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Stripes
Rated R
Runtime: 1 hr 46min
Starring: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Sean Young

MFG Rating: 4/5

DVD Features

Video: This DVD is wide screen enhanced! Outstanding picture quality for a movie this old.

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0. This is mono, though they tried to spread it across the front speakers. Sound is mediocre at best.

Extras: We do get the original trailer. And there is some amusement in watching this movie in french.

DVD Quick Take

Surely you've seen this movie at least a dozen times on TV? If so, and you've never actually seen it uncut, it's worth a rental just to see all of the tah tahs they cut out of the broadcast version. I had forgotten just how many breasts we do get to see in this movie.

Other than the tah tahs, what we have here is a Bill Murray movie. This time Bill and Harold Ramis team up as two losers who decide to get their life in order by joining the Army. And this serves as the backdrop for Murray to be his wise-ass self at the expense of the Army establishment. You'll find a great ensemble of supporting actors here, many in their first feature film role including John Candy, John Laroquette, Judge Reinhold, Sean Young and John Diehl.

The picture quality is darned impressive for a movie this old, they actually anamorphically enhanced it for widescreen set owners and did a good job. However as good as the video is, the sound is awful. Being that it's a comedy it really doesn't take away from the movie, and this is a mono release after all.

You know the movie, you've probably seen it dozens of times, but if you haven't seen it lately, and especially if you haven't seen it uncut, this DVD is at least worth a rental.

- Billy Bob

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Vital Stats
                   
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Gun Play
                   
Lots of guns, and one heavily armed Recreational Vehicle.


Blood & Gore
                   
Seems all that gunfire is pretty harmless...


Car Chases
                   
An RV isn't exactly a speed demon.


T&A
                   
Lots of tah tahs on display at the mudwrestling bar.


Chuckles
                   
This is vintage Bill Murray.