| | | One man. One masterpiece. One very big mistake.
Features: DVD
Call him hilarious. Call him laugh-out-loud funny. But whatever you do, call him Bean. In the comedy that rocked America, Rowan Atkinson is the outrageous Mr. Bean, sent on a mission to California to escort the world famous painting of "Whistler's Mother" to its new home in The Grierson Gallery. What the gallery owner, one of the richest men in America, and his curator David Langley (Peter MacNicol) believe, is that Mr. Bean is Dr. Bean, a renowned art expert. In fact he is just a sleepy-headed, wildly eccentric museum guard. He's also the clumsiest, wackiest, wildest, most bizarre character they have ever come across, and certainly not someone you'd entrust one of the world's most valuable paintings to. But they have--and now wreaking havoc in the Grierson Gallery and wrecking Langley's marriage is just the beginning. With only hours to go before the official unveiling by the museum's benefactor, General Newton (Burt Reynolds), something terrible has happened to "Whistler's Mother" and only one man has the power to put it right. The only problem is... that man is Bean!
"...an incredibly entertaining piece of comic mayhem." Kay Kreig, Boxoffice Magazine
"...when it comes to laughs, Bean delivers... this one is a keeper." Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times
"Bean is wacky." Entertainment Weekly
"Bean is like a malevolent Ace Ventura in slow motion." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
In his big-screen debut, the BBC's beloved, bumbling, barely verbal Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) lands in the plastic wasteland of Los Angeles, where he has been sent to "guard" Whistler's Mother as it changes hands between the London National Art Gallery and a chichi private gallery. Absurd laughs from the hilarious Atkinson.
| Features | Audio: English & French 5.1 | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailers | | Widescreen & Standard Versions | | Filmmaker & Cast Bios | | DMC Music Video "I Love LA" |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 2/8/2005 |
| Running Time: 91 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 22664 | | UPC: 00025192266423 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1/4:3 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...The gags are plentiful..." 08/01/1997 p.41New York Times
"...When it comes to laughs, BEAN delivers....This one is a keeper..." 11/07/1997 p.E22 Entertainment Weekly
"...BEAN is strenuously wacky..." 11/14/1997 p.56 |
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