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Black Adder III | 
 enlarge | Actor: Rowan Atkinson
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 11755
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 220 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: WARDE1561D
ISBN: 0790760258
UPC: 794051156129
EAN: 9780790760254
ASIN: B00005A1SV
Release Date: June 26, 2001
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/13/2005 Run time: 221 minutes Rating: Nr
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As funny and refined as ... a highly amusing powdery thing September 9, 2008
John Thomas-Mason (Salisbury, Maryland)
In the late '80s I happened upon a copy of 3 episodes of Blackadder III in a public library and took a chance. Fate was smiling on me that day as I was introduced to a new world of comedy. While many of these actors seemed familiar to me, I had not known their genius until that day.
Now Hugh Laurie and Rowan Atkinson are household names, but then, they were a British sensation that hadn't quite yet hit our shores. The supporting cast was no less amazing.
Edmund Blackadder of the 18th century is the best realized incarnation of our antihero. He schemes for power not just for the usual banal selfishness, but because fate has reversed roles in a most cruel way: from son of Richard the Lionheart, his dynasty has been reduced to manservant for the foppish, idiotic, ineffective prince regent George (while his father is off to marry a rose bush). He is the only intelligent being surrounded by a maddening bevy of squirrel-brained turnip fetishists. While he is characteristically self-serving, he is positively humble compared to Lord Wellington, Dr. Johnson, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and other delightful caricatures from British history. Viewers end up rooting for him despite themselves.
If you want to introduce yourself to the world of Blackadder, this is my recommendation for where to start.
Best of British (Comedy) June 4, 2008
A. Lowe (California USA)
Black Adder is a must for anyone who enjoys British comedy. Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie, UK comedy elites, are absolutely brilliant in the Black Adder series. A classic that will not dissappoint.
Fallen even further... May 30, 2008
In the third Blackadder series, Rowan Atkinson's character has slid even further down the social ladder and is now butler to Prince George, played with comic brilliance by TV series House's Hugh Laurie. With him as always is perma-sidekick Baldrick.
Blackadder III - amazing. April 26, 2008
Hardxluckxwoman (Florida)
This was definitley worth my money.
This season, based on the time period of the French Revolution, is hilarious and informative.
You can pick from any episode, and there are also scenes within the episodes.
Loads of special features: Review of each character and the actor playing them (done with great eloquence by Baldrick), Blackadder's Christmas Carol (full episode of the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, slightly altered. ;]) and more.
Really, this was a bargain. I LOVED it.
Black Adder February 1, 2008
Reader (USA)
If you've never seen Black Adder, then you must buy this. In fact, I'd recommend buying the complete collection. I think they are the funniest movies/sketches in the English language. They're extremely clever and we've watched them many times and have never tired of them.
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