Liquor and Wine Movie Reviews
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Last of the Summer Wine Collection
Released in DVD by Bfs Entertainment/Mu (25 March, 2003)
Starring: Peter Sallis
"It's destiny, fate that brings us together. Redundancy. They just don't care that your mother used to eat insurance men and that yours was struggling to bring you up nicely as a little poof." So says Clegg (Peter Sallis) to his companions, Compo (Bill Owen) and Blamire (Michael Bates), three fellows getting on in years reunited by unemployment after knowing each other all their lives in a small Yorkshire town. There's no real story to Last of the Summer Wine, simply the well-observed banter of the central trio and a gallery of eccentric supporting characters. Compo, the irreverent and scruffy "village idiot" and Clegg, the amiable working man are well-loved figures, complemented by the middle-class Conservative Blamire (a nicely rounded portrayal by Bates) and Foggy (Brian Wilde), who joined the series in 1976. This set is a reminder of how good the longest-running comedy in British television history once was, when it was new, fresh, and laugh-out-loud funny. --Gary S. Dalkin
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Love the Series, Dislike the DVDsI was so looking forward to playing all 4 DVDs. I planned to pop them all in my player, and program it to play one DVD after the other without interruption (I do this all the time with other favorite DVDs; e.g., Absolutely Fabulous and Nikita). What I discovered is that these DVDs defy programming. It is necessary to start each one manually, and it is also necessary to start each episode in the last 2 DVDs manually; there is no way to select "Play All." The company that produced these DVDs, BFS Video, has also added very ominous and annoying sounding music to accompany the obligatory copyright warning at the beginning. While I love Summer Wine and its characters, and didn't mind paying the [$$$] and change to be able to visit them whenever I wanted, I will NEVER purchase another video produced by BFS.
Love Summer WineHaving watched the last few seasons of Last of the Summer Wine on PBS for a few years now, it is very nice to see what the show was like in the beginning. I love the characters and the setting for the show. I wish more seasons were available on VHS or DVD.
Last of the Summer WineIf you are a fan of The Last of the Summer Wine. You will love this DVD. It has shows from the second and third seasons. This DVD also has two movie specials. They are wonderful to watch.