Bananas DVD Movie

Bananas

List Price	$14.95 (You save $2.26)
Studio	20th Century Fox
Orig Year	1971
DVD Encoding	Region 1
All Time Sales Rank	4875
CD Universe Part number	1168495
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 07, 2004
Rating	PG-13 (MPAA)
Running Time	82 Minutes
Additional Info	Widescreen
Movie Details	Color; Mono Sound; Digitally Processed; Letter Boxed; Widescreen

Bananas Movie Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Classic Woody
Great comedy especially with the snake bite and J Edgar Hoover sketches. Nothing beats watching Woody deal with lunatics.
Submitted by omcleod (Somerset, NJ, USA)
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Bananas DVD

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Full Frame -
1.33
Letterbox -
1.85
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Additional Products:
Booklet

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