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Passport To Pimlico [1949] | ![Passport To Pimlico [1949]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513krgRtuVL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Henry Cornelius
Actors: Stanley Holloway, Sidney Tafler, Basil Radford, Hermione Baddeley, Paul Dupuis
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2491
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 81 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060034576600
ASIN: B000I5XNHE
Theatrical Release Date: 1949
Release Date: November 13, 2006
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 Wonderful film - poor DVD April 30, 2008
Kenneth Elvin (Portugal)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This film is an absolute classic and, as a wonderful example of Ealing comedy at its best, there is nothing to add to the positive - five star - reviews already posted.
This DVD version, however, comes with no insert of any kind. The box gives us the title of the film and a skeletal list of the principal actors, nothing more. No subtitles, no extras, no notes, no other information.
The most disappointing of all is the sound-track. Fuzzy and indistinct for much of the time, it takes one back to the flea-pit cinemas of the '50s or to a screening in the village hall.
What a shame.
 Still great after all these years December 24, 2007
Mr. Derek R. Osbourne (New Malden, Surrey United Kingdom)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The only thing I don't understand about this DVD is why there is no additional bonus material about the film or about the Ealing films. Perhaps I'm just getting used to the bonuses.
I haven't watched this movie for over 11 years - the 31st August 1996 to be precise. I had hired it to take my wife's attention fron the increasing labour pains leading up to the birth of our first child.
It did the trick then as it did last night whilst we rested from wrapping Christmas presents.
Super Film October 27, 2007
"Smith" Reader (West Midlands United Kingdom)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Passport To Pimlico with Stanley Holloway, is a must have film for any British Movie buff.
Outstanding - perfect!
Ealing classic October 3, 2007
S J Buck (Kent, UK)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
A classic post-war Ealing film that is worth buying and watching over and over. Believe me it improves with every viewing. Previous reviewers have already outlined the plot so I'm not going to repeat that. What I will say is that this is a highly original, well-scripted and marvellously well directed film that has many laugh out-loud moments. Look out for a young Michael Horden who has a small role.
This really is a political satire long before the word satire came into popular use in the 1960's. I don't know the history behind the films release, but given that it was made in 1949 its amazing that the film was released unscathed. Who knows maybe it wasn't....
Great entertainment.
"Blimey, I'm a foreigner!" September 22, 2007
David Lusher (London England)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Post-war London - a place of bomb sites, ration books, licensing laws and to cap it all, it's a sweltering summer. Kids playing on a bomb site accidentally set off an unexploded bomb, uncovering an ancient treasure that indicates that the area is part of Burgundy. The locals are quick to take advantage of the situation and create a ration-free state, but things start to get very complicated! A rather surreal, but inventive film which, in post-war Britain (still under rationing) would have been welcomed like a breath of fresh air. A great cast, including Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford, and a young Charles Hawtrey. One of Ealing's most popular films, it drags a bit in parts. However, the story is irresistible.
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