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Return To The Batcave - The Misadventures Of Adam And Burt [2003] [DVD]
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Kills the nostalgia
Review date: 2010-07-20 Rating: 2 out of 10
Had this bought for me as was mad on Batman when I was younger and am now re-living that phase with my grandson. This has completely killed any enthusiasum I held with the original series as it's a send up of them. Only watched part of dvd and turned off as also had the complete series of originals bought and didn't want to ruin my memories or spoil it for the grandson. Personally I think this should have never been released.
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Reviews
holy bat doubles
Review date: 2009-10-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
why o why can they not sell the 1960 tv series in the uk,wake up marketing people,amusing funny well done,tying in look alikes & also having the original batman & boywonder in on this as well.great double take batman (splash,biff,bang,wallop)so cheesy so underated,so buy it if you are a fan...if not dontReturn To The Batcave - The Misadventures Of Adam And Burt [2003] [DVD]
The ideal companion!
Review date: 2009-06-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
"Batman: The Movie" (1966) and this one: the perfect couple. A pity they couldn't use excerpts from the TV series, but the whole idea of the two actors being forced to act as crimefighters for real, because someone stole the original Batmobile from an exposition, and having them recall, during the search, the good old days of the shooting of the series, is just wonderful! Although the actors who enact the young Adam and Burt in the flashbacks could have resembled the originals a little more, the whole thing convinces. It does. Still, the big question remains: when will there ever be a DVD release of the TV series? Maybe never, but fortunately, some benevolent souls record them from TV broadcasts, and put them on YouTube!
Just get the US DVD
Review date: 2009-02-26 Rating: 4 out of 10
This DVD is 4:3 while the movie was shot in 1,78:1. The Starz / Anchor Bay US release has the correct aspect ratio. Pretty disappointing since it's not even mentioned in the specs here.
Quirky, but engaging
Review date: 2007-10-03 Rating: 6 out of 10
West and Ward play themselves, in a film which combines dramatised events from their real-lives when they played the Dynamic Duo in the sixties, with a parallel plot where the Batmobile - now a retro-exhibit - is stolen by two of the actors who played villains in the original series (Frank Gorshin aka The Riddler and Julie Newmar aka Catwoman). West and Ward try to recover the Batmobile, pausing along the way to reflect on their years of stardom.
Their real-selves are played in the flashback scenes by Jack Brewer (West) and Jason Marsden (Ward). Brewer, though handsome, bears no resemblance to West, but Marsden is almost identical to the young Ward. Through this we learn the real and amusing story of how the two were chosen to be Batman and Robin, how Ward did more stunts than his stuntman (and spent more time in casualty as a result) and how their marriages suffered when opportunities for dalliances were thrust relentlessly upon them. No wonder that Batman experienced so many strange stirrings in his Utility Belt ...
West, now in his seventies, is still a fine looking man and seems comfortable at putting his glory days in humorous perspective. Ward is at first unrecognisable as the lithesome Boy Wonder, perhaps as the result of eating too many Bat Burgers over the years, though his voice is unmistakeable.
Lee Merriwether (another Catwoman) does a couple of brief cameo scenes and has aged more gracefully than Newmar who, it must be said, appears to have had several face-lifts too many. Frank Gorshin tries commendably to recreate the live-wire zaniness of his Riddler years, though is clearly very aged.
The extras are minimal, comprising text biographies and filmnotes. DVD quality excellent, with some good title and incidental music.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Frank Gorshin
Burt Ward
Adam West
Julie Newmar
Creators:
Adam West (Primary Contributor)
Burt Ward (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060020623905
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-06-13
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2003
Language: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired)
Language: English (Original Language)