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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 9031
Released: April 3, 2007 |
| Our Price: $10.81 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Stanley (Moore) is a hapless short-order cook who is hopelessly in love with a waitress named Margaret (Eleanor Bron) - although she barely knows he's alive. Enter George Spiggott (Cook), a.k.a. Satan, who grants Stanley seven wishes in order to win Margaret over, but his efforts are hilariously hampered by the Seven Deadly Sins - including the insatiable Lilian Lust (Raquel Welch)!
Description of Bedazzled:
When the Devil (Peter Cook) offers suicidal short-order cook Stanley (Dudley Moore) seven wishes, Stanley easily surrenders his soul. All of his wishes are granted, to the letter. Unfortunately, as each wish comes to life, the Devil--cheeky sod!--manages to slip some unexpected problem into the mix, ruining everything in a deliciously funny way. Bedazzled was made long before 10 and Arthur made Dudley Moore an unlikely movie star. It's a much purer expression of the off-kilter British humor that Moore and his writing partner Cook pioneered, humor that would lead to Monty Python's Flying Circus and other absurdist goofballs. Moore is charming enough, but what really makes Bedazzled work is Cook, who combines upper-class arrogance with a cheerful, even casual lunacy. Though he played character roles in movies like The Princess Bride and Black Beauty, he was never able to parlay his sneaky sense of humor into starring roles. Bedazzled is his outstanding triumph. Not only does the movie offer some sly commentary on Christian morality, it has a cameo with Raquel Welch as the embodiment of Lust. A classic. --Bret Fetzer
Bedazzled Reviews:
Great Movie 
2008-09-29 - This movie was as funny today as 30 years ago. Pete and Dud's comedy is brilliant and stands the test of time.
I AM SO HAPPY THIS IS OUT ON DVD
2008-09-06 - Love this movie - not a Dudley Moore Fan, have never seen anything else by Peter Cook, find this movie absolutely brilliant in so many subtle and hilarious ways. I liked the remake, but something about the original just kills me every time I watch it. Watch it, you'll either love it or hate it...
;o)
The First Three Letters of His Name=DUD. 
2008-08-07 - Thank you Harold Ramis. Thank you for making a version of Bedazzled that was actually funny! I never want to hear anybody degrade the Liz Hurley/Brendan Fraser Bedazzled ever again. I could not stop laughing at the 2000 version. The Dudley Moore/Peter Cook version, however, is a showcase in cynical British dullness. I can appreciate the original source, but this movie was not funny or interesting. And I think people hate the newer Bedazzled on principle. They hate it simply because it's a copy.
1. I don't like to speak ill of the deceased (actually I do) but, throughout Dudley Moore's career, he was a hit or miss comedian. He underplays too many of his scenes and lines in Bedazzled. He didn't have the comedic chops to carry his role.
2. His object of affection is uninteresting and unattractive.
3. Many of the wish episodes are dry and poorly done. There wasn't any oomph to many of the wishes or their scenes. Even though I had not seen this film before, there were moments when I still got up and did something else because I simply did not care what was going to happen next. It was that dry. And the fly scene seemed especially ridiculous.
4. Peter Cook was enjoyable to watch and he made up the bulk of scenes and lines I did like, but even he could not save the entire film.
5. Dudley Moore's character comes back to reality by blowing a raspberry? "Pffft!" Okay. For all the humor that was worth, he might as well have just said "send me back to reality."
6. I really liked the idea of the 7 Deadly Sins personified, but they were mostly wasted.
Bottom Line: I wouldn't' mind watching this again just to see Peter Cook, but I'm so glad I didn't buy this like I started to. I think we should all be suspicious of any film or album that has an average 5-star rating. It's almost always just fanboys and fangirls writing their personal worship. Of course, all reviews are subjective--that's a given--but, that's why dissent is so important. Fans will not tell you about the flaws. Dissenters will. You get a balance of the good and bad that gives you a much more realistic picture of what you're dealing with. This film is overrated. Watch the newer Bedazzled; drink a Brandy Alexander; and laugh.
scratched records, doo-das and red socks
2008-07-05 - Elizabeth Hurley as the Devil? What's the point then of a separate character, Lust? And Brendan Fraser? Find me a woman anywhere who'd not give him a tryout. I don't even need to hear any more.
This original was genius. Dudley Moore's "Stanley Moon" really IS a schlub. Who doesn't believe it? Everything about him screams ineffectuality, so when he's suddenly erudite, it's a riot! His "Pop Star" screams desperation! As a fly, it's as we've seen him all along! Having finally been sufficiently specific in his wish that he's become Margaret Spencer's garishly rich husband, even a gift of the Mona Lisa doesn't get her attention!
And Peter Cook's "George Spiggot" is everything Stanley's always wished he could be - tall, learned, sophisticated and UPPER CLASS. If the wishes were never to run out, Cook's Beelzebub could tease and torment Moon unto all eternity and the poor clown would forever blame only himself. His ingrained sense of inferiority will keep him chained and "George" knows this, which is why it's so much fun watching.
And then there's George's constant petty, creative devilry.
This is the one to have; not the remake.
BeDazzled
2008-05-26 - Well what a good idea it was to purchase the late-at-night gem! I have only seen this late at night on free-to-air before and somehow can't watch it in broad daylight. Cheeky Peter Cook is great as the disinterested Devil and Dudley Moore falls for the twist every time. A great bit of comedy beofre the likes of Monty Python took over this type of comedy.
