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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0931584199876
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: Import, PAL
Label: Magna Pacific
Manufacturer: Magna Pacific
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Magna Pacific
Region Code: 4.0
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 163146
Studio: Magna Pacific
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene Access,SYNOPSIS: This prison comedy is based on the popular British televison series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) is ordered by Grouty (Peter Vaughan) to arrange a football match between the prisoners and an all-star celebrity team. Fletcher is unaware that the match is only a diversion so that an escape can take place. When Fletcher and his cell mate Lennie (Richard Beckinsale) stumble on the escape, they are taken along, and find themselves having to break back into prison to avoid getting into trouble.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - An over extended sitcom based movie
"Porridge " -UK criminal slang for doing time in gaol-was a very popular BBC TV sitcom in the 1970's but it had ceased to be shown some two years before this movie version was released .The movie brings back all the regulars from the show including the great comedy writer and actor Ronnie Barker who reprises his role as Fletcher ,an habitual petty criminal serving time in Slade prison .
It was an era in British cinema when vitually every popular TV sitcom was made into a feature movie and ... Read More
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