott and director of photography Alan Hume
• Fish You Were Here, a documentary on the film’s locations hosted by Robert Powell
• 24 deleted/alternative scenes with introductions by Cleese
• A Message from John Cleese, a tongue-in-cheek introduction recorded for the film's original release
• Gallery
• Trivia track
• Theatrical trailer

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Here's your Jamie Lee Curtis hint revealed folks.

[hearthesilence]

Had no idea there was deleted material available. I haven't seen this in ages, but it was actually the first time I saw anything with Cleese (knew nothing of Monty Python at the time). I can still recall walking down the hall in high school talking about it with a friend, only to be joined by a random history teacher who was a big fan - the three of us just kept walking together, quoting lines from the film. (Never saw that teacher again either, much less had a class with him - a shame, I imagine it would have been enormous fun.)

[matrixschmatrix]

Oh wow, I'll be happy to get this one- though I almost wish they'd done this for the (admittedly lesser) Fierce Creatures, which doesn't even have an OAR dvd in region 1.

[Costa]

I saw this in my teens and i didn't like it.
Well, I didn't like Monty Pythons films too, so I guess I'm not into british humour?

Anyway, I find Kevin Kline very sexy in this, so I'm torn.
If I'd get it, I'd get it only for him!

[domino harvey]

I had to check to confirm that wasn't a rohmerin post!

[Costa]

I had to check to confirm that wasn't a rohmerin post!

He also doesn't like Monty Python?

[rohmerin]

Yes I like Monty Python. ¿Por qué no?

Wanda, I remember I saw it with my great grand mother in 89. I love love love this movie.