The sort of small, picturesque production that has become more and more scarce with the Hollywood-ization of independent film, CRAZY LIKE A FOX is goodhearted, family-friendly... more
DVD - Dramas - 2007 - Starring: Matthew Settle, Kelly Rutherford, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley, Leighton Meester, Blake Lively - Director: Tony Wharmby, Mark Piznarski, Norman Buckley
Star: Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, Christina Rouner, Robert Wisdom, Mark Joy, Michael Goodwin
Screenwriter: Richard Squires
Director of Photography: Gary Grieg
Producer: Bill Warrell, Patricia Foulkrod
Music: David Kane
Audience Rating: PG (MPAA)
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Title Note: Theatrical Release: May 5, 2006
Release 1
Release Format: Theatrical Release
In Print Date: 05/05/2006
Runtime: 1h 39min
Color: Color
Release 2
UPC: 891640001492
Released by: Cinequest
Release Format: DVD
In Print Date: 04/15/2008
Catalog Number: CIQ 0149
Runtime: 1h 38min
Color: Color
Release Notes: DVD Features: Keep Case; Audio: (Unspecified) - English
Manufacturer's product description
The sort of small, picturesque production that has become more and more scarce with the Hollywood-ization of independent film, CRAZY LIKE A FOX is goodhearted, family-friendly entertainment with a distinctly Southern flavor. Veteran British actor Roger Rees is given ample opportunity to ham it up as Nat Banks, whose Virginia farm has been handed down through seven generations. After an accident involving his horses eating a large amount of corn, he finds himself in dire financial straits and must put the compound up for sale. Enter Will and Ellie Sherman, ruthless yuppie Northerners from Washington who buy the farm, promising they will not raze the decrepit antebellum mansion and will allow Nat to stay on as farm manager. When they unapologetically renege on the deal and announce their plans to build several new homes on the property, newly homeless Nat dons an old Confederate uniform and moves into a cave in the forest while the community plots a way to show the Shermans that a person's word carries great weight below the Mason-Dixon line. First-time director Richard Squires gives us beautiful Virginia scenery and an old-fashioned morality tale that enjoyably walks the line between screwball comedy and light drama. In a performance he appears to be relishing, Rees makes Nat sympathetic even when his actions border on the psychotic, and Mary McDonnell (DANCES WITH WOLVES) adds another soulful supporting role to her distinguished list of credits. Filmgoers looking for explosions and high-tech hijinks certainly aren't the audience for CRAZY LIKE A FOX, but those who yearn for the days when a small film could open gradually and do well based on positive word of mouth will find a quiet, appealing entertainment here.
Advantages Freddie Foxxx is a dangerous animal, making the KONEXION with lyrical POETRY and raw beats Disadvantages Okay, so two productions for Freddie Foxxx Music Inc. sound LAZY (e.g. on ANGEL)
...of wind bass that play in nostalgic fashion behind hard-hitting drum loops. DJ Rukas inserts record scratches of a sampled male voice that commands '....drop tha bombs on them....' that flash like nightmares towards the end of MEGA BOMB DROPPER.
Freddie Foxxx reverts to being an angry and scary fox at night, continuing to DROP atomic BOMBS of crazy braggadocio lines. He battles with his foes, including LAZY pop-rappers in Hip Hop, combining the power of his combative lyrics and mic with menacing rhymes like:
'....I'm a four letter word in a rhyme, you can't spit
I'm a mega bomb dropper, ni**as ain't sh*t
when I bump, it's the hardcore underground banger' I'm all anger
Manic depressive, I'm Jerry Springer....'
or
'....I'm an icon that throws fake ni**as in the python, and make him sit his a** down while Bumpy...
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Advantages I was younger when I started this review Disadvantages And now I'm a year older!!!
...done. So please (with a really BIG drum roll this time) consider this to be the proper list!! Enjoy (I hope!!): -
***** Sorrell Booke *****
Born in the US in 1930, this gentleman was one of my most interesting finds. He made appearances in many many US TV Shows such as "The Love Boat", "Dr Kildare", "Car 54, Where Are You?", "Mission Impossible", "Soap", "Little House on the Prairie", "The Rockford Files" and "CrazyLike A Fox". But to me the bit which made me chuckle was that Mr Booke did many voice characterisations for Cartoons and most notably for me was "Boss Hogg" in the cartoon version of "The Dukes of Hazzard". I loved the actual TV series of this - why is it never repeated??? Sorrell Brooke died in 1994.
***** George P. Cosmatos *****
A director born in Italy in 1941, his most famous film "directions" come...
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Review of Deathline DVD by
paramanjara
taken from ciao.co.uk
Advantages Donald Pleasence at his best. Disadvantages It's alternative American title; 'Raw Meat' is abysmal
...), Cromwell (1970), Psychomania (1971), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Gandhi (1982), The Bride (1985), Biggles (1986), Willow (1988), Revelation (2001), The Biographer (2002) and Chaos and Cadavers (2003)
Stunt co-oridnator on Television series’ UFO (1970), The Far Pavillons (1984), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Still CrazyLike A Fox (1987), Death Train (1993), The Odyssey (1997) and The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001).
Also performed stunts on The Prisoner (1967) television series. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Patriot Games (1992), Son of the Pink Panther (1993), The Three Musketeers (1993) Mary Reilley (1996), Dragonheart (1996), Daylight (1996), New Tricks (2003).
He was heavily involved in Tim Burton’s film version of Batman (1989), albeit uncredited. As stunt arranger: second unit, Jack Nicholson stunt-double and stunt...
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