| Biloxi Blues | 
 enlarge | Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Casey Siemaszko
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 11542
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 106 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: MCAD24491D
ISBN: 0783288425
UPC: 025192449123
EAN: 9780783288420
ASIN: B0000VV508
Release Date: January 27, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: March 25, 1988
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Product Description
A drafted brooklyn writer contends with a sadistic drill sergeant and other hardships in mississippi boot camp. From the neil simon play. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Corey Parker Matthew Broderick Run time: 106 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Mike Nichols
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Part 2 of Neil Simon's semiautobiographical theater trilogy about his growth from adolescence into adulthood, this film was a vast improvement over the film version of Brighton Beach Memoirs. Directed by Mike Nichols and starring Broadway star Matthew Broderick as Simon's stand-in, Eugene Jerome, the story follows him from the nest of Brooklyn to army basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he gets his introduction to the world beyond Coney Island. He encounters, among other things, racism, a drill sergeant who seems to be a nutcase (a hilarious Christopher Walken), and his introduction to paying sex (Broderick is particularly funny in this scene with Park Overall). Extremely entertaining mainstream fare done in a high-quality fashion. --Marshall Fine
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 Biloxi Blues DVD November 11, 2008
The DVD was in perfect condition and came within a few days of my order.
 Biloxi Blues November 11, 2008
I expected this movie to be much funnier. Christopher Walken and Matthew Broderick were good. It stated out with a few laughs, then quickly went downhill. Too long with a much dragged out plot.
Laugh Out Loud Funny June 19, 2008
This is one of the funniest movies I have seen recently. My husband and I watched it on one of the satellite channels and we were laughing out loud. I love Neil Simon movies and this one is really funny. We can't see it enough.
Bootcamp Wars April 21, 2008
Biloxi Blues is one of Neil Simon's most moving comedies. The famous Simon one-liners are built into the play in the person of Eugene Jerome (played by Matthew Broderick as a thinly disguised Simon himself), whose voice-over narration is that of a comic writer looking back on the often excruciating experience of boot camp just before the end of World War II.
Eugene quips, speaking in retrospect and in the character of the young recruit, but more often he expresses frustration, anger, anxiety, or regret, as he learns to cope with Americans from all over the United States, some of whom do not share his outlook or sense of values.
There are formidable, sharply etched characters, besides that of Eugene Jerome. Arnold Epstein, Eugene's highly principled friend, is loathe to compromise his values, even if it means isolation, humiliating punishments, and confrontation with the sergeant in charge. Then there is Sgt. Toomey, brilliantly played by Christopher Walken. He is one of Neil Simon's most astounding creations, based no doubt on an actual person or at least a combination of real-life encounters. Toomey is by turns brutal, funny, just, solicitous, and troubled, a complex authority figure who almost runs away with the film. The audience can easily share the sentiments of the group as expressed by Eugene, that when he leaves they sorely miss him.
The two women, Rowena the hooker (played by Parker Overall) and Daisy the Catholic school girl (played by Penelope Ann Miller) would seem at first glance to be the classic "virgin and whore" dichotomy as an influence in the hero's life. However, it is difficult, despite her profession, to categorize Rowena, whose patience, compassion, and understanding incline her more towards the "heart of gold" cliche, but who is a unique non-stereotypical character in many ways. Through Rowena, Simon shares with us the tenderness as well as the hilarity sometimes connected with a boy's first time.
Every minute of Biloxi Blues is well-crafted and well-acted. I found myself laughing until the tears came one minute and choking back tears of joy, relief, and compassion the next. Biloxi Blues is quite simply one of my all-time favorite comedies.
My favourite Neil Simon movie April 4, 2008
"Biloxi Blues" is the second in the trilogy of autobiographical plays Neil Simon wrote about Eugene Jerome (the first being "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and the third being "Broadway Bound", both of which have also been made into movies). This installment sees Jerome (Matthew Broderick) drafted into the army and forced to endure basic training with a group of men he has absolutely nothing in common with and an "eccentric" drill sergeant, Sgt. Toomey (Christopher Walken). Rather than taking the easy option and making all of these characters two-dimensional stereotypes, as a lesser writer would do, however, Simon gives each of his characters depth and makes his audience genuinely love and respect them, even Sgt. Toomey, especially Sgt. Toomey - and Christopher Walken is really great in this part. My biggest problem with "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was that I found Eugene Jerome to be too passive. Simon actually addresses this issue directly in this play/film (one character actually tells Jerome that he is too passive), and the play/film is all the better for it.
One of the biggest problems with many films that are based on stage plays is that they have a static, stagey feel to them. "Biloxi Blues", however, does not have this problem. The screen adaptation (the screenplay is also written by Neil Simon) is so good that I spent the whole film trying to work out how this could possibly have been performed on stage.
Ever since I was a child, I have always enjoyed the films and plays of Neil Simon ("Murder By Death" was my favourite film from the ages of 5 to 12), but rewatching "Biloxi Blues" the other night, I reached the conclusion that this is my favourite Neil Simon play/film and furthermore, is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my entire life. Now, if only I could get a copy of "Broadway Bound".
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