Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Music: 85 Films to Buy & Rent
- Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
- Elephant Parts, The (1981)
- Dir. William Dear
Feat. Michael Nesmith
- Secret Policeman's Other Ball, The (1981)
- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Barry Humphries…
- Most comical and musical shenanigans performed for the benefit of Amnesty International in the second 'Ball' of the series. The Monty Python team…
- Secret Policeman's Ball - The Anniversary Comedy! Edition (1979-1993)
- Comprehensive collection of Secret Policeman’s Ball moment, fronted by the usual suspects: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson,…
- Secret Policeman's Ball, The (1979)
- Feat. John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook…
- The third in the series of Amnesty International charity gigs and first 'Ball' featuring a series of Britain's finest comedians and musicians. Apart…
- Victor Borge - In Concert and Encore (1979)
- Humorist and piano recitalist Victor Borge demonstrates his indelible musical wit in this 1979 concert recorded live in London with accompanying…
- Rutles, The (All You Need is Cash) (1978)
- Dir. Gary Weis, Eric Idle
Feat. Michael Palin, John Belushi, Bianca Jagger…
- The mock–Beatles twist and "rut" in a spot–on piss–take of the Fab Four, led by Monty Python’s Eric Idle and making a…
- Car Wash (1976)
- Dir. Michael Schultz
Feat. Sully Boyar, Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke…
- A Joel Schumacher–written blaxploitation comedy that offers plenty of opportunities to thrash Rose Royce's eminently catchy pop song.
- Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974)
- Feat. Colin Crompton, Bernard Manning
- British variety show set in a fictional working men's club in the North of England, involving comedy sing–a–longs and audience…
- Sonny and Cher - The Ultimate Collection (1969-1974)
- Feat. Cher, Sonny Bono
- An exhaustive compilation of episodes and moments from the TV careers of hip 70s couple Sonny and Cher, at that point happily creating together. This…