Rent The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers (1930)
3.8 of 5 from 55 ratings
3h 12min
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- Synopsis:
The Marx Brothers - Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo - are one of the cornerstones of American comedy. Starting out in vaudeville, they conquered Broadway and the big screen in their own inimitable style, at once innovative, irreverent, anarchic, physical, musical, ludicrous and hilarious. In their first film at Paramount, 'The Coconuts', the Brothers kicked off what would become a career of slapstick masterpieces as our lovable quartet take to selling land and running a hotel in the way that only they can. In their second film,.'Animal Crackers' (based on their own theatre production), the brothers turn detectives as they hunt down a painting stolen from a high society party. The Paramount era represents the Marx Brothers at their absolute finest, retaining ail 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, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, The Marx Brothers, Zeppo Marx, Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Cyril Ring, Kay Francis, Margaret Dumont, Basil Ruysdael, Gamby-Hale Ballet Girls, Allan K. Foster Girls, Sylvan Lee, Barton MacLane, Lillian Roth, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson, Margaret Irving, Kathryn Reece
- Directors:
- Robert Florey, Joseph Santley, Victor Heerman
- Producers:
- Walter Wanger
- Writers:
- George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Pierre Collings
- Aka:
- The Marx Brothers: The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers
- Studio:
- Arrow Academy
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- Films That Go Bump in the Night: All Hallows' Eve, Paramount's Laughing Thirties, Topping the Music Hall Bill
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/04/2019
- Run Time:
- 192 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 'The Cocoanuts' by film scholar Anthony Slide
- Commentary on 'Animal Crackers' by film historian Jeffrey Vance
- Three excerpts from NBC's 'The Today Show' featuring interviews with Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx and Bill Marx
