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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0013131196092 Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Languages: Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay MPN: ANBD11960D Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 21, 2002 Running Time: 329 minutes Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Theatrical Release Date: May 21, 2001 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 329 minutes Rating: Nr Amazon.com: The three nostalgic British musicals in the Cliff Richard Collection are a good reminder that, thanks to a few short years in the 1960s, Sir Cliff can legitimately include "film star" on his already exceptional show business résumé. The Young Ones (1961), Summer Holiday (1963), and Wonderful Life (1964) would make tame fare for a teen audience today, but they retain a polished and honest charm that might surprise the sharpest of cynics. First and foremost, of course, they were Cliff Richard vehicles: designed to showcase his all-around talents and capitalize on his first, heady wave of pop chart success. They are also unashamed homages to the heyday of the MGM B-musical with familiar themes: let's put on a show/save the youth club/make a film. But with up-and-coming directors Sidney Furie and Peter Yates making imaginative and sophisticated use of wide-angle camerawork and fresh, snappy choreography by Herbert Ross and Gillian Lynne, they also have plenty of assets other than Richard's wholesome appeal. There are some fine set pieces and surreal flashes, notably the history of cinema in Wonderful Life and the extraordinary mime sequence in Summer Holiday. They also tap into the very British energy of a group of young actors and dancers including Una Stubbs, Susan Hampshire, Melvyn Hayes, and Richard O'Sullivan, as well as Richard's band at the time, the Shadows. For sheer verve, the films deserve to be seen on their own merits. --Piers Ford Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Review of Cliff Richard/ShadowsWell, I'm no longer one of the "Young Ones", but I was when the movie "Wonderful To Be Young" played in Cincinnati. I liked the movie, and loved the music. I played the record until it could no longer be played. I liked "The Young Ones" the best, followed by "Summer Holiday", and then "Wonderful Life" but would not give up any of them. My daughter came to me when she was a teenager wanting me to see this new singer that was on TV by the name of Cliff Richard, she really liked him. I showed her the ... Read More Rating: - Cliff Richard MoviesI was really pleased with the quality of the DVD. The actual movies brought back a lot of good memories. Rating: - Absolutely delightfulAs a teenager in the Philippines, I saw the movies when they were first released, and Cliff Richard was the singing idol then. Getting hold of them through Amazon thrills me to pieces. This may not qualify as a review because I'm totally biased. I simply say that this DVD set is absolutely delightful. I'll never get tired of watching Cliff. Rating: - Craving for moreIn my teens, I missed watching The Young Ones and Summer Holiday because I was an Honor Student and refrain from watching too much movies, so now that I have been given the opportunity to have this collection, I appreciate it so much. I brought it to my sisters' house and watched all three movies on their big screen and everybody enjoyed them. The songs, the dances, the story line. Cliff may not be an actor worth receiving awards for his acting, but I think he is a natural. He just acts like normal ... Read More Rating:  - COLLECTABLE FOR CLIFF'S FANS -JUST 60's NOSTALGIA FOR THE REST OF US!Looking at all the other reviews, I'm certainly in the minority when I say this collection of Cliff Richard movies doesn't hold up well today. The very essence of a good musical is good songs and I mean GOOD, MEMORABLE and ICONIC songs! In this case it was the title songs themselves, these were the big hits not to mention the big hit instrumentals from THE SHADOWS. Unfortunately, the movies were designed to highlight Cliff and not the greatest guitar group of them all. Now thats purely subjective ... Read More |
