Don't Drink the Water

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Michael G @Flimboylover Jul 11 This 1969 version of Woody Allen's play Don't Drink The Water is actually much funnier than the version Woody himself directed years later. Jackie Gleason was born to play a frustrated caterer from Brooklyn and Estelle Parsons is hilarious as his nitwit scatterbrain wife. Of the two versions of Don't Drink The Water... this one is definitely the best See more steve d @RT35616104 01/08/2023 Also, don't watch the movie. See more 11/12/2015 Don't Drink the Water was Woody Allen's first play. It had a successful run on Broadway and has enjoyed a long history in community theaters and high schools ever since. Allen didn't have much to do with this movie version, which was released in 1969; his involvement probably inspired the name of the movie Allen made that same year - Take the Money and Run. The movie version is directed with a plodding pace by Howard Morris, the brilliant comic actor whose directing work has been limited to sitcoms ever since; this was his last feature. There are a lot of fine character actors in this movie, all pretty much misused. I remember enjoying this movie when I was a kid, but I couldn't make it through this time around. See more 03/19/2015 Standard vehicle for Jackie Gleason to display his obnoxious loudmouthed character. Estelle Parsons, Ted Bissell and Michael Constantine were good too. Some funny moments but too long and plot gets tiresome at some point. See more 03/09/2015 from a play by Woody Allen. See more 01/10/2015 Love, love, love Woody Allen in a burqa. See more Read all reviews

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