Asian pressing DVD (code 3 but inspected to be all code) of 1969 film directed by the successful English filmmaker, best known for the 'Carry On' series (the Carry On pictures abound with anachronistic and technical gaffes... more »). The film stars Sid James, Kenneth Williams & Charles Hawtrey. 85 minutes. Panorama. 2003.« less
"This is one of about 25 comedy movies made in Britain that have the same cast. It is about half way between Monty Python and Benny Hill in the style of humor. I consider this particular one to be in the top 5 of the 25 for entertainment value. It involves several married and single men trying to find romance at a camping area without any success.
The problem with this DVD is the dismal technical quality. Sharp brightness contrasts between adjacent areas produces vertical vibration of the scene. This is totally absent in the VHS version.
It is wide screen and the VHS is not. So you have a choice in your purchases."
Pretty good
it | Sunnyvale, CA USA | 02/06/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is about average for a Carry On script. The original movie was wide screen. This DVD chops the edges off so that it fits a traditional 4:3 screen. Your other option is the WHAM ! USA version also on amazon. It shrinks the image so that it fits the 4:3 screen sideways and is shorter than the screen vertically. It also has some vertical jitter.
As far as the plot goes, there are different groups of people who go camping and end up at the same campground. Each group has adventures before and after arriving including interacting with each other. There is a bit of ndity (both men and women) for under a minute total or so."
Each to his taste
David Wilmot | St. Louis, MO USA | 03/31/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I found the sharpness, brightness and contrast a big improvement over the VHS version it replaced. I was disappointed in the faintness of the sound track as compared to those in the Carry On Collection."
Cheeky laughs from an innocent age
Bruno | 02/02/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Carry on camping straddles that happy period between the inventive but somewhat dull early carry ons and the overly crude and suggestive later films. Here we have just the right balance and we can happily chuckle at 50 something lad Sid James trying to get the 'green light' from 30 something school girl campers Barbara and co.
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One of the finest Carry On's
T. Lyons | Sussex UK | 06/15/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Carry On Camping is the 17th film in the long running Carry On film series, which is the most successful and longest running comedy film series in Britain. 31 films were produced between 1958 (Carry On Sergeant) and 1992 (Carry On Columbus) with a new one scheduled to start filming in 2007. Carry On Camping was launched in 1961 when the Carry On series was at its peak and contains many memorable scenes like the one where Barbra Windsor loses her bra during exercise. Both Carry On Camping and Carry On up the Khyber took more money than any other film at the Box Office in Britain in 1969. Carry On Camping stars all of the Carry On Regulars (Kenneth Williams, Barbra Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Sid James, Peter Butterworth etc)
Carry On Camping is one of the finest and funniest out of the 31 films produced which all but three are among the funniest films ever made. Carry On England, Carry On Emmanuelle and carry On Columbus (the last three to be made) lose their way, as it is evident in Carry On England and Columbus that most of the regulars aren't in it either because they are now to old or dead. In Columbus only three of the original cast star in it and in England even less star in it. Carry On Camping is in the top 3 best Carry On films and the Carry On films continue to be regally shown on British TV.
Overall Carry On Camping is well worth a look and one of the best of the 31 Carry On films produced.