Zorro, The Gay Blade
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- 1981-07-17
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- English
Released in 1981 this movie is a bit of a parody, at least that's my understanding.
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Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the masked man in black with a sword who rights wrongs and becomes a folk hero to the people of Mexico. When Vega sprains his ankle and cannot figure out how to continue his campaign against the corrupt Captain Esteban, luck stays with Vega when his long-lost twin brother Ramon, who was sent off by their father to the British Royal Navy to make a "man" of him, whom is also flamboyantly gay, and now known as Lt. Bunny Wigglesworth, appears for a visit. 'Bunny' agrees to temporarily take his brother's place as Zorro, but wishes to make some changes. Bunny becomes 'the Gay Blade' in which his new suits are lemon, plum, and scarlet colored, and Bunny insists on using a whip. Bunny also becomes the liaison between Don Vega and the liberal American activist/feminist Charlotte a long-time critic of Captain Esteban's policies, and who has a crush on her masked hero.
- Written by John Vogel
In 1840's Mexico, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega learns of his late father's secret as Zorro, the masked folk hero, and Vega adopts his new persona. But when Vega is incapacitated by an injury, he asks Ramon, his very gay, long-lost twin brother (now calling himself 'Bunny'), to replace him as the caped hero, who makes some drastic changes to his Zorro persona.
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Directed by:Peter Medak
Produced by:C.O. Erickson
George Hamilton
Written by:Johnston McCulley
Hal Dresner
Greg Alt
Don Moriarty
Starring:George Hamilton
Lauren Hutton
Ron Liebman
Brenda Vaccaro
Music by:Ian Fraser
Cinematography:
John A. Alonzo
Edited by:Lori Jane Coleman
Distributed by:
20th Century Fox
Release date:July 17, 1981
Running time:93 min
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$12.6 million
Box office:$5.1 million (US/Canada)
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Reviewer:
Sheri Muntean
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May 27, 2023
Subject: Love this movie
Subject: Love this movie
I agree when the comment that this IS a parody. My dad, who grew up on the black and white Zorro films, raised me to love the original Zorro plots, and this twist is awesome. This has always been one of my favorite films. To this day, my kids and I walk around quoting it. It has many awesome and silly quotable moments.
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Anonymous
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May 23, 2023
Subject: One of my favorite movies.
Subject: One of my favorite movies.
I love Zorro, The Gay Blade it was so funny and George Hamilton was very funny in a dual role as the main character and his brother also. I give it a big 10.
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SJKPDX
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December 3, 2022
Subject: It's aged better than you'd expect
Subject: It's aged better than you'd expect
Dripping with 80s attitude, you'd think this movie would age like fine milk ... but that is not so. The film, antic and witty upon release, has survived into the present day as an arch deconstruction of movies where anglo actors portrayed the latinx characters; in Hamilton and Liebman overacting their parts, Hutton playing hers straight, and Vaccaro playing hers unaccented one finds the tension that blandly illustrates how absurd that whole thing was.
Yet there's wit and easygoing flow in unexpected moments; when Consuelo informs Esteban that they paid their taxes on Tuesday and he casually relays that information to his troop with a laugh: when one of his caballeros remarks of Charlotte Taylor Wilson that she's not from around here and he responds sarcastically "Thanks very much, that's very helpful".
All of this combines into a film that's a very witty critique of what it examines ... Hollywood's 20th Century misapprehension of Mexican culture and history.
That, and it's damn funny.
Yet there's wit and easygoing flow in unexpected moments; when Consuelo informs Esteban that they paid their taxes on Tuesday and he casually relays that information to his troop with a laugh: when one of his caballeros remarks of Charlotte Taylor Wilson that she's not from around here and he responds sarcastically "Thanks very much, that's very helpful".
All of this combines into a film that's a very witty critique of what it examines ... Hollywood's 20th Century misapprehension of Mexican culture and history.
That, and it's damn funny.
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bentoniv
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October 3, 2021
Subject: great movie
Subject: great movie
yes agreed hilarious
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jrfdianeizzie
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July 10, 2021
Subject: One Of My Very Favorite Comedies
Subject: One Of My Very Favorite Comedies
I remember how much I loved this film. Very funny performance by George Hamilton. I was only 11 years old when it debuted but I had a bit of a crush on him, lol! Watch this if you want to relax, and also see "Love At First Bite", George's hilarious and sexy "Dracula"!
(On a side note, the film is not "a bit" of a parody, it IS a parody. i don't know what you're talking about).
(On a side note, the film is not "a bit" of a parody, it IS a parody. i don't know what you're talking about).
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Poppaguy
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March 1, 2021
Subject: Zorro
Subject: Zorro
2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a peso, all those for Zorro, stand up and say so !!
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