Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61406 in DVD
• Released on: 1999-08-27
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 65 minutes

Special Features
Full Screen
DVD 5
Region 0
Interactive Animated Menu
Scene Selection
Home Movies
Tree In A Test Tube
Biographies
Filmography
Facts

Synopsis
Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion so that Ollie can forget an unhappy romance.
As luck would have it, they become involved in attempting to smooth out the messy love affair between an officer and his fiancee. After being in the Legion for as long as they can take it, they want their normal lives back. Ollie insists on their release just as they realize they're going to be shot at sunrise for their rebelliousness. The pair attempt an escape via airplane. Lots of laughs, nostalgia, and action-packed stunts take place including a dance routine to "Shine on Harvest Moon."

Customer Reviews

Flying Deuces...which one to buy??? KINO VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow what a carry on. Since FLYING DEUCES is in the public domain and therefore available for any old tom, dick or harry to stick on a dvd and sell its a headache trying to find a decent print. Reading these customers comments are enough to drive you mad, especially since I suspect some of them are written by people REPRESENTING the companies churning out the poor copies in an attempt to sell more.

FACT ---- The only one worth buying is by the American studio KINO (red cover). It is remastered from a marvellous print and has some great extras. KINO are one of the finest dvd companies in the world, putting a lot of love and attention into their silent film dvds.

FACT ---- Despite Amazon stating KINOS dvds are REGION 1 and therefore only playable on US or MULTI-REGION dvd players they are in fact all region 0 discs, and therefore playable on ALL dvd players. I think AMAZON just have a blanket policy to state all USA produced dvds are region 1 to avoid any complaints if one doesnt play.

FACT --- Other companies releasing FLYING DEUCES include stonevision, elstree hill and they are abysmal..you will pull your hair out at the poor quality of the naff print they use.

SOOOOO, get yourself the big 21 disc Laurel and Hardy boxset here in the UK, the 2 twentieth century fox sets also here in the UK for work not in the big boxset (3 films each set), grab this Flying Deuces from the states AND finally (and you will need a multi-region player for these) the TCM LAUREL AND HARDY ARCHIVES and AIR RAID WARDENS/NOTHING BUT TROUBLE double bill dvd from the states to ensure you have just about everything.

Remember, look for KINO as the studio under the flying deuces dvd release info...only one worth buying

Restored at last - Kino Video release
**This review is regarding the KINO release only**

The KINO release is a restored version of the film taken from Nitrate negatives found recently in France, and the picture quality is amazing, as good as or better than any other of L & H's better looking films.

Also on the Dvd is;

An introduction by Serge Bromberg
The Stolen Jools (19 mins)
Laurel & Hardy in Tynemouth and Edinburgh (1932)(14 mins)
Tree in a Test tube (5 mins)
This is your Life(T.V. Show 1955) (28 mins)
Original French Trailer
Poster Gallery
Stills/Promotional Materials

This release is worth buying for the restored film alone, it's never looked or sounded better. The added extra material make this a bargain Dvd. Highly recommended.

Laurel & Hardy - Flying Deuces DVD (Stonevision
A word of warning to people wanting to buy the Laurel & Hardy Flying Deuces DVD. The Stonevision DVD IS the remastered version. Several other reviewers have advised that the Stonevision release is poor, this is not true! Only the Stonevision one is watchable! It is a little dark in places and certainly shows it's age. Avoid the Elstree Hill release for example which looks so poor it's almost unwatchable.