United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The Green Man Alistair Sim plays a mild, innocuous little watchmaker who spends his off-hours as a professional assassin. His present target is windbag cabinet member Raymond Huntley. After various misfire attempts, Sim plants a bomb in a small radio and waits for the tube to warm up–but the authorities by now are on to him. The Green Man has some excellent setpieces, notably a droll snatch of black humor involving a body stuffed in a piano. The film’s only debit is that, in the play upon which it is based, Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat’s Meet the Body, Sim’s character is secondary, almost peripheral. By reshaping the film into a star vehicle, much of the play’s intimate (albeit ghoulish) charm is dissipated. Folly to Be Wise A newly-arrived army padre is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panellists than he wants to know about – though the audience obviously thinks differently. Geordie Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. At the age of 21, he displays a talent for hammer-throwing, and is selected to represent Britain in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. Left Right and Centre At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservative…Alastair Sim Collection ( The Green Man / Folly to Be Wise / Geordie / Left Right and Centre / Laughter in Paradise )
Alastair Sim Collection (The Green Man / Folly to Be Wise / Geordie / Left Right and Centre / Laughter in Paradise) [Region 2]
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Only problem is that I cannot find the DVD in region 1 format. Can you help me with this. thanks.
Alastair Sim!!! A genius!!! It’s difficult to realize that he had a career long before “Scrooge”, but he did!! One of the best of his previous films is “Green for Danger”; wish they had turned that into a series of films!!! He was excellent as the inspector!!!Anyway, these are quite enjoyable!! They are for a “universal” DVD, not for American players. Know that before buying!! However, today it is just so much easier owning a universal player, which means you can play ANY DVD; why would you want to own an American DVD player which limits what you can buy & watch?? And, they’re not that expensive!! Look on Amazon and judge for yourself!! Buy one!! Then buy this set of DVD’s!!! You’ll love them!!
Film version is an old-fashioned British farce (based on a play) with an outstanding performance by Alistar Sim and an enthusiastic supporting cast.