One of the other reviewers noted an important scene in the DVD (where our hero "becomes a confident heterosexual") has been cut. Its also missing in the VHS version too, so be warned. When comparing running times, the DVD indicates 88 minutes, the VHS 89 minutes. So I thought the scene where Berenger does the wild thing with Sela Ward for the first time existed on the VHS. Nope. This is really a critical scene as a setup for the running joke in the movie. In addition, it's absence causes part of the final scene's dialog to come off as, well, nonsense.
DVD version is incomplete
I am so annoyed that the movie I purchased has been edited and I was not warned on the package. I wish I had seen the June 1, 2004 comments which indicated that this movie is missing a crucial scene. I cannot recommend that you buy this DVD since Paramount has released an incomplete version of the movie.
Why did they alter the movie by deleting the scene where Rex becomes a 'confident heterosexual' ? The punch line to the major joke/tension of the movie is missing in this DVD version.
I cannot recommend that you buy this DVD if you are a fan of the movie. Also, the DVD has no extras or commentary it really is a rush job on their part.
It is a terrible release of a great unknown movie. It still is funny, but not as funny as the original. Contrary to what Amazon says, I am referring to the DVD version of this movie.
A Western Worth Its Gold In Laughs
A funny story behind when I first saw this movie. I had purchased a Laser Disc player from a local stereo shop. The local stereo shop did not have any model's left in stock, so they offered to sell me the floor model at a reduced cost. So, never passing up a bargain, I bought the floor model and lo and behold someone left Rustler's Rhapsody in the player! I had never head of this movie before, but figure what the heck. I wanted to try out my new Laser Disc player anyways! Not sure what to expect, I was very surprised by the quality the movie posessed and the wonderful laughs it brought. This movie was a classic from the start I believe. I was so intrigued by the movie, that I returned the Laser Disc left in the player to the store and purchased my OWN Laser Disc copy! I have since shown that version to many family friends and everyone enjoyed it just as much as me. I was very glad when the DVD came out, cause I was really getting tired of having to flip the Laser Disc over for Side 2 about half way through the movie. The quality of the DVD matches up very closely to the Laser Disc format and has better sound I think. I highly recommend you give this movie a whirl, cause I think you'll be in for a nice ride through the western front and come out singing and wishing that the old west was at your home.
This curiosity from the mid-1970s is breathtaking in its dreadfulness. Directed by Hal Needham, this was an attempt at creating a Roadrunner cartoon with live actors--except that instead of a live actor they got Arnold Schwarzenegger, before Hollywood smoothed his rough edges (and his Austrian accent). He plays the invulnerable sheriff who rides blithely through life, unaware that the evil Kirk Douglas wants to kill him and kidnap his squeeze, Ann-Margret. The stunts are cartoony without being funny and Schwarzenegger shows exactly why he was known as "the Austrian Oak." Douglas works extra hard but effort alone isn't enough to elevate this script. --Marshall FineMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kirk Douglas - Ann-Margret - Arnold Schwarzenegger Director(s): Hal Needham DVD Release Date: Released the 21 May 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In the tradition of Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo, this three-hour Hallmark miniseries ranks among the finest TV Westerns ever produced. With a deft balance of rugged action and richly drawn characters, Johnson County War captures the essence--if not the precise historical details--of the range wars that raged between Wyoming homesteaders and cattle barons in the early 1890s. Fighting for the legal settlers are the Hammett brothers Cain, Harry, and Dale (Tom Berenger, Luke Perry, Adam Storke), along with Dale's tough-as-leather wife (Michelle Forbes) and an ill-fated whore (Rachel Ward) who stands proudly against the hired gun (Burt Reynolds) who terrorizes the region for his cowardly British employers. Reynolds is too contemporary for his role, but he's a... More Info about this DVD Director(s): David S. Cass Sr. DVD Release Date: Released the 24 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Mel Brooks scored his first commercial hit with this raucous Western spoof starring the late Cleavon Little as the newly hired (and conspicuously black) sheriff of Rock Ridge. Sheriff Bart teams up with deputy Jim (Gene Wilder) to foil the railroad-building scheme of the nefarious Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman). The simple plot is just an excuse for a steady stream of gags, many of them unabashedly tasteless, that Brooks and his wacky cast pull off with side-splitting success. The humor is so juvenile and crude that you just have to surrender to it; highlights abound, from the lunkheaded Alex Karras as the ox-riding Mongo to Madeline Kahn's uproarious send-up of Marlene Dietrich as saloon songstress Lili Von Shtupp. Adding to the comedic excess is the infamous campfire scene involving a... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Cleavon Little - Gene Wilder DVD Release Date: Released the 29 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This film and Hello Dolly were the knockout blows to the studio movie musical, but Paint doesn't deserve its tarnished name. Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) takes the model of a rakish derelict to an unequaled high as a prospector who teams up with a greenhorn named Pardner (Clint Eastwood), and they both end up marrying the same scorned woman (Jean Seberg). No-Name City, the prospecting town they found, is Sodom and Gomorrah without the camels, and a vision of humanity left to its own devices. The songs are mostly wonderful melodies from Lerner and Loewe, with definite high points, notably "They Call the Wind Maria" and "Wand'rin' Star." Clint Eastwood always gets flack for his versions of "I Still See Elisa" and "I Talk to the Trees," but that scorn is equally undeserved. Perhaps... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 24 July 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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