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The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Jay Sheffield, Joan Freeman
directed by: Norman Maurer

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404932203
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404932208
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: May 13, 2003
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 30514
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1963



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Description:
Moe, Larry, and Joe embark on a worldwide journey with the great-grandson of Phileas Fogg a la AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. Crime and attempted murder clouds the voyage, but in the end Fogg and the Stooges are successful.

Amazon.com:
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) has some distinction among the few features made by Moe and Larry with Joe DeRita. Basically a retelling of the Jules Verne classic, the plot has the added twist of Phineas Fogg III having to emulate the experience of his ancestor but without paying a penny in doing so. Again there is a bank robbery that is blamed on Fogg, but this time the culprits actively attempt to stop his progress since the perpetuator is the very villain who made the bet to begin with.

A personable Jay Sheffield plays the circumnavigator straight and love interest Joan Freeman does what acting she can, given a stereotyped role. What is interesting is that the Stooges, at least in their opening scenes, try to play English servants, accents and all, but they fall into more familiar patterns as the film progresses. While in India, the three get to reprise the vaudeville routine of the nearly blind Maja who goes 'Aha?' (done better by Curly in 'Three Little Pirates'). While in San Francisco, they reprise the fight sequence of 'Punch Drunks' (again surpassed by Curly in the second Stooges short way back in 1934) in which Curly Joe can win only when driven berserk by the sound of 'Pop Goes the Weasel' as played by Larry.

In lieu of the expected chase at the end, there is the wild attempt to get to the club just before midnight to win all the side bets Fogg had placed on his 80-days deadline. Their arrival through a solid wall is a fitting ending to a film that just might induce youngsters to read the original book. A very respectable Three Stooges effort. --Frank Behrens



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Stooges take a hit & miss journey
"The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze" is a charmingly amusing Stooges excursion as it ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not that bad, not that great
Though my expectations for any film from the DeRita era are slim to none, this film did a pretty solid ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Late career respectable effort
There haven't been many completely successful (in the artistic sense) feature length slapstick or broad ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - This has got to be their second best
If I had to line up the films from good to worst, I would have to start with Snoe White meets The Tree Stooges, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - If only Jules Verne could see this!
Believe me I enjoyed the Three Stooges films of the early 60's and this is one of the best! An hour and a half of ... Read More

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