A Fish Called Wanda DVD Special Features

A Fish Called Wanda DVD Special Features

The long awaited two disc, special edition of A Fish Called Wanda was recently released. The movie, which told of four bumbling con artists trying to get away with a diamond heist, while betraying each other, starred John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. What are some of the DVD extras you can expect to find?

Disc 1

The first disc of the DVD set contains the 108 minute film.

Disc 2

The second disc contains a number of special features including:

Special Features:

Deleted/Alternate Scenes

This feature included special intros by John Cleese.

- Archie (Cleese) winning a case in court

- A side story of Otto (Kline) shooting at cat tails

- Wanda (Curtis) and Otto cracking open the safe

- A deleted scene after Otto’s encounter with Ken (Palin)

- Otto trying to find the hidden diamonds

- An encounter between Wanda and Ken as she’s on her way to Archie’s house

- Otto following Wanda to the door of Archie’s house

- Wanda telling Otto to find the diamonds

- Otto trying to find out if George (Tom Georgeson) had been at an establishment

- A spectator’s perspective of Archie hanging out of the window

- An alternate scene of Ken running over Mrs. Coady’s (Patricia Hayes) dog

- Archie and Wanda on the bridge talking

- Otto rehearsing his apology

- Archie just before he burglarizes his home

- Otto in the flat with Wanda

- An alternative striptease scene with an added line by Wanda

- An alternative scene of Mrs. Coady’s last dog being “done in”

- Wanda on the phone with Ken

- An additional scene with Archie and Wendy (Maria Aitken)

- Otto talking about what Nietzsche considered the first mistake

- Otto getting ready to eat the fish

- An alternate scene of Wanda in court

- An alternate scene of Archie and Wanda in the car after the court fiasco

- An alternate scene of Archie and Otto at the airport

- Wanda with a carry-on bag, getting on the plane

- An alternate scene with Archie, Ken and Otto with the steamroller leading into the scene with Archie getting on the plane with Wanda

Featurettes:

John Cleese’s First Farewell Performance

This is older footage shot around the time that A Fish Called Wanda was released. The segment includes John Cleese getting ready to shoot the airport scene. Iain Johnstone conducts an interview with John Cleese where he talks about his ideas for the movie, rehearsals, the writing process and casting for the film. There is also a behind the scenes look at the filming of different scenes as well as segments talking with Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline.

Farewell Featurette

John Cleese talks about the side plot with Ken and the dogs and a behind the scenes clip of how the stunt for Archie hanging out the window was devised. The feature included a short interview with Michael Palin and a look at the airport luggage chute scene (as well as a notable performance by Palin of the legendary Monty Python “Lumberjack Song” in German!).

Cleese talks about working with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline as well as how it was playing the character Archie Leach. In turn, the film’s director, Charles Crichton, and the cast talk about working with John Cleese.

Documentary: Something Fishy:

This feature contained current interviews with the cast and their memories working on the film including:

- Working with Charles Crichton

- Casting

- Filming romantic scenes

- Acting methods and shooting styles

- Scenes with Maria Aitken

- Filming the love scenes with Otto and Wanda

- Shooting the argument scene with Otto and Wanda

- A look at the extended scene of Archie and Ken at the flat

- The movie’s original ending

- Screenings and aftermath

A Message From John Cleese:

John Cleese pitches A Fish Called Wanda, in a short clip. Just remember, it’s definitely not Meryl Streep!

Behind The Scenes Photo Gallery:

This feature contained five categories of still photographs from the movie.

- Key Stills – which are usually the photos sent to the press

- Behind the Scenes

- Deleted Scenes

- The Stars

- Publicity Images – photos of various movie advertisements

Theatrical Trailer:

The official movie trailer for A Fish Called Wanda

Previews

The DVD previews contained an unusual array of movies including:

- The Pink Panther (2006)

- The Princess Bride Special Edition DVD

- Casino Royale (1967)

- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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