El Padrecito/Su Excelencia/El Analfabeto/El Bolero De Raquel

Customer Reviews:

Cantinflas four pack.......2005-07-20

DVD Just too good, the only think the price is too much very high price, is there other places to buy cheaper at $5.69 each dvd, same quality.

The Cantinflas Show cartoons available on DVD soon!.......2004-06-15

If you love Cantinflas like me or just have some young kids who love great cartoons (I'm 22 and still love them) you'll be excited to know that "The Cantinflas Show" educational cartoon show in which Cantinflas travels the world, meets famous artists and inventors, etc. It's a fanatstic series and should be released by the end of the year. I believe Wallmart will be the first to sell them but lets hope Amazon picks them up quick!

Cantinflas in WIDESCREEN!!!.......2003-12-25

I was so excited to see these classic films in widescreen format, I had to get them. I wish Movie distributors would do this more often. I like to collect classic Mexican movies and I always like to watch them the way they was meant to be watched.

Now that VHS players are becoming obsolete, I hope they start putting more of these movies on DVD.

Great films!!!

Hilarious Vintage Cantinflas Comedy.......2003-12-17

Charlie Chaplin once called Cantinflas "the world's greatest comedian." Most Spanish speaking people would tend to agree. It was with great anticipation that I had been waiting for any sign of Cantinflas on DVD for about 5 years now. I had given up, until Dec 1 2003 when I found this DVD bundle on Amazon.

If you're reading this, I'm assuming that you've already seen the movies and you know how funny Cantinflas movie's are. So I won't go into detail about the movies themselves. They're all hilarious and they're all vintage Cantinflas. The golden age of Mexican theater.

About the technical aspects of the movies. Unlike what the info says, all movies are in Spanish, with English subtitles. The quality of the movies is very good, but don't expect Lord Of the rings DVD quality. Which is normal for movies made for that era that have been ported over to DVD. You'll see details that you never noticed before. Eye Colours, people in the background, vivid and colourful backgrounds.

The sound quality is good, although only in mono but in Dolby digital.

The movies are all in widescreen format, which is great, because for the first time you'll be able to see all of the scenes the way they were originally made.

Will you enjoy these movies if you're not a Spanish speaking person? Chances are yes, I read the subtitles while I was watching the movies, and most of the time, I found the humor translated fairly well. Sometimes, the translation was even funnier that Cantinflas original comments. Alot of time was put into the translation, it was very well done. You'll need to have an open mind though, don't expect Jim Carrey type of humor.

Customer Reviews:

Not the best of the bunch but still great!.......2005-02-09

Mario Moreno does it again with his role as an embassador in this movie. It has a lot of funny moments but not quite as much as in previous movies. The most memorable part of this movie is the ending. His speech was awesome and seemed to show us Mario Morenos true feelings at such a delecate time in history. Overall, this movie is worth buying, especially if your a Cantinflas Fan!

Cantinfla's Charisma Pulls It Off.......2004-01-04

The plot is pretty simple and the story somewhat predictable as the capitalist and communist countries try to manipulate Cantinflas so as to win his vote. What really makes this movie is Cantinflas himself. His humor and wit are worth seeing, and being a fluent Spanish speaker, I'd say that Cantinflas' Spanish can make one laugh more than any other Spanish-speaking actor I've ever seen. It's also clean, kind, and timeless, which is more than I can say for other comedians. His charisma and energy in his witty responses in Su Excelensia kept my interest and kept me laughing to the point where I'd see this movie and any other of his films over and over again in hopes of picking up some of his Spanish wit myself.

Not his Best but effective.......2003-11-24

filmed during the cold war era, this movie presents several fictional nations that are more like real nations as: Pepeslavia (Soviet Union), La Republica de los Cocos (Mexico) and Dollaronia (USA), the plot is really stupid in the way that it should be, after years of debating between the both main political systems, red ones and green ones (Communists and capitalists) they have decided to solve the conflict trough an ONU main assembly, in which every nation of the world will vote in favor
of red ones or green ones and then the winner is going to control the world.
there is only one vote left, the vote of the "La republica de los cocos" so Pepeslavia and Dollaronia are fighting to get that vote, and Cantinflas as ambassador of "La republica de los cocos" is deciding which one is going to get his vote.

Pretty Simple and improbable plot but Cantinflas Manage to make it work, because of his charisma he delivers a lot of funny moments, and a time of reflection.

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