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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415709153
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1415709157
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 11869
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: June 24, 1970
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/25/2005 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: G
Amazon.com:
A welcome new DVD life might be in store for Darling Lili, an underrated film whose reputation is mostly locked as one of the big, expensive flops that helped reshape Hollywood at the turn of the seventies. Julie Andrews was still at the height of her popularity when she began shooting this musical-comedy-drama with new husband Blake Edwards directing; budget overruns, studio interference, and the changing box-office climate all doomed the movie's disastrous 1970 release.
Even fans of the picture would have to admit that the weird storyline had something to do with it, too. Andrews plays a World War I singer in London and Paris who's actually a spy for the Germans (part of her cover is singing popular patriotic songs, such as 'Pack Up Your Troubles' and 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary'). Her new assignment is to get information from a famous pilot (Rock Hudson), but naturally she falls in love with him along the way. The movie's WWI aerial sequences (shot in Ireland) are a little like the film's approach: soaring, graceful, and disconnected from any carnage that might be happening in the trenches. However, if you can appreciate Edwards' slapstick prowess and commitment to the screwball-romance style of filmmaking, there's much to admire.
For one thing, Edwards photographs Julie Andrews with the loving devotion of a new husband. For another, his feeling for the widescreen frame as a big playground for lush color and busy action is well-served by the DVD release--this is a visually gorgeous movie. The new songs by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer include the superb opening number--evocatively shot--called 'Whistling in the Dark.' The DVD is billed as a 'Director's Cut,' but is shorter than the original release, a result of Edwards himself reportedly retooling the picture after 1970 (the disc has a whopping hour's worth of additional scenes). Whichever way it's sliced, Darling Lili was always going to be a strangely mixed movie, with Pink Panther-style bits sitting next to Mata Hari skullduggery. Fans of Julie Andrews and the vanished elegance of visual storytelling will find much to savor nevertheless. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - HOLD OUT FOR THE 137 MINUTE VERSION
The full 136 minute original version Darling Lili is shown on Turner Classic Movies. It's Thanksgiving morning and I just finished watching. I don't know what they cut out for the 107 minute version but whatever it was is a travesty. Not a great movie at all but anything with Mary Poppins.....errrr....Julie Andrews (sorry, I've been making that mistake all my life) in it can't be all bad. You'll know if you're sitting down to watch the 137 minute version if there's an Overture.
Rating:  - Darling Lili
Very good movie. The songs by Julie Andrews from the WWI era are wonderful.
Rating: - great music!
Julie Andrews in her best voice! Cute story; lots of humor as well as pathos.
Rating: - Pointless 'Director's Cut'
Granted, this was never a great film, but Julie Andrews gave an engaging performance. The revised edition released on DVD lops off over half hour of film. The studio has wasted their time to release this edit; those familiar with this film want the original, regardless of how 'not great' it may be. I will wait for the proper release which should include both versions.
Rating:  - disappointed by directors cut
I saw this movie when it played in a theater and I totally enjoyed the movie. I was looking forward to its release on DVD.
Rock Hudson and Julie Andrews, along with Jeremy Kemp and a host other performers, were wonderful. The movie had a good combination of war, comedy, romance, music, adventure, scenery,and more to make it an very enjoyable movie to see.
Had I read the reviews beforehand, I never would have bought the Directors Cut. I was greatly frustrated and disappointed to ... Read More
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