How to Murder Your Wife | 
 enlarge | Director: Richard Quine
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-thomas, Eddie Mayehoff, Claire Trevor
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 119
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 1003899
ISBN: 0792853717
UPC: 027616880178
EAN: 9780792853718
ASIN: B00006FDAW
Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1965
Release Date: October 15, 2002
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He had what every man wanted then she came along! Legendary funnyman Jack Lemmon stars in this hilarious farce of almost unremitting fun (The Hollywood Reporter) with the breathtakingly beautiful (L. A. Herald Examiner) Virna Lisi.Bachelorhood is bliss for cartoonist Stanley Ford (Lemmon) complete with an English butler (Terry-Thomas) delectable dames and extra-dry martinis. But when he attends a bachelor party and meets an Italian beauty (Lisi) who pops out of a cake his fate is sealed. The next morning he discovers he s married to her even though she can barely speak English and now the consummate bachelor will go to any lengths to untie the knot!System Requirements: Running Time 119 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 027616880178 Manufacturer No: 1003899
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"Being married is the normal way to live... isn't it?" The note of doubt at the end of that statement is fully exploited in How to Murder Your Wife (1965), a barbed piece of war-between-the-sexes comedy. Cartoonist Jack Lemmon, an exponent of the Playboy philosophy, lives in the ultimate swinging bachelor townhouse ("Everything masculine and perfect," manservant Terry-Thomas says approvingly) until a drunken evening leads to marriage with an Italian bombshell (Virna Lisi). What to do? The whole movie seems to exist in order to arrive at Lemmon's clever courtroom oration in the final half-hour, which is tartly funny if datedly misogynistic: he unleashes a male fantasy of trashing the gray-flannel suit and late-model station wagon for Hefneresque freedom. The wheel-spinning of the early reels is curious coming from screenwriter George Axelrod, usually a reliable satirist. He had better hours than this, notably in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Lord Love a Duck. --Robert Horton
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 Not a chickflick, a hysterical adventure and farewell to bachelorhood July 9, 2008
The truth is beauty, and Virna Lisi is a goddess. Of all the women Jack Lemmon's character should hook up to, she would have to be miss galaxy. It's the farewell to bachelorhood and evil-wife shenanigans of acquaintences influencing his new wife that make his new marriage so rough. Loads of laughs, lots of fun. Worth checking out. I would give a big neigh to anyone accusing this movie of mysoginistic tendencies...or maybe I'd just laugh at them and call them an idiot. In either event, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
 Best Wilder Film Billy Never Made June 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pay little heed to the title. This film is as macabre as "So I Married an Axe Murderer". Though some may dismiss the film as a tad misogynistic ultimately the film comes down firmly on the side of monogamy and commitment in relationships. Having been married a little less than two years after 43 years of unwedded bliss I can relate to the trials that Jack Lemmon's everyman cartoonist experiences during the initial stages of matrimony. The shocks are still a little raw. I can still remember my wife's insistence that I take my shoes off in the house or her horror over the shaving cream residue in the sink. I used to go to the movies at least once a week now I watch videos like "How To Murder Your Wife" at home. Regardless, it's a funny movie that singles can enjoy but married people will have a distinct recognition factor. The voluptuous Virna Lisi is a winsome object for Lemmon's anxieties. The irrepressible Terry-Thomas is great as Lemmon's man servant. I particularly liked Claire Trevor, one of filmdoms unsung legends despite her Oscar for "Key Largo", as Lemmon's lawyer's straight talking wife. Timeless comedy.
Smart, funny, yet makes you think again April 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A perfect Sunday morning movie, and one that is on my "best movies" list. The characters have been perfectly selected. When one looks around, one sees similar faces, with similar desires, problems and lives. Jack Lemmon portrays a character that many men relate to, admire, and perhaps long to be. His lifestyle is the perfect bachelor's lifestyle. Virna Lisi fits her role perfectly, her being pretty, sexy, innocent and on the road to the "promised land". Lemmon's manservant, Terry-Thomas, is right on the spot, and delightfully displays the bond between the knight and his right-hand man. But my favorite character is Edna. She is real, and she does what the Edna's in this world do. A bold new way to look at "the marital relationship". The "happy ending" appears to be politically correct, decades before that term has been forced down our throats. However, it cleverly "appears to be so", and the director succeeds in giving the message that the movie is meant to actually end at the conclusion of Jack Lemmon's trial. Viewers should pay particular attention to the "gym" and the "gentlemen's club". Many will draw parallel lines to their own environments. Some will re-consider their own lifestyle, and acknowledge what went wrong and where.
Bash Branigan Rules! April 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be this character. What a life he had!
How to Murder Your Wife January 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A chuckle all the way through. Jack Lemmon at his comedic best during his younger years. Virna Lisi was gorgeous and is still beautiful as she has gone on to more dramatic parts in her native Italy and won acting awards.
The plot becomes ridiculous during the court sequence, but if you can ignore that, the movie is enjoyable.
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