Spies Like Us | 
 enlarge | Director: John Landis
Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 4715
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan Scan
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: WARD16885D
ISBN: 0790739046
UPC: 085391688525
EAN: 9780790739045
ASIN: 6305162042
Theatrical Release Date: December 6, 1985
Release Date: November 10, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Yet another bad movie in a lengthy string of losers for all three of the principals involved here: director John Landis and stars Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. Chase and Aykroyd play a pair of bumbling would-be CIA agents who are spotted cheating on the entrance exam. So the CIA decides to use them as bait in a mission to flummox the Russians. Lots of pointless slapstick and mugging, but Landis hasn't made a genuinely funny film since iTrading Places/i. Aykroyd and Chase seem smug and self-satisfied (don't they always?), as though they can rest forever on laurels earned during the 1975 season of iSaturday Night Live/i. Look for a gaggle of film directors (Terry Gilliam, Joel Coen, Costa-Gavras) in cameo roles: that's the closest this film comes to cleverness. I--Marshall Fine/I
Product Description
Two bureaucratic bumblers are chosen for a top-secret military assignment but their limitations are limitless and so are their laughs. Watch dan and chevy out maneuver missile-minded maniacs from the desert to the tundra. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/08/2005 Starring: Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg Director: John Landis
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 Slapstick 80s comedy July 28, 2008
Pistol Pete (Houston, TX United States)
Premise: Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase are actually caught cheating on the Foreign Service exam and "promoted" to be spies. br / br /It is a funny movie, with some great sequences. It seems like the kind of movie that would be funnier the second or third time around - or maybe late at night. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the type of movie I would seek out again. Somewhat crude humor - not one for the family, but a fun movie overall.
Needs To Be In Widescreen June 24, 2008
C. Stockton (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Great film, funny comedy with Donna Dixon eye candy. br / br /Already own this version and have been waiting for a widescreen release for years. br / br /Hopefully they'll be released on Bluray before too long. I can wait. br /
 Cool Film April 11, 2008
Denny R. Ayala Jr.
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this was one of the first DVD's I ever owned. only wish it was in true 16x9 and in Hi-Def Blu-Ray. maybe in time it will be on Blu-Ray. WB has not done a Remastering (1998 PanScan Only Verson as of 4/2008) of this great funny film that stars the Beautiful Donna Dixon who IMHO would look GREAT IN Hi-Def!! :)
Classic Cold War Comedy February 15, 2008
Oz (Atlanta, Georgia)
Whether you grew up during the Cold War or afterwards, you'll love this comedic reminiscence of the Reagan era. In my opinion, this is Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd at their finest. Basically they're low level government employees who get caught cheating on departmental exams. The CIA needs two decoys for an important spy operation, so they are chosen, and eventually end up in Pakistan and the Soviet Union. br / br /I own close to 300 movies and this movie is near the top of my favorite all time movies. Enjoy!
 Intelligence insulting August 6, 2007
Cecilia Mistral
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was extremely disappointed with this film. It's a terrible shame because I love Dan Akroyd! It just wasn't funny at all. At some points I was bored to the point of wanting to go to sleep. Chase and Akroyd's characters never reached the potential they seemed to have at the beginning of the film, and the attempts at humor were ridiculous (in a bad way). I'm not sure how this has 4 stars here on amazon. I generally love comedies and am rarely ever disappointed with a movie, but that's exactly what happened with this one. Surely pass this one up.
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