In some ways ATOLL K not really ROBINSON CRUSOELAND or UTOPIA stands alongside something like DUCK SOUP by the Marx Brothers considered to this day the greatest social satire. Atoll K was conceived as a libertarian political satire which berated western governments for excessive taxes and the arms race. I have to say that the Disc did not play on my 50 inch TV but did play on my Computer.
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ATOLL K also known as Utopia and Robinson Crusoeland is a poorly filmed atrociously dubbed movie that probably should have never been made.
At the same time in some ways it is one of their best later films.
That is the paradox that is ATOLL K. The plot of ATOLL K is actually quite good. Atoll K is a Laurel Hardy sound feature film released 17 October 1951. Some parts from Laurel and Hardys last film Atoll K also known as Utopia.
Atoll K would later go on to be released in the US in 1955 under the title Utopia as part of a double feature with Blackboard Jungle having already come out in Europe in 1951.
Music Audio Effects The music is composed by Paul Misraki. Which makes the British Film Institutes definitive 2K digital restoration of Laurel and Hardys final film together Atoll K the messy immensely troubled and largely derided French-Italian coproduction something of a footnote strictly for die hard fans only keen on seeing what their final shared onscreen appearance looked like. Directed by Léo Joannon John Berry Alfred J. With Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Suzy Delair Max Elloy.
Stan inherits a yacht and a South Pacific island.
Ollie and Stan sail there with 2 other men. They shipwreck on a new atoll and settle there. An ex-fiancee joins them. They declare an independent nation and problems arise.
Atoll K is a better film than its reputation a lively adventure after the dopey lazy scripts of the duos 1940s Fox films.
Its not as good as their classic Hal Roach films of the 1930s but still an affable interesting misfire worthy of a visit. Much of its poor reputation comes from Laurels sickly appearance decades of heavily edited and. Atoll K presents a mature version of the Stan and Ollie we originally met in 1928. Not the broad white-faced clowns of the later Roach films.
Not the stodgy dullards of the FoxMGM years.
Perhaps thats why I like Atoll K so much. Not because of what the film contains but what it promises. A strange international co-production featuring the pair alongside a cast of French and Italian actors Atoll K is unlike any of the duos more famous films from the 20s and 30s. Say the words Atoll K to most Laurel and Hardy fans and they will cringe.
The 1951 film produced in France was the last screen appearance of the beloved comedy team and to many fans it was one of their very worst endeavors.
The pairs last screen appearance was in a FrenchItalian production Atoll K 1950 reissued as Utopia. After that they continued to work in music halls because neither was well-off financially. Hardy made a solo appearance in John Waynes The Fighting Kentuckian 1949. Laurel never became a US.
Utopia also known as Atoll K and Robinson Crusoe Land is last film Laurel and Hardy made together.
It was filmed and produced in Europe. In 1951 Laurel Hardy made their final movie Atoll K aka Utopia. The production was a disaster and the finished film a disappointment. Film buff Joe Ramoni at Hats Off Entertainment worked tirelessly to re-cut the best footage and replaced the soundtrack resulting in a fun slapstick comedy reminiscent of the duos classics.
In some ways ATOLL K not really ROBINSON CRUSOELAND or UTOPIA stands alongside something like DUCK SOUP by the Marx Brothers considered to this day the greatest social satire.
I have to say that the Disc did not play on my 50 inch TV but did play on my Computer.
