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The Complete Gidget Collection (Gidget / Gidget Goes Hawaiian / Gidget Goes to Rome) |  | Director: Paul Wendkos
Actors: James Darren, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley, Carl Reiner, Peggy Cass
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.94
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Rating:  77 reviews
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D04807D
ISBN: 1404954775
UPC: 043396048072
EAN: 9781404954779
Theatrical Release Date: August 7, 1963
Release Date: August 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Presenting the big screen adventures of Gidget the original queen of the Southern California beach scene. A winning combination of comedy romance and song THE COMPLETE GIDGET COLLECTION follows the summer vacations of America's favorite teenage surfer girl as she travels the world in search of fun love and excitement. Bask in the California sun (GIDGET) and then catch a wave that spans from Waikiki (GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN) to Rome (GIDGET GOES TO ROME). This DVD collection features Gidget and steady beau Moondoggie and their fun-in-the-sun adventures.System Requirements:Running Time: 95 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 043396048072 Manufacturer No: 04807
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"Just remember, she might be pint-sized, but she's quite a woman." The original surfer girl gets her own three-film DVD collection, dippy fun from a more innocent time. 1959's Gidget made real surfers nauseated, but it's a kicky movie with some great lounge-era lingo. Sandra Dee, perkiness personified, plays the curious teen who breaks the gender line in surfing. She's also got the attention of surf-happy Moondoggie (James Darren) and the big Kahuna (Cliff Robertson), the latter the prototype of the surf bum who roams the globe in search of the endless summer. The film actually kicked off the great boom in surfing popularity (the Beach Boys and the Beach Party movies followed), much to the chagrin of purists. It was based on a novel by Frederick Kohner, who was inspired by his daughter's experiences. Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) puts Deborah Walley in the title role. She's no Sandra Dee, but at least there are shots of Walley doing her own surfing stunts. The action's in Waikiki, and Gidge is pursued by a confused Moondoggie and a famous dancer. They are played by James Darren and Michael Callan, and having the two 1960s male ingenues in the same movie suggests a weird collision of matter and anti-matter. The spark goes flat in Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), with yet another new actress (Cindy Carol) paired with a loyal James Darren. It's closer to Three Coins in the Fountain than the sandy beaches of Malibu. DVD caveat: none of the films is in widescreen. The sequels don't suffer much, but the original Gidget was shot in CinemaScope, and the pan-and-scan approach hurts the summery look of the picture--even if it's just Sandra Dee balancing in front of blue-screen waves. --Robert Horton
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 Best Movies ever October 3, 2009
lavenderlily (PA)
I absolutely love the first gidget movie.It is funny,entertaining,cute, and romantic.The other's were great too.The Dvd format was easy to use and the picture was clear.I'm sure you will love these movies too.I wish they has used the same actor for all 3, the one in the first one but they didn't.They all have really good plots and you will get to know gidget better.The effects were like any old 60's movie.You know they aren't really surfing but it is funny to watch how they did things back then.
Here's another wonderful set of movies! May 20, 2009
Sheena L. Brown
Here is another movie that needs to be watched over and over again. I am excited to own them know on DVD.
GIDGET May 10, 2009
Mary R. Krider (LOU KY)
I ENJOY THESE MOVIES THEY ARE LIGHT HEARTED AND FUN AND I ADORE JAMES DARREN IN THESE AND IN ALL HIS MOVIES, AND I LIKE THE SIMPLE FUN OF THESE MOVIES.
 GIDGET MOVIES April 30, 2009
Deborah L. Stiles (Austin, Texas United States)
The first movie is great. The other movies are what I would call knock offs. It's not Gidget if it is not Sandra Dee!!!
My 9 year old loved this movie March 3, 2009
C. Yonge
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter watched the first Gidget with Gidget learning to surf,this was a few years ago,she loved it and always asked when it would come on again,now that we own all three,she watches them all the time.It is a good clean old fashion movie.
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