What's Up Tiger Lily
by Senkichi Taniguchi
Our Price: $24.99
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $6.93 (click here)
Category: VHS Video
See more movie releases
Buy this VHS video movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Product details
Actor: Eisei Amamoto, Frank Buxton, Joe Butler, Mie Hama, Steve BooneDirector: Senkichi Taniguchi
Brand: Indepenent Classics Collection
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 90 minutes
Release Date: 2001-09-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: American International Pictures (AIP)
Studio: American International Pictures (AIP)
VHS Movie Reviews of What's Up Tiger Lily
Movie Review: Absolutely hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
There are so many great one-liners in this film that it would be hard to know where to begin. Oh, and don't miss an appearance by the Lovin' Spoonful and the guy with the really bad Peter Lorre imitation. The English dub job Woody Allen did on this movie is ten times funnier than most of the movies made nowadays. I loved it!Movie Review: Phil Moscowitz: "Saracen pig! Spartan dog! Take this! And this!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Phil Moscowitz: "Roman cow! Russian snake! Spanish fly! Anglo-Saxon Hun!"
Suki Yaki: "Don't excite yourself. I never sleep with a man who owns a dress."
High Macha Of Rashpur: "They kill, they maim and they call information for numbers they could easily look up in the book."
Shepherd Wong: "I didn't order any fumigation! It's Wing Fool, you fat! I mean... it's Wing Fat, you fool!"
Wing Fat: "This is my mother. We're very close. Isn't she sweet? And the best thing about her is: she can really take a PUNCH!"
Movie Review: an absurdist journey through B-movie mayhem.......
Summary: 4 Stars
Only Woody Allen could take on B-movie Japanese spy films, mix them with off-the-wall, completely random dialogue and "one liners" from his American dubbists, and make it work. How? I honest-to-god don't know. I am surprised that I could watch this film completely sober and find it so damn funny. Yet, I did. You would think I would have had to be at least drunk! No, I actually understood most of Woody Allen's (early) vision of taking INTERNATIONAL SECRET POLICE: KEY OF KEYS (originally released in 1965), shuffling the sequence of events in the plot, and using the voices of (among other actors) Louise Lasser (Allen's first wife and star in his later work, BANANAS, as well as TV's MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN), Frank Buxton and Len Maxwell. The sight gags come fast and furious. There is a running joke about egg salad that I still don't understand (and this has been a few years since I first watched the film!), cobras and chickens falling in love, and other incredibly odd shenanigans, and yet it's still so odd it's brilliant (somehow). I can't honestly say it's something I would watch over and over again. Once is probably enough. Yet, I really think it's interesting to see the evolution of Woody Allen as a filmmaker, and what better way to do that, than by watching his earliest work (where he didn't even appear directly--except to introduce the piece before it even begins). Check this out just so you can tell your friends that you saw it!!Movie Review: What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Summary: 5 Stars
Broad, wacky, and extremely funny, "What's Up" is not for everyone, but if you're in need of some divine silliness, you cannot do better. Characteristic of Woody's earlier work, not every gag works, but there are so many of them that you come out way ahead, with cheeks and stomach muscles aching. A fully justified cult classic. My favorite moment: man peeking through keyhole.Movie Review: A great pun...
Summary: 5 Stars
Whether you love this movie or hate it, it's the source of one of the very greatest puns in the English language:
Phil Moscowitz, to Shepherd Wong: "Well, you know, two Wongs don't make a white!"
Summary of What's Up Tiger Lily
What better way for writer-star Woody Allen to cash in on the success of What's New Pussycat? than to write a quickie exploitation comedy that makes fun of quickie exploitation films? In some respects What's Up Tiger Lily? is a forerunner of Mystery Science Theater 3000, only instead of having actors sit back and make sarcastic comments about a cheapo movie, here they dub new dialog onto a ridiculous Japanese spy extravaganza. Allen's exquisite sense of the absurd is in fine form as espionage professionals pursue a top-secret recipe for egg salad. At one point during the planning of a break-in, a spy unfolds a map of their quarry's residence, explaining that the man "lives here." "He lives on that small piece of paper?" questions one of the henchmen. It's that silly. But it's often uproarious. Louise Lasser, Allen's former wife (and co-star of Bananas and future star of TV's Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) is among the voice actors. --Jim EmersonParody & Spoof Video
Video Genres
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Parody & Spoof Video
Nude BombUniversal Studios; Release date: 1998-01-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $0.99
Price in other shops:
Big Bus (1976)Paramount; Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $28.45
Malibu ExpressUniversal Studios; Release date: 1998-01-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $19.50
Real MenMGM (Video & DVD); Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
CairoMGM (Video & DVD); Release date: 1995-02-23; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $43.38
CavemanMGM (Video & DVD); Release date: 1998-09-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.95
Roller BladeStarz / Anchor Bay; Release date: 1997-09-10; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
What's Up Tiger LilyIndepenent Classics Collection; American International Pictures (AIP); Release date: 2001-09-04; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $24.99
Our Man Flint20th Century Fox; Release date: 1998-01-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.48
Price in other shops:
TraxxHbo Home Video; Release date: 2001-07-10; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Similar Video, DVDs, Audio CDs
Don't Drink the WaterRelease date: 2003-07-01; DVD
Best price: $4.22
Price in other shops:
The Woody Allen Collection, Set 3 (Hannah and Her Sisters / The Purple Rose of Cairo / Broadway Danny Rose / Zelig / A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy / Radio Days)ALLEN,WOODY; Release date: 2001-11-06; DVD
Best price: $18.70
Price in other shops:
Casino Royale (40th Anniversary Edition)Release date: 2008-10-21; DVD
Best price: $10.82
Price in other shops:
Annie HallRelease date: 2000-05-30; DVD
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Love and DeathALLEN,WOODY; Release date: 2000-07-05; DVD
Best price: $5.07
Price in other shops:
BananasALLEN,WOODY; Release date: 2000-07-05; DVD
Best price: $3.69
Price in other shops:
SleeperRelease date: 2000-07-05; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
What's New PussycatTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
Play It Again, SamRelease date: 2001-10-23; DVD
Best price: $29.99
Take the Money and Run (Full Screen Edition)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2004-07-06; DVD
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops: