The pistol with the poison is in the flagon with the dragon, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true...
Nobody does tongue twisters better than Danny Kaye. This movie is a true delight. It's got action without gore, romance without sex and nudity, and humor without crudeness and four letter words! The movie starts off a bit slow while the plot develops but once it gets going, the laughter rarely stops.
The movie takes place in the middle ages. Danny Kaye plays a hapless carnival worker who desires to be a hero like the Black Fox (character similar in vein to Robin Hood) who is trying to deposes the king. King Roderick seized the throne by killing all the royal family. However, a heir survived and he has the royal birthmark on his royal backside to prove it! In order to infiltrate the castle, Danny Kaye impersonates a court jester and runs into trouble when he attracts the attention of the princess (a very young Angela Langsbury).
The Court Jester is not a historically accurate movie nor is based on any incident in history. However, it does show the court intrigue that has always exhisted from ancient times to today's political climate. The comedy is slapstick, full of physical humor and wordplay. It spoofs The Adventures of Robin Hood several times and even has Basil Rathbone in a role very similar to one he played in Robin Hood.
I highly recommend this movie as a family movie. Adults will enjoy seeing Angela Langsbury before she wrote murder mysteries in Cabot Cove, Basil Rathbone being himself, and Glynis Johnson before she became Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins and Alan Napier, who later played Alfred in the Batman series. The songs are entertaining. We particularly liked "You Can't Outfox a Fox" and "The Unemployed Jester." The humor is slapstick, filled with physical humor and word play and very witty. The only thing that I can think of that someone might find objection is the character of the princess's nanny. She has a witch persona though she does no real magic -just a hypnotist trick and some poison. The hypnotism scene results in one of the funniest scenes of the movie. The movie is a classic that I am sure you will enjoy. Get it? Got it! Good!
Nobody does tongue twisters better than Danny Kaye. This movie is a true delight. It's got action without gore, romance without sex and nudity, and humor without crudeness and four letter words! The movie starts off a bit slow while the plot develops but once it gets going, the laughter rarely stops.
The movie takes place in the middle ages. Danny Kaye plays a hapless carnival worker who desires to be a hero like the Black Fox (character similar in vein to Robin Hood) who is trying to deposes the king. King Roderick seized the throne by killing all the royal family. However, a heir survived and he has the royal birthmark on his royal backside to prove it! In order to infiltrate the castle, Danny Kaye impersonates a court jester and runs into trouble when he attracts the attention of the princess (a very young Angela Langsbury).
The Court Jester is not a historically accurate movie nor is based on any incident in history. However, it does show the court intrigue that has always exhisted from ancient times to today's political climate. The comedy is slapstick, full of physical humor and wordplay. It spoofs The Adventures of Robin Hood several times and even has Basil Rathbone in a role very similar to one he played in Robin Hood.
I highly recommend this movie as a family movie. Adults will enjoy seeing Angela Langsbury before she wrote murder mysteries in Cabot Cove, Basil Rathbone being himself, and Glynis Johnson before she became Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins and Alan Napier, who later played Alfred in the Batman series. The songs are entertaining. We particularly liked "You Can't Outfox a Fox" and "The Unemployed Jester." The humor is slapstick, filled with physical humor and word play and very witty. The only thing that I can think of that someone might find objection is the character of the princess's nanny. She has a witch persona though she does no real magic -just a hypnotist trick and some poison. The hypnotism scene results in one of the funniest scenes of the movie. The movie is a classic that I am sure you will enjoy. Get it? Got it! Good!
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