| | Danny Deckchair DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Romance Movies, Crime Videos, Love, Cops, Police, Love Affairs, Small Towns, Vacations | | Starring | Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke | | Director | Jeff Balsmeyer | | Director of Photography | Martin McGrath | | Executive Producer | Howard L. Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Carol Hughes | | Music | David Donaldson, Steve Roche, Janet Roddick | | Producer | Andrew Mason | | Screenwriter | Jeff Balsmeyer |
An average guy uses gags and pranks to liven up his blue-collar life and accidentally ends up taking off in a deck chair strapped to giant helium-filled balloons while his friends watch helplessly from below. He starts a new life in the far-off town where he crash lands...until his old life catches up to him. Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, and Justine Clarke star. DVD features include commentary by Ifans and director Jeff Balsmeyer, plus a look at the real Danny Deckchair. Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier had a productive year in 1783 when they became the first humans to construct a hot air balloon safe enough to carry passengers. Technological advances have since relegated the balloon to novelty status in the race to become airborne. But briefly, on July 2nd, 1982, the balloon reentered the public consciousness, when truck driver Larry Walters tethered 45 weather balloons to a lawn chair, and took to the air. Larry's experience forms the backbone to the plot in DANNY DECKCHAIR, with Rhys Ifans' starring as Walters's cinematic doppelganger, Danny Morgan.
Disgruntled with his life as a laborer in Sydney, Australia, Danny takes off--literally--by tying a bunch of balloons to a deckchair, and ascending to the skies. His flight ends in the sleepy town of Clarence, where he unceremoniously lands in the garden of Glenda Lake (Miranda Otto). The naive townsfolk he encounters in Clarence prove to be a grand source of inspiration to Danny, and he proceeds to teach them how to live life to the fullest, while enjoying a passionate romance with Glenda. But Danny's past life is not totally behind him, and when it catches up to him, his blissful new existence comes under serious threat.
This gentle comedy further asserts Ifans's excellence as a comedy actor, bringing his usual mixture of quirkiness and humanity to the role of Danny. Miranda Otto provides an excellent foil for Ifans throughout, with both leads allowing writer/Director Jeff Balsmeyer to unravel a fairytale-like plot around them, providing a welcome dose of heartwarming family entertainment. Danny Deckchair Reviews: "[Ifans is] immensely likable as the ineffectual but fundamentally decent hero."
-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life '[A]t its best it brings to mind Bill Forsyth's marvelous LOCAL HERO."-- Mike Clark, USA Today
This is the only Jeff Balsmeyer video. Danny Deckchair | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.69) | | Studio | Artisan | | Orig Year | 2004 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  27284  | | CD Universe Part number | 6793000 | | Catalog number | 16672 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 21, 2004 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | sex-related situations | | Running Time | 100 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
Danny Deckchair Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  A nice escape!
This is one of those great Aussie movies that about 3/4 of the way through you realize that you are smiling, and you don't want to stop. Great performances from the cast, a beautiful location, and a top knotch story. No guns, car chases, just a nice movie.
Submitted by Bruce (Denver, CO, USA) 
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Funny, romantic, honest. If you want a wellmade film for the whole family,Dannt Deckchair is it.
Submitted by arwen111 (Victoria, BC, Canada)
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Danny Deckchair DVD Region 1
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Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary:
1. Jeff Balsmeyer
2. Rhys Ifans
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