The Ritz / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Richard Lester film ; produced by Denis O'Dell ; screenplay by Terrence McNally ; directed by Richard Lester.
"With The Ritz, Terrence McNally's hit Broadway play of the same name is cinematized by director Richard Lester. Jack Weston plays Gaetano Proclo, a minor mob flunky who's been targeted for elimination by his brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller). Gaetano takes refuge in what he thinks is...
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Language: | English French |
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English |
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English; English and French subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
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Burbank, CA :
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. : Distributed by Warner Home Video,
[2008], ©2008.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
"With The Ritz, Terrence McNally's hit Broadway play of the same name is cinematized by director Richard Lester. Jack Weston plays Gaetano Proclo, a minor mob flunky who's been targeted for elimination by his brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller). Gaetano takes refuge in what he thinks is a Turkish bath. Actually, it's The Pits. That's the name, "The Pits" - a gay bathhouse (this is the pre-AIDS era), where the exquisitely awful Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno) entertains the homosexual patrons with her ear-splitting renditions of such show tunes as "Everything's Coming Up Roses." Hoping to save his neck by pretending to be gay, Gaetano effusively praises Googie. Assuming that he is a big-time Broadway producer, she plays up to him. Everything would be hunky-dory, except that the bathhouse is owned by the very mob that has put a contract on Gaetano. What follows is an old-fashioned door-slamming farce, except that there are no doors to slam." -- www.allmovie.com. |
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Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. Based on the play by Terence McNally. Special features include a theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | CR6 D0091524 VideoDVD PS3563.A323 R52 2008 VideoDVD |
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MPAA rating R ; for nudity, adult situations, strong sexual content, and adult language. |
ISBN: | 1419864416 9781419864414 |
Credits: | Director of photography, Paul Wilson ; editor, John Bloom ; music, Ken Thorne. |
System Details: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. |
Participant or Performer: |
Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, Treat Williams, F. Murray Abraham, George Coulouris, Dave King, Paul B. Price. |