Father Goose | 
 enlarge | Director: Ralph Nelson
Actors: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good (ii), Sharyl Locke
Studio: Republic Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 689
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 118
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 10081
ISBN: 0782011209
UPC: 017153100815
EAN: 9780782011203
ASIN: B00005N910
Theatrical Release Date: December 10, 1964
Release Date: September 18, 2001
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Cary Grant's penultimate feature before retirement was this cheerful 1964 effort to overturn his career-long image of urbane sophistication. As the unshaven, messy misanthrope Walter Eckland, a World War II-era beach bum who monitors Japanese air activity for the Australian navy in exchange for booze, Grant makes a convincingly hard-bitten, hard-drinking antihero. Until, that is, a pretty French schoolmistress (Leslie Caron) and her seven little charges (all girls) survive a nearby plane crash and invade Eckland's raunchy isolation. Directed by 1960s hit-maker Ralph Nelson (The Lilies of the Field, Charly), Father Goose is a glossy comedy that also does justice to its more suspenseful scenes (a deadly snakebite suffered by Caron's character is especially memorable) and leaves plenty of room for Grant to indulge in some entertaining if atypical screen behavior. All in all, this is a minor treat in the actor's magnificent filmography. --Tom Keogh
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 Father Goose July 18, 2008
I received this new remastered DVD in a matter of days after ordering. The product is excellent, and the story "Father Goose" is humorous family entertainment.
Father Goose DVD July 16, 2008
I was pleasently surprised at how sharp and clear the DVD transfer for Father Goose is.
While not one of Cary Grant's all-time best, he is thoroughly enjoyable acting with Leslie Caron and a group of young schoolgirls in this WWII comedy/adventure. This was one of Grant's last starring roles, and he plays against type as a somewhat grizzled loner who likes his alcohol a little too much. He plays an American thrust into becoming a civilian spotter (watching for aircraft and shipping movements) for the Australian military in a Japanese-occupied area of the south pacific by an officer friend in the Australian navy (Trevor Howard).
Grant's character is asked to transport another spotter from an island where the Japanese have gained a stronghold. This doesn't work out as planned, and there he runs into Caron and her schoolgirl charges who need to get off the island, as well. His only choice is to take them all back to his lookout hut on his own, safer, island, until they can all be rescued by the navy, but the rescue is delayed and Caron and the girls soon take over and turn his life upside-down.
The eventual rescue and ending to the story is satisfying and sweet, and there is nothing in this movie that parents need be concerned about their children seeing (or hearing), although there is a scene where Grant and the girls are fired upon by a Japanese plane, and another where Grant thinks Caron is in danger of dying from a snake bite, but no worries, this is a comedy, after all.
Father Goose June 21, 2008
This movie is Cary Grant at his comedic best. He and Leslie Caron are perfect foils for each other. Grant is the reluctant hero who rescues Caron and seven daughters of diplomats she is in charge of during WWII. Grant is a coast watcher for the allies. They are the only people on an island and are trying to avoid detection by the Japanese, who of course want to eliminate anyone who can report their movements. They interplay between Grant and the eight females is hilarious. This is a movie the whole family will enjoy watching together.
Father Goose, lots of laughs! June 12, 2008
A great depiction of its time an excellent Cary Grant movie. If you haven't seen it, it's a must!
 A comedic love affair during war May 10, 2008
Cary Grant & Leslie Caron find love in this screwball comedy set during WWII with the backdrop of the Pacific. Grant, a washed up alcholic soldier, is sent to an island to identify enemy bombers. A teacher of foreign diplomatic children & her charges are forced to house themselves with Grant. An assortment of calamities befall the children, Caron, & Grant as cupid dances among them. This movie is great for a laugh, & is also a love story that isnt your typical sappy stuff. Men even love it!
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