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Comedy Bananas / Love and Death Rare LaserDisc Woody Allen Comedy

Bananas / Love and Death Rare LaserDisc Woody Allen Comedy

Rare LaserDisc Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket and several slightly compressed corners

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Bananas / Love and Death Rare LaserDisc Woody Allen Comedy

Rare LaserDisc Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket and several slightly compressed corners

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Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket and several slightly compressed corners

Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban in...

Bananas

Love and Death

( Catalog Number ML102239 )
(1.33:1) (Digital) (4 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc
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Bananas
1971 - 82 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Woody Allen leads a revolution in a small Latin American dictatorship in this hysterical comedy that parodies everything from the American media and political activism to the CIA and the judicial system. Allen plays Fielding Mellish, a nebbish unwilling to commit to anything--until he meets Nancy, played by Louise Lasser. Mellish soon finds himself fighting with guerrilla forces in the small third world country of San Marcos, and he becomes an international figure, even appearing on ABC's WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS with Howard Cosell (who plays himself). The film is loaded with sight gags that pay homage to Chaplin, Bergman, and the Marx Brothers. It also tackles politics, government, and religion, even breaking for a commercial for cigarettes endorsed by the church! One of the most memorable scenes of Allen's career occurs when Mellish defends himself in the funniest courtroom scene since the Three Stooges' DISORDER IN THE COURT. Allen's obsessions with food, sex, and death begin to take form here, on their way to becoming major themes in such films as LOVE AND DEATH, ANNIE HALL, and HANNAH AND HER SISTERS.

Love and Death
1971 - 85 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Woody Allen's Love and Death is purportedly a satire of all things Russian, from Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky novels to Sergei Eisenstein films, but it plays more like a spin on Bob Hope's Monsieur Beaucaire. Allen plays Boris, a 19th century Russian who falls in love with his distant (and married) cousin Sonja (Diane Keaton). Pressed into service with the Russian army during the war against Napoleon, Boris accidentally becomes a hero, then goes on to win a duel against a cuckolded husband (Harold Gould). He returns to Sonja, hoping to settle down on the Steppes somewhere, but Sonja has become fired up with patriotic fervor, insisting that Boris join a plot to kill Napoleon. Intellectual in-jokes abound in Love and Death, and other gags are basic Allen one-liners; for instance, after being congratulated for his lovemaking skills, Boris replies nonchalantly, "I practice a lot when I'm alone." The pseudo-Russian ambience of Love and Death is comically enhanced by the Sergey Prokofiev compositions on the musical track. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast for Bananas

Woody Allen  as Fielding Mellish
Louise Lasser  as Nancy
Howard Cosell
Carlos Montalban as General Emilio M. Va...
Jacobo Morales  as Esposito
Natividad Abascal  as Yolanda

Cast for Love and Death

Woody Allen
Diane Keaton
Harold Gould
Despo Diamantidou
Edmond Ardisson
Georges Adel

Crew for Bananas

Woody Allen - Director
Woody Allen,  Mickey Rose - Screenwriter
Jack Grossberg - Producer
Marvin Hamlisch - Composer

Crew for Love and Death

Directed By: 	Woody Allen
Written By: 	Woody Allen

Feature Details

Title: Bananas
Feature Release Date: 1971
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 82 Minutes
Chapters: 73
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

IMDB Info...

Title 2: Love and Death
Feature 2 Release Date: 1971
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 85 Minutes
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

IMDB 2 Info...

Technical Details

LD Release Date: 8 Jan 1992
Catalog Number: ML102239
UPC: 027616223968
ISBN: 0-7928-0931-9
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Sound: Digital
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML102239
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket and several slightly compressed corners

Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban in...

Bananas

Love and Death

( Catalog Number ML102239 )
(1.33:1) (Digital) (4 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
LaserDiscs

Bananas
1971 - 82 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Woody Allen leads a revolution in a small Latin American dictatorship in this hysterical comedy that parodies everything from the American media and political activism to the CIA and the judicial system. Allen plays Fielding Mellish, a nebbish unwilling to commit to anything--until he meets Nancy, played by Louise Lasser. Mellish soon finds himself fighting with guerrilla forces in the small third world country of San Marcos, and he becomes an international figure, even appearing on ABC's WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS with Howard Cosell (who plays himself). The film is loaded with sight gags that pay homage to Chaplin, Bergman, and the Marx Brothers. It also tackles politics, government, and religion, even breaking for a commercial for cigarettes endorsed by the church! One of the most memorable scenes of Allen's career occurs when Mellish defends himself in the funniest courtroom scene since the Three Stooges' DISORDER IN THE COURT. Allen's obsessions with food, sex, and death begin to take form here, on their way to becoming major themes in such films as LOVE AND DEATH, ANNIE HALL, and HANNAH AND HER SISTERS.

Love and Death
1971 - 85 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Woody Allen's Love and Death is purportedly a satire of all things Russian, from Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky novels to Sergei Eisenstein films, but it plays more like a spin on Bob Hope's Monsieur Beaucaire. Allen plays Boris, a 19th century Russian who falls in love with his distant (and married) cousin Sonja (Diane Keaton). Pressed into service with the Russian army during the war against Napoleon, Boris accidentally becomes a hero, then goes on to win a duel against a cuckolded husband (Harold Gould). He returns to Sonja, hoping to settle down on the Steppes somewhere, but Sonja has become fired up with patriotic fervor, insisting that Boris join a plot to kill Napoleon. Intellectual in-jokes abound in Love and Death, and other gags are basic Allen one-liners; for instance, after being congratulated for his lovemaking skills, Boris replies nonchalantly, "I practice a lot when I'm alone." The pseudo-Russian ambience of Love and Death is comically enhanced by the Sergey Prokofiev compositions on the musical track. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast for Bananas

Woody Allen  as Fielding Mellish
Louise Lasser  as Nancy
Howard Cosell
Carlos Montalban as General Emilio M. Va...
Jacobo Morales  as Esposito
Natividad Abascal  as Yolanda

Cast for Love and Death

Woody Allen
Diane Keaton
Harold Gould
Despo Diamantidou
Edmond Ardisson
Georges Adel

Crew for Bananas

Woody Allen - Director
Woody Allen,  Mickey Rose - Screenwriter
Jack Grossberg - Producer
Marvin Hamlisch - Composer

Crew for Love and Death

Directed By: 	Woody Allen
Written By: 	Woody Allen

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