Campy at it's best. A lighthearted look at one of the best movies ever made. It's a spoof, not to be taken too seriously. A spoof about the making of the Wizard of Oz possibly based on a rumor started by Ms. Judy Garland herself.
During an interview she was asked what the midget actors were like to work with. Her reply "They were drunks!" (she was joking, of course.)
Take that rumor, ad a little espionage, Chevy Chase in his SNL days, Carrie Fisher in her Star Wars days, throw in the incomparable Billy Barty...
And you'll have plenty of laughs.
True, as one other commentator said, it's not very PC. A few movies in the early 80's had that flaw...and mind you it takes place in an even earlier decade.
It's also very slapstick, and cheeky. But I loved it for it's slapstick and cheekiness.
It's a spoof. And, if you enjoy spoofs you'll enjoy Under The Rainbow.
6.5/10 from me, for pure laughs.
During an interview she was asked what the midget actors were like to work with. Her reply "They were drunks!" (she was joking, of course.)
Take that rumor, ad a little espionage, Chevy Chase in his SNL days, Carrie Fisher in her Star Wars days, throw in the incomparable Billy Barty...
And you'll have plenty of laughs.
True, as one other commentator said, it's not very PC. A few movies in the early 80's had that flaw...and mind you it takes place in an even earlier decade.
It's also very slapstick, and cheeky. But I loved it for it's slapstick and cheekiness.
It's a spoof. And, if you enjoy spoofs you'll enjoy Under The Rainbow.
6.5/10 from me, for pure laughs.