Don Knotts 4 Movie Reluctant Hero Pack (The Ghost And Mr. Chicken / The Reluctant Astronaut / The Shakiest Gun In The West / The Love God?) |  | Directors: Alan Rafkin, Edward Montagne, Nat Hiken
Actors: Don Knotts, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier, Reta Shaw
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  100 reviews
Format: NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 397 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: D24224D
ISBN: 078328697X
UPC: 025192422423
EAN: 9780783286976
Theatrical Release Date: August 1969
Release Date: July 6, 2004
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Contains: reluctant astronaut shakiest gun in the west ghost & mr chicken the love god? Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/06/2004 Rating: Nr
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 Funny stuff! July 12, 2009
Bekki Reiser
My kids just love Don Knotts and they enjoy watching his movies over and over. These are great for long trips.
Tied up in Knotts . . . June 8, 2009
trebe
For a low price, you get four classic Don Knotts films on one double sided DVD. This compilation was issued shortly after his death, and it is an excellent introduction to his feature film work. Included are The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun In The West and The Love God, in chronological order the four films that followed The Incredible Mr. Limpet. Composer Vic Mizzy provided wonderfully appropriate music for many of Knott's films, including the four in this collection.
Knotts became a fixture in many homes while playing Deputy Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show. According to Griffith, he had told Knotts that his TV program would only run for five years, so Knotts made plans to launch a film career after completing year five on Griffith. While many may have wished that he continued being Barney Fife forever, it was on the big screen that Knotts was able to showcase his creative comic genius to the fullest extent. In these films, Knotts does pretty well fit the `reluctant hero' characterization.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is an all time classic Knotts' film. Knotts is Luther Heggs, a newspaper typesetter who dreams of being a reporter. Spending the night in a haunted mansion where a murder occurred years before, Luther bumbles, babbles, and stutters along, uncovering the solution to a long hidden murder mystery. A hilarious romp with a slew of memorable lines, such as `Atta boy Luther', `Let me clarify that', and `It played'. Joan Staley is sweet and engaging, as Knott's love interest in this true comedy gem.
Back in the 60's, the space race with the Soviet Union was raging hot and heavy. In The Reluctant Astronaut, Knotts is Roy Fleming, the operator of an amusement park space ride, who despite an aversion to flying, still dreams of being an astronaut. When he receives a letter from NASA, everyone believes that Roy has been accepted into the astronaut training program. NASA makes him a janitor, but somehow Roy still manages to get into space. Leslie Nielsen plays the classic straight man, as an astronaut in training who befriends Roy. Very dated special effects and a little too goofy at times, but still a very warm and enjoyable outing.
In The Shakiest Gun in the West, Knotts is a Jesse Heywood, a Philadelphia dentist on his way out West. `Bad Penny' Cushings (Barbara Rhodes), is an outlaw who agrees to help the US Government track down arms shipments to the Indians, in return for a pardon. Cushings marries Heywood just so she can join a westward bound wagon train. With Penny's gun doing the actual damage, Heywood emerges as a gun slinging hero after an encounter with the Indians. The writing could be better, and a spark seems to be lacking between Knotts and Rhodes, a tall athletic redhead. Matters probably cross the line of today's political correctness, which may bother some.
Don Knotts boldly takes on the sex comedy in The Love God? Abner Peacock (Knotts) is the publisher of magazine devoted to bird watching, that unfortunately is about to go belly up. Osborn Tremain (Edmund O'Brien) an unscrupulous publisher of porn, takes over `The Peacock' magazine and converts it to a radically different kind of `bird watching'. Soon Abner is swept up in legal proceedings, and drawn into the intoxicating world of smut, becoming the new symbol for the American playboy, working along side beautiful publisher Lisa LaMonica (Anne Francis).
Don Knotts was a unique comic genius, whose talent truly bloomed in feature films. There's not much need to `clarify' that. This is a great collection, a great value, and a great way to become acquainted with his quirky style.
funny man May 29, 2009
Stephen S. Connaway (wichita, ks. usa)
watching one of these comedies is enough to feed your funny bone for a week. Warning do not watch all four at the same time you'll come away brain damaged.
This guy was hilarious May 15, 2009
Douglas P. Schubert (Alameda ca)
Yep, the usual old Don Knott's funniness. Caveat: The Love God's not suitable for a junior high classroom!! Pretty sophisticated adult humor, surprisingly for Don. Anyway, funny stuff.
How can you KNOTT like it... May 7, 2009
Joshua F. Wright (Moline, IL, USA)
Growing up watching Andy Griffith, thus becoming a huge Don Knotts fan how was this a bad buy. Four of his movies including one of his most famous "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" this is an easy buy for any Don Knotts fan. Yes most of the movies may be corny, but who cares. This is a great buy even if it was just one movie. Just get it!!!
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