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VHS : Don't Raise Bridge Lower RiverIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.98 Price: $18.00 You Save: $1.98 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780800132811 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 0800132815 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: March 24, 1998 Running Time: 99 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1968 Sales Rank: 54583 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The opening sequence of Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River has a bowler-hatted Jerry Lewis mischievously striding (in his oddly graceful, loose-hipped way) along the streets of London. The spontaneous business he creates is, alas, the last bit of freshness in the movie, which quickly reverts to a painfully labored plot. Jerry is in Swinging London (wrap your mind around that), an entrepreneur who spends the entire film trying to make up to his estranged British wife for turning her family estate into a Chinese restaurant-discotheque. The story also involves Arab oil barons, Portuguese automobiles, and a philandering dentist. Lewis didn't direct himself in this one, which accounts for the off pacing and total lack of good visual gags. It was 1968, and his rapid decline from creative excellence (see The Ladies Man and The Nutty Professor) and box-office potency was already into its skid. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One of Jerry's WorstJerry Lewis traveled to England for this lame 1968 farce, which cannot be salvaged by the presence of Terry-Thomas. Some viewers may appreciate a restrained Jerry, but the results are deadly dull. Even the King of Crazy admitted he did this one solely for the money. Produced by Walter Shenson in a sad comedown from the glory days of "A Hard Day's Night" and "The Mouse That Roared." Rating:  - A Jerry Lewis movie that does have its moments.As a big fan of Jerry Lewis,this was not one of his best efforts. Sure there were some funny moments in DRTB,LTR especially at the opening and with Terry Thomas planning the schemes..but it just wasn't the Jerry I was accustomed to. I am kind of mixed on this movie. Wish the story line was a little bit better. Rating:  - Super Jerry Lewis movieI absolutely loved this movie.If you enjoy Jerry Lewis antics at their best then you'll love this movie.He was superb as a bumbling husband that does everything to impress his wife and make a fast buck.It was great! Rating: - A jolly bad showWith all the good Jerry Lewis comedies awaiting DVD release (and, yes, there are good ones), who greenlighted this loser? Hey, Columbia, why did you ignore the very funny THE BIG MOUTH and release this turkey instead? I don't get it (and in terms of a DVD purchase, I didn't). Even Jerry disowns this staggeringly unfunny farce about a wacky American loose in England, whose get-rich-quick schemes get him involved with a host of unsavory characters. No matter what side of the Atlantic you're on, this ... Read More Rating:  - A Very Disappointing Jerry Lewis FilmIn 1967, Jerry Lewis starred in what arguably may be his worst film ever: a little gem entitled "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River". Directed by Jerry Paris (1925-1986) and based upon a novel of the same name by author Max Wilk, the film begins in London where Jerry Lewis plays an American entrepreneur named George Lester. He marries Pamela (Jacqueline Pearce) and whisks her away to various exotic locations for several years while trying to build a business of his own with the supposed financial ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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