Duck Soup/Monkey Business DVD

Duck Soup:
A pointed political satire, Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film. Groucho is Fufus T. Firefly, the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Harpo and Chico are commissioned as spies by Groucho's political rival, the calculating Trentino (Louis Calhern). The film contains many of the brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand, a masterpiece of slow burn: the Paul Revere parody; the "We're Going To War" number, a beautiful spoof of '30s' musicals; the hilarious mirror scene; and a final battle episode that has been copied by everyone from Woody Allen to Mad Magazine.

Monkey Business:
The four Marx Brothers, Harpo, Chico, Groucho and Zeppo, head for high-seas hilarity in this classic film comedy. While hiding from the of authorities on a luxury liner, the quartet stowaways become bodyguards of rival gangsters, with the usual hilarious results. And naturally, no woman can resist a shipboard romance with the wily, quick-witted Groucho. Written by S.J Perelman, this laugh-filled escapade contains some of the Marx Brothers' wackiest routines, including the famous disembarkation sequence where they all pass themselves off as Maurice Chevalier. Take a madcap vintage voyage with the Marx Brothers, where lunacy rides the waves.

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