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Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973)
A surprisingly excellent movie
This is an excellent movie. I have had few connections with French comedies, and the opening gags were unexpected. The acting, the plot, the dialog and the site gags were fantastic. You are not bothered by the English subtitles. The movie is never sluggish, and you will be pleasantly surprised. I have watched subtitled movies for 35 years and many French movies, and this is top tier. I have read various reviews and most of the negative comments concern the packaging and DVD itself, not the movie. However, when I viewed the film (and was not aware of the packaging or lack of extras)I was hardly bothered by what the DVD lacked. After reading the negative reviews, I was disturbed even less by the packaging. It's all about the movie, and it was wonderful. I rented it and now I shall own it.
49th Parallel (1941)
One great movie
This is an excellent movie; Massey, Olivier, and Leslie Howard give wonderful performances, although Olivier is mis-type cast and does a very poor French accent (but he's always great). The music by Vaughan Williams is beautiful and the opening shot of the Canadian Rockies with his theme is one of the great title shots in movie history. The film is well-deserving of its Academy Award....One problem is that the film is not avaible for DVD-I watchers in the US, but only in Europe. So, VHS is our only medium. But Vaughan Williams' music is available on several different compact discs with his other film music. The 49th Parallel was released in the USA by title, The Invaders.