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The 4th Tenor | 
 enlarge | Director: Harry Basil
Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Anita De Simone, Annabelle Gurwitch, Charles Fleischer, Robert Davi
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Genre: 0
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
ESRB: Teen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD37851D
ISBN: 0790776839
UPC: 085393785123
EAN: 9780790776835
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Product Description
A restaurant owner falls in love with an opera singer and desperate to impress her travels to italy to learn how to sing. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/03/2005 Starring: Rodney Dangerfield Robert Davi Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Harry Basil
Amazon.com
Long-suffering comic Rodney Dangerfield (Caddyshack, Back to School) stars in this cinematic fairy tale about a New York restaurant owner named Lupo, a cynic who suddenly falls madly in love with a tempestuous singer (Annabelle Gurwitch). She spurns him, saying she can only love a man who can sing great opera--so Lupo sets out to learn and falls under the sway of a couple of Italian con men who promise to teach him how to sing. But when he is given a role in an opera, his voice turns the audience into an angry mob. He flees and ends up meeting a buxom young widow (Anita De Simone) with a family secret that can give Lupo the voice he desires--but will it give him Gina? The 4th Tenor strives for a gentle, magical tone. Fans of Dangerfield may enjoy the movie as the comic's last hurrah; others will find him far too old for the part. His spirit yearns, but his flesh is weak. --Bret Fetzer
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 Good movie if you just let it work on its own level January 2, 2008
Thomist Reader (Ocala, Florida)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not a big fan of Dangerfield's, but I found if I overlooked his obvious age, he did a fine job. The movie is more or less an updated 60's screwball comedy with misunderstanding, a secret formula, and moderately evil people trying to get rich quick. Family fare, really. The big plus is the music. Great opera arias (lipsync'd, to be sure) and other songs of Italy.
Get the movie, watch it with the family. Enjoy.
 The Late Great Rodney Dangerfield!! October 13, 2007
MARCOLA (DALLAS, Tx)
I bought this movie not knowing anything about it.
To my surprise I found it to be very fun, a good comedy.
No it's not a big blockbuster, but it's Rodney doin what he does best.
I would say this movie is worth it to buy!!
I would rate this movie a 7 from 1to10!!
 Finally Singing Gets some Respect October 4, 2007
Formertenor (Wyomissing, Pennsylvania United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very odd film, and the other reviewers are right that Rodney was too old for the part. However, lovers of opera may actually enjoy this flick for the singing (other than Rodney when he's not using the magic wine) and the respectful treatment of the world's greatest art form.
I looks like Rodney or his producers actually knew something about the art of singing and liked it. Rosa, her mother and father and the other 'real singers' all are portrayed to sing beautifully, naturally, and sincerely. There's not a hint of the sarcasm and caricature that the typical Hollywood cultural ignorance could have applied. The movie accepts the thesis that bel canto singing is worthwhile on its own terms, and not just as a celebrity vehicle for the Three Tenors, or an art form to be marginalized by the mainstream of pop culture.
Although I'm sure he didn't set out to make a music education film, Bravo Rodney!
Much Better Than I Expected!!! February 13, 2006
TytianaCS (Winston Salem, NC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Once again, I read the reviews on-line before purchasing a movie and end up enjoying the movie much more than I expected to. "The 4th Tenor" is not like one of Rodney Dangerfield's older movies, all which I have seen by the way, and shouldn't be compared to any of them. But this happens to be a nice change up for him.
It was a very cute and well made movie and there's hardly any sign of the 'brawdy' Rodney for previous movies, although many of the jokes are pretty hilarious! It made me appreciate and respect the late great Rodney even more than I already do!
Also, the supporting cast was very funny also! When was the last time you've seen Charlie Fletcher ('Who Framed Roger Rabbit', and tv show 'Freddie') take on a more supporting role? Or seen 'all around' tough ass Robert Davi ('Profiler' and 'License To Kill') dive for cover in a tub full of water and rose petals?
If you have a quite Saturday with nothing to do, rent or purchase "The 4th Tenor". You won't be disappointed.
"Respect" for Rodney June 29, 2005
Joseph Mattaino (Winchester, Virginia United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The movie was made not that long after 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq War. 9/11 was still on many people's minds and the classical "no respect" Rodney joke would have been viewed as "inappropriate" during that era. It is also interesting to note that before the Iraq War, France was considered the European nation of romance where all the romantic comedies were filmed, with Paris and the Eiffel tower as wonderful backgrounds. However, during the era when this movie was made, France decided not to support the US in the War and there was anti-France sentiment as a result. Well, guess what happened. Italy became the European nation of romance. Hence, now we have an Italian background for a romantic comedy
The movie was a romantic comedy with a bit more slapstick. The very fact that the romance was between Dangerfield who was in his eighties and a thirty-something woman, young enough to be his granddaughter was in itself funny. It was so odd, it was hilarious. OK, the usual "no respect" jokes weren't in this movie but the jokes he DID have were a riot.
This movie was a very odd classic, both in that it was hilarious even without Dangerfield's usual "no respect" jokes and for another important reason. It would be Dangerfield's last movie before he had his last heart surgery. Dangerfield would later die of complications due to that surgery which makes "The Fourth Tenor" his very last movie. One day this movie will be a collector's item.
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