Are You Being Served? The Movie (UK)

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Are you free?
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 91 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Enjoy the hilarious high jinks from the Grace Bros. team as they troop off to sunny Spain for the staff trip of a lifetime. Cheerfully they disgrace themselves on the Costa Plonka. Mr Humphries (John Inman) is free while Captain Peacock (Frank Thornton) wants everything under the sun from Miss Brahms (Wendy Richard). Mrs Slocombe (Mollie Sugden) only hopes her pussy can survive as the comedy capers carry on abroad in the riotous screen version of the television comedy classic.

Special Features:
Trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English

Directed By:
Bob Kellett

Written By:
Jeremy Lloyd
David Croft

Starring:
Arthur English
Harold Bennett
Nicholas Smith
Arthur Brough
Wendy Richard
Trevor Bannister
Frank Thornton
Mollie Sugden
John Inman

Producer:
Andrew Mitchell

Distributor:
Warner Bros

Your Opinions and Comments

8 / 10

I begin this review by saying i love the TV Show.Movies based on Tv Shows can be Hit and miss,this however captures the Essence of the Show. It is a Very Funny movie.All the original Gang are in this. The widescreen picture is without doubt the best its ever been and i am unanimous with my friends who couldnt believe how good it looked compared to TV prints. A Great Movie That Includes its original trailer.Well Worth Buying.

posted by Filmbuff1970 on 5/5/2002 20:46

6 / 10

I have to admit - I just love the series. The characters in the show are all top notch, the low-level humor is outstanding and the slapstick jokes really work in the series.
However, the movie was a major disappointed for me. It seems that once you`ve taken the Grace Brothers department store from the picture - things start to get messy. The jokes are no longer funny. The characters are simply a shadow of their department store selves. And the story - oh, well, it`s pitiful.
The video transfer is ok (for a late 70`s movie). There are no compression signs but the colors seem a little bit washed out.
The DD 1.0 soundtrack is as flat as a mono track can get. And hey - I guess things aren`t that funny in mono. :)
The menus are still and silent.
The disc offers no extras at all.
Bottom line - if you love the show, avoid this movie - it`ll ruin the series` pleasure for you. In case you don`t like the show or don`t know the show - forget it. Skip it.

posted by Zvi Josef on 3/9/2006 02:40