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List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $9.98 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 27 January, 1956 DVD Release : 30 March, 1999 |
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The Court Jester description Danny Kaye spoofs Robin Hood and Scaramouche in this inventive slapstick swashbuckler. Portraying the clownish but good-hearted entertainer Hawkins, he infiltrates the court of the corrupt Basil Rathbone (up to his usual brand of cruel villainy) disguised as the legendary king of jesters, Giacomo. After a court sorceress hypnotizes Hawkins into believing he is also a legendary assassin, Hawkins has more identities than he can keep straight, and Kaye zips back and forth between them at, literally, a snap of the fingers. Comic highlights include a wonderful sword fight with Rathbone in which he constantly switches identities, and the classic "chalice from the palace/vessel with pestle" wordplay as Hawkins plays "hide the poison" and forgets where it is. With comely Glynis Johns as his spy-in-arms love interest, Angela Lansbury as the scheming princess, and Mildred Natwick as the dotty spellcaster, this is Danny Kaye at his comic best. --Sean Axmaker |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | My favorite comedian! |
| One of my favorite movies from my youth that I'm glad to be able to share with my children. Danny Kaye's talent is amazing and he always makes me laugh out loud. Our 2 favorite scenes are the formation march of knighting Danny and then the confusing rhyme about the poisoned wine, "the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true..." The foil fencing scenes are hilarious also. | |
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