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Three Amigos! |  | Director: John Landis
Actors: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  119 reviews
Sales Rank: 8836
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: D90007D
ISBN: 0783115202
UPC: 026359000720
EAN: 9780783115207
ASIN: 0783115202
Theatrical Release Date: December 12, 1986
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Three Western stars (Martin Short, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase) from Hollywood silent films go to Mexico for what they assume will be a publicity appearance, and find they've actually been summoned to fight a local bandit. John Landis directed this 1986 comedy with self-conscious artifice, and it's hard to get into his self-congratulatory joke. Even the three main stars, brilliant comics all, can't sustain anything funny in it. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
When the three amigos find themselves in a small mexican hamlet terrorized by bandits the time has come for the three amigos to play their roles for real in this hilarious comedy. Special features: scene access filmographies and original theatrical trailer. Subtitles in english french and spanish. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/12/2006 Starring: Steve Martin Martin Short Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 119
 Sew! Sew like the wind! March 4, 2002
John S. Harris (Memphis, TN)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short in their comedic prime, playing recently fired silent movie actors forced to earn money by ridding a small Mexican village of its evil oppressor. They assume it is nothing more than a Public Appearance gig, but the enemy is quite real!
This movie is kinda goofy, kinda silly, and all funny. Each of the three comics gets his turn to shine in memorable gags, and there are too many of those gags to list here. Watch for a pre-"Saturday Night Live" Phil Hartman and John Lovitz in an early scene. Funniest bits: Short and Martin running out of water in the desert, Short telling his story of being "discovered" by Lillian Gish's sister, summoning the Invisible Swordsman, Chase trying not to blow his cover in front of the main villain and his henchmen, and Steve Martin's character learning that the supposedly "staged gunfight" is actually real.
Cost of DVD with shipping -- [item price]
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Laughing your [head] of watching "The Three Amigos" -- PRICELESS!
The critics be damned December 10, 1999
Mark Michinok (Philadelphia, PA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is, without a doubt, one of the greatest movies ever made. Not only are the comedic situations hilarious, but a classic 'heros save the day' situation touches your heart while tickleing your funnybone. I could never understand why the critics all miss the joke while countless others share my absolute love of this cult classic. It ranks up there with the best of the Saturday Night Live alumni celluloid offerings.
Lip balm? December 16, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Regardless of what the critics say, this movie is hilarious. The comic chemistry between Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short is great, and you'll remember the classic one-liners for years to come. The quality of the DVD version is excellent.
Fun, clean slapstick comedy June 30, 2006
Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I remember seeing "The Three Amigos" in the movie theatre way yonder in my days of youth. At the time, I thought it was the funniest film I had ever seen. Three of my favorite SNL stars Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short in one film. How much funnier can a movie be? Not much.
Chevy, Steve, and Martin plays three recently out of work actors in Hollywood. They are contacted by Carmen (the lovely Patricia Martinez), thinking that the characters they play in a film are real, to help out her town who are being bullied by a bunch of bandits headed by El Guapo. The trio of out of work actors thinks that Carmen is looking for actors to perform for her and her townspeople. The miscommunication quickly leads to one hilarious scene after another.
It's hard to pick a favorite scene. I love the singing bush, the dance number in the ol' Mexican dive, and the final showdown between the trio and El Guapo's gang. Hopefully someday "The Three Amigos" will receive a proper dvd treatment which would include bonus footage as well as better sound and picture. There is nothing crude or obscene about "The Three Amigos" except maybe the shooting scenes but they were obviously fake and not very realistic. This is a good family film to see.
Can I have your watch when you are dead? March 18, 2000
Swiss Miss (Atlanta GA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I get weird looks for saying this is one of my favorite movies of all time, but hey, let them stare. I still constantly quote this movie. I met my boyfriend when he broke out into "My Little Buttercup" in the middle of Biology Lab and I sang with him. This movie is campy and silly...but it's supposed to be. Summon the invisible swordsman? Oh, man, that's classic.
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