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The Wrong Box1966LP: Mainstream S/6088
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The MovieMaybe it's because I'm an American, but this movie blows. I like black humor. I have no problem with mixed up corpses and runaway hearses and such. But this movie is a mess. It has a lot of very good people--Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers--but it's just a train-wreck of a movie. And probably the least funny British comedy I've ever seen. Unless you count A Clockwork Orange, in which case it might be a tie. |
The MusicI'm prejudiced because I loathed the film. You'll have to watch the movie and decide for yourself. |
Release NotesThe LP was released with the movie, and is now highly collectable and hard to find. For reasons I never understood, there has been no commercial CD release (even though other Bryan Forbes films like King Rat and Deadfall are both available on CD). It is an attractive target as a bootleg, though. A single version of the title theme shows up on the compilation CD The Film Music of John Barry, the LP John Barry Conducts His Greatest Movie Hits, Nic Raine's The Classic John Barry, Vol 2 and John Barry, The Collection. |