Peculiarities of the National Hunt & Peculiarities of the National Fishing (DVD-5)
NOTE: This is really funny movies (the first, “Peculiarities of the National Hunt” – a cult in Russia);
but much depends on the translation.
Hopefully, it's ridiculous to not only Russian (unfortunately, another translation does not exist).
P.S. No animal in the film was not damaged! %)
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Peculiarities of the National Hunt (Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty; Особенности национальной охоты)
DVD-5 | PAL 720 x 576 (4:3) MPEG2 | Audio: Dolby AC3, 6 Channels / 2 Channels, 224 Kbps | 1h:33min | Cover (300 dpi)
Language: Russian | Subtitles: Russian, English | Video menu: Russian, English | 4,5 Gb
IMDB: 7.6/10 | Genre: Comedy | 1995 Year | Studio: Lenfilm (Russia) | Director and Writer: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Cast: Viktor Bychkov, Ville Haapasalo, Aleksey Buldakov, Semyon Strugachyov, Sergei Ruskin, Sergei Guslinsky
| “ | “As soon as the comedy was released it became a nation-wide success in Russia. It is brilliant in every way: the plot, the actors, the spirit of merrymaking – all this makes the comedy a national favourite. The comedy allows Russians to have a good laugh at themselves as it highlights popular Russian beliefs, makes fun of the fabulous Russian vodka-drinking and spinning yarn stories of hunters. The whole cast of actors has immediately become tremendously popular. It is a kind comedy, without excessive use of four-letter words though not entirely without them. As far as the plot is concerned the story goes on like this: a group of friends (an army general, police investigator, a writer, a young intellectual, a Finn and a forester) are about to go hunting. The Finn is eager to see a real Russian hunt with borzois, horsemen, aristocratic finery. In reality his companions drink a lot while getting ready for the hunt, get into uproariously funny straits, send a cow flying in a super modern bomber, hunt the said cow and so on. If you have a chance to see it, don't miss it. The comedy is worth seeing even if you are not a Russian. Hunters will be hunters everywhere and they will always spin yarns.” – IMDB.com | ” |
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Peculiarities of the National Fishing (Osobennosti natsionalnoy rybalki; Особенности национальной рыбалки)
DVD-5 | PAL 720 x 576 (4:3) MPEG2 | Audio: Dolby AC3, 6 Channels, 224 Kbps | 1h:34min | Cover, Disc (300 dpi)
Language: Russian | Subtitles: Russian, English | Video menu: Russian, English | 4,1 Gb
IMDB: 7.1/10 | Genre: Comedy | 1998 Year | Studio: STW Film Company (Russia) | Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Cast: Aleksey Buldakov, Viktor Bychkov, Semyon Strugachyov, Sergei Ruskin, Sergei Guslinsky, Vasili Domrachyov
| “ | “The cast of the first film are re-united in this comedy caper, and they actually do catch at least one fish between the drinking and the hangovers. Some of the jokes might go over your head and you even need some history to understand one of them.
I keep reading that this series of films will not be understood by Americans and that good comedy is funny in any language. That simply is not true and I believe that many “Friends” or “Frasier” fans from ANY part of the world will not get even a fraction of the humour when they watch this in their native language. My tip – if you watch a dubbed or subtitled version of this and do not find it too funny, become Reivo, buy a ticket to Russia or the Ukraine, make some friends and live the film and when you come back to your own world look around and tell me which you can identify with more. You might like it and the experience will put a whole new slant on things you have found un-funny. You probably did not think much of Fawlty Towers either. The only thing from America that comes close would be MASH.” – IMDB.com | ” |
