Rent Monkey Business / Horse Feathers (1932)
4.0 of 5 from 52 ratings
2h 15min
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- Synopsis:
The Marx Brothers - Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo - remain one of the most recognisable comedy teams to hit the silver screen, ranking alongside the likes of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, the brothers keep audiences laughing to this day. 'Monkey Business' sees the Marx clan stowed away on a ship, while Groucho, Harpo and Chico cause calamity evading the ships crew Zeppo embarks on a love affair with the daughter of a mobster. In their penultimate film at Paramount, 'Horse Feathers', the head of Huxley University, Quincey Adams Wagstaff (Groucho) strives to to hire professional football players to help his son's (Zeppo) football team win their first ever game. The Paramount era represents the Marx Brothers at their absolute finest, retaining all of the energy and controlled chaos of their stage shows. Plots are unimportant, it's the gags, set-pieces and one-liners that matter! - Actors:
- Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Bobby Barber, Reginald Barlow, Vince Barnett, Sheila Bromley, E.H. Calvert, Edgar Dearing, Robert Greig, Theresa Harris, Edward LeSaint, Florine McKinney, Nat Pendleton, James Pierce, Frank Rice
- Directors:
- Norman Z. McLeod
- Producers:
- Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Voiced By:
- Maurice Chevalier
- Writers:
- Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, Arthur Sheekman, Al Shean, J. Carver Pusey
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance
- Collections:
- Paramount's Laughing Thirties
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/04/2019
- Run Time:
- 145 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary on Monkey Business by Marx Brothers historian Robert S Bader and Bill Marx, son of Harpo Marx
- Commentary on 'Horse Feathers' by film critic FX Feeney
- The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos, a feature-length documentary containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and others
