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| Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx | 
 enlarge | Director: Waris Hussein
Actors: Gene Wilder, Margot Kidder, Eileen Colgan, May Ollis, Seamus Forde
Studio: VCI Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.99 (€7.89)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 49511
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 88 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 8216
UPC: 089859821622
EAN: 0089859821622
ASIN: B00000JT2S
Release Date: January 24, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Reminiscent of "Harold & Maude" and "Start the Revolution Without Me," this gentle comedy is the story of a man out of step with this world, marching to the beat of his own drum. Quackser Fortune (Wilder) earns his living by following the horse-drawn delivery wagons of Dublin, scooping up the droppings and selling it as fertilizer. Margot Kidder is the American exchange student who finds herself drawn to this unlearned, but not unknowing man. Bonus Features: Biographies| Theatrical Trailer| Bonus Previews| Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 87 minutes; Color; 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - R; Year - 1970; SRP - $9.99.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Gene Wilder video November 12, 2008
I originally saw this movie in a theater back in the 70's. I had frequently thought of scenes from this movie over the years. When I saw this movie was available through Amazon, I bought the movie and got to enjoy Gene Wilder as an Irishman again.
Another GEne Wilder funny one. April 29, 2008
I had never heard of this movie until I saw it on Amazon advertised.
I got it simply because Gene Wilder was in it. The movie itself is a
lighthearted comedy set in Ireland in a small village. Wilder's character, Quackser Fortune (the name GEne Wilder and a name like
Quackser is bound to be funny). Quackser wheels a wheelbarrow with a
big rose sticking up in it, collecting horse manure. "Horse Manure
for sale"-Horse dung for sale" etc. Margot Kidder is a young rich
American girl attending University there and is attracted to this
strange character..and treats him rather shabbily as he is not of her
social status. Then Quackser gets a horrifying shock-the village is
hauling off all the horses to the slaughter house and without the
horse manure, Quackser has no job. By the way seems the village has
the most beautiful flowers anywhere all over town and all just because of Quackser. It's not Wilder's best but anything he is in has that
quirky sense of humor we all love.
 Hated it September 10, 2006
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
I purchased this DVD based on the numerous 5 star raviews. Usually these are valuable cources of information and quite accurate. I cannot imagine why this time it was so unreliable.
This is among the worst movies I have seen. It is unbelievably slow--pulling teeth would be more interesting to watch. Though Gene Wilder is a fine actor, this is not one of his better works. In this story he plays a horse dung street sweeper who sells the manure wherever he can. Not a bone of ambition does he have. The story centers around meeting a free-spirited American girl studying in Dublin and what happens between them.
The dialogue is boring or non-existant and the storyline pathetic.
Clearly I am a lone voice in the wilderness here, but caveat emptor before you buy it.
 Gene Wilder At His Irish Best!! May 22, 2003
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Quakser Fortune(Gene Wilder)is a somewhat eccentric,uneducated humble,fertilizer merchant in Dublin Ireland when a rich,sophisicated American visitor Zazel Pierce(Margot Kidder)becomes fascinated by him when they first connect,their different lifestyles become irrelevant but they later grow tired of each other especially by Zazel's snobbish friends.Quakser then retreats to his old job of gathering horse manure to sell as fertilizer.When his cousin in the Bronx dies he leaves a small fortune for Quakser that changes his livelihood forever.This is quite an interesting,offbeat comedy/drama with Gene Wilder at his Irish best!!
A Gentle Classic Comedy January 23, 2002
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a variety of films were made that would have little chance to exist prior to that period, and little chance for approval after that period. A good example of such a film is this gentle tale of an Irish dung collector in love, with Gene Wilder in the title role. Other usual classics from this era include "Get to Know Your Rabbit," with Orson Welles as the instructor at a school for tap-dancing magicians (also includes Katharine Ross from "The Graduate," along with Tommy Smothers and a great comic performance by John Astin), "Evil Roy Slade" (a made-for-TV parody western), "Inserts" (a rarely-seen film about the making of porn, with a strong cast), Marlon Brando's controversial erotic classic "Last Tango in Paris," the Beau Bridges film "The Landlord" (about a rich kid who buys a tenement), the French film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs," and various others. Most are not easy to find, but are available on video or DVD, and worth seeking out.
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