Road to Bali DVD

Road to Bali
This sixth entry in the Crosby-Hope-Lamour "Road" series was the first (and last) in Technicolor. This time, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope play George Cochran and Harold Gridley, American vaudevillians stranded in Australia. To avoid a dual shotgun wedding, George and Harold sign on as deep-sea divers for sinister South-Sea-island prince Ken Arok (Murvyn Vye). After a contretemps with an octopus (courtesy of stock footage from Reap the Wild Wind), our heroes sail to the prince's Balinese homeland, where they meet and fall in love with gorgeous Princess Lalah (Dorothy Lamour). Though Lalah favors George, she feels obligated to Harold, because he resembles her childhood best friend -- a chimpanzee (this must be seen to be believed). When Ken Arok attempts to usurp Lalah's throne, she and the boys escape to a tropical island, where they meet the inevitable slapstick-comedy gorilla. More adventures await the intrepid trio on another island, this one dominated by an active volcano. Who gets the girl in this one? A hint: the loser tries to physically prevent the "The End" title from flashing on the screen during the final fadeout. Though not as fresh and spontaneous as earlier "Road" endeavors, Road to Bali has its fair share of non sequitur gags, inside jokes and unbilled guest appearances (including Martin and Lewis, Bing's brother Bob Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Jane Russell). Best bit: when Crosby feels a song coming on, Hope turns to the camera and hisses "He's gonna sing, folks. Now's the time to go and get your popcorn." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Bob Hope as Harold Gridley Bing Crosby as George Cochran Dorothy Lamour as Princess Lalah Murvyn Vye as Ken Arok Peter Coe as Gung Leon Askin as Ramayana Ralph Moody as Bhoma Da

Crew J. McMillan Johnson - Art Director Hal Pereira - Art Director Charles O'Curran - Choreography Edith Head - Costume Designer Hal Walker - Director Archie Marshek - Editor Joseph Lilley - Composer (Music Score) Joseph Lilley - Musical Direction/Supervision Wally Westmore - Makeup George Barnes - Cinematographer Daniel Dare - Producer Harry Tugend - Producer Sam Comer - Set Designer Ross Dowd - Set Designer Gene Merritt - Sound/Sound Designer John Cope - Sound/Sound Designer Frank R. Butler - Screen Story Frank R. Butler - Screenwriter William Morrow - Screenwriter Hal Kanter - Screenwriter

Road to Bali
The plot for Road to Bali is pretty thin stuff, even for one of the "Road" pictures. This does, however, place more of a burden on our trio of stars and on the quality of the jokes and songs; while there's nothing really wrong with any of these elements, things still don't really come together to make Bali the boffo fun that it wants to be. Even moreso than in previous entries in the series, there's an abundance of self-referential humor and light genre parodies -- and comic cameo appearances are taken to a bit of a ridiculous extreme. But even so, Bali is amiable and undemanding fun, and if Bob Hope and Bing Crosby don't have the inspired lunacy that they had in Road to Morocco, they still work like a well-oiled machine (with Dorothy Lamour as the lever that often gets them started). Bali also benefits from being shot in Technicolor. There aren't any real location shots, just studio sets, but they positively drip with rich, savory color. Lamour gets the best song, "Moonflowers," and Crosby does quite nicely with the mediocre "To See You." Not the best "Road" show, Bali nonetheless is enjoyable and occasionally very funny. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Biographies Filmographies Photo gallery Interactive menus Jump to scene Dolby sound PC/MAC compatible MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 91 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 2. Chapter 2 [4:30] 3. Chapter 3 [3:00] 4. Chapter 4 [5:19] 5. Chapter 5 [2:53] 6. Chapter 6 [2:45] 7. Chapter 7 [9:26] 8. Chapter 8 [2:02] 9. Chapter 9 [4:44] 10. Chapter 10 [7:07] 11. Chapter 11 [28:35] 12. Chapter 12 [13:54] 13. Chapter 13 [5:09]