Seven Faces of Dr. Lao |  | Director: George Pal
Actors: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson, Noah Beery Jr.
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  83 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: WARD65172D
ISBN: 0790746115
UPC: 012569517226
EAN: 9780790746111
Theatrical Release Date: March 18, 1964
Release Date: October 3, 2000
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Product Description
A MYSTERIOUS TRAVELING CIRCUS UNLEASHES A TORRENT OF MAGIC AND MYSTICISM IN A DUSTY ARIZONA TOWN. TONY RANDALL CHARMS AND SPELLBINDS AS RINGMASTER DR. LAO AND HIS MULTITUDE OF FACES. SPECIAL FEATURES: SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH, NEW DIGITAL TRANSFER, ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER AND MUCH MORE.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 83
 Fasinating October 14, 2009
Charles E. Teach
This movie will take you back in time, when living was simpler and complicated at the same time, depending on what hang up you're on at the time. Tony Randall does an excellent performance portraying different aspects of the human condition that ether makes or breaks human happiness and giving it back to the subject at hand. Of coarse Barbra Eden didn't hurt the movie at all. The ending will leave in wonder.
 SFX certainly timeworn, Story is Timeless! July 17, 2009
Cedric M. Klein (Madison, IN United States)
There are deep & thoughtful reviews here & I'm not going to try to match them. This is a great story with some great actors, a kinda hokey-for-today script & definitely dated special effects. Tony Randall is great- losing himself in the characters even if obviously-himself in the various disguises. His Dr Lao is deliberately part offensive-caricature and part perhaps-saint/angel/god.
Amazon's pairing of this with SOMETHING WICKED is genius. Before showing this to a friend, I was telling her "It's the good & happy version of Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Carnival".
The best magical comedy ever made June 13, 2009
Richard Franks (Arcadia, Calif)
A most entertaining film about a mysterious traveling Asian who portrays all of the characters in his circus. A very entertaining family film. The film examines the greed in some men but in the end all is well.
Tony Randall is Brilliant April 20, 2009
David Smith (Northern California)
This may be some of Randall's best work. In no other film is he required to flex his comedy timing or dramatic persona as he does in this one film. It's sweet, funny and has some serious things to say about human values and even racial prejudice.
My only complaint is that I was surprised to see that the DVD was produced in fullscreen format. Maybe in twenty or thirty years it'll be produced as it was first shown and as how modern TV's are formatted to view movies today.
Oh, and Barbara Eden never looked more beautiful in a role.
BE HERE NOW April 15, 2009
Robin Simmons (Palm Springs area, CA United States)
A wonderful fable. Timeless even though it is dated in its execution. Much more than meets the eyes here. Meaningful on many levels. Tony Randall is terrific (he didn't like the part -- or so he said).
There's been word of a remake with Jim Carrey -- something he's said he wants to do for personal reasons. That would be great. Especially if the screenplay is a closer reflection of the sometimes edgier 1935 fantasy novel by Charles Finney.
Is Dr. Lao meant to be Lao Tzu author of the Tao Te Ching? Seems so to me.
See this -- if you can find it -- and ponder it's meaning as you attempt to find your best path and live fully, bravely in the now.
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