Murder by Death (Blu-ray) PG
By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: December 18, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker & Estelle Winwood | |
Performer: | James Cromwell & Richard Narita | |
Directed by | Robert Moore | |
Edited by | John F. Burnett | |
Screenwriting by | Neil Simon | |
Composition by | Dave Grusin | |
Produced by | Ray Stark | |
Director of Photography: | David M. Walsh |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
A sometime funny satire on the old murder-mystery detective series of the 1930s and '40s. Some jokes hit, while others just bomb.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
So it all doesn't amount to much, and -- some knuckle-dragging 'he's gay'/'no I'm not' humor aside -- it's more Scooby Doo than Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Still, it's an amusing tea-cozy of a spoof with an enjoyable cast.
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DVDJournal.com
Rating: 4/5 --
As light and insubstantial as one could wish.
New York Times
Rating: C+ --
If it was funny, I missed it.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Murder by Death is a very good silly-funny Neil Simon satirical comedy, with a super all-star cast cavorting as recognizable pulp fiction detectives gathered at the home of Truman Capote, wealthy hedonist fed up with contrived gumshoe plots.
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Variety
Director Moore and writer Neil Simon seem to have no real affection for either the characters they plunder mercilessly for laughs, or the locked room puzzle they turn on its head. Introductions over, the film slides downhill.
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Time Out
Stunningly unfunny.
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Chicago Reader
Product Description:
Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith), and Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers), all of whom are easy-to-guess but altogether sharp parodies of beloved literary characters.
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- Sales Rank: 50,197
- UPC: 826663192599
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