Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3296 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-05-07
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: German
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 101 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Based on Neil Simon's own play, 1967's Barefoot in the Park is a perennially joyous film starring carefree Jane Fonda and staid lawyer Robert Redford as young newlyweds setting up home in Greenwich Village. Although the opening credits are fragrantly idyllic (aided by Neal Hefti's soundtrack, you can almost smell the blossom in Central Park), the film doesn't idealise apartment living in New York, à la Friends, far from it: Fonda and Redford's apartment is up several flights of stairs; there's a hole in the skylight and the bedroom is the size of a cupboard. All of this puts some strain on the marriage. When Fonda introduces fellow free spirit and ageing, behind-on-the-rent Lothario (Charles Boyer) to her somewhat inhibited mother (Mildred Natwick), the hapless Redford in particular is forced to come to terms with his own inhibitions. Although the second half of the film moves at a less cracking pace than the first, Barefoot in the Park is as exhilarating as a romantic weekend city break. Directo r Gene Saks, scriptwriter Neil Simon and composer Hefti would regroup in 1968 to make the similarly wonderful The Odd Couple.

On the DVD: With the aid of filtering, the DVD recaptures the almost unreal colour quality common to films of this period, while the sound is faithful to the nuances of Hefti's soundtrack. The special features are miserly--subtitles, a choice of languages and the original trailer, though this at least conveys the engaging naiveté of the period--("The rarest, unsquarest, happiest motion picture in many a year!"). --David Stubbs

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Theatrical Trailer
Languages: English, German
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

Synopsis
Neil Simon's comedy features Redford as a conservative young lawyer and Fonda as his spontaneous bride, roughing it in New York.This was director Gene Saks' debut. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actress--Mildred Natwick.

Customer Reviews

Barefoot in the Park
Story aside, the characters in this film are so enjoyable to watch. The mother in particular. She steals the show thanks to her having the best lines of the entire script. Redford is totally believable in his role. Fonda, a little wacky, but nice to think people can really happily live like this. It is only the last 20 mins which seem to lose it as it starts to become a little dragged out. Still, it is a quirky romantic comedy which should be in every DVD collection.

Nothing Beats The Odd Couple
Well, it's light and frothy and some of it's very funny, and Robert Redford's in it, so that's a start. It's terribly dated, which makes the furniture and clothes as interesting as the plot, and it's not Neil Simon's best, so if you can only have one, get the The Odd Couple instead. Or if you can have them both, watch this one first.

FANTASTIC
this is a movie i bought as i am a dvd addict and this is one of the best buys ever!!Both main lead characters are great!!It is a great film to watch if you wanna get away from all the sex and violence that is on films today....this is in the same league as "Some Like It Hot", "Wizard of Oz" and other such classics..these are films i grew up watching as a 25 yr old and will sty in my dvd collection for ever..watch and be taken away to a time of fun and innocence!