Hopscotch (DVD, 2002, Criterion Collection; Widescreen)

Orignal version always better than remakes!!. This movie has some very funny moments, as well as spy features! Classic Matthau Movie!!

My husband loves this movie and had owned a copy VCR copy. His VCR copy was in bad shape and we were unable to watch the whole movie, but what I saw was very entertaining. After purchasing DVD on Ebay I was able to what the entire film and it was Walter Matthau at his best. Nice to watch a movie with a mixed crowd where you don't have to cringe about the language and there is enough plot to keep everyone engaged with the movie.

Great old Water Matthew movie. Clean, clever feel good spy movie. Check out the ratings at www.imdb.com.
It was very well written. Shot on location in Europe and America. Excellent classical music score. His son and daughter-in-law are in it also.
The only dislike is the price. Nobody is willing to sell it at any less than $18-$20.
If you like Walter this is a must have.
J.

This is one of the best movies ever made! Yes, I finally said it! I have read other reviews about this movie which comment on its predictability and anticipated storyline. Really? I bet NO ONE could have predicted the ending to this movie! My wife and I have wathced this movie for decades and couldn't wait until it was available on DVD to buy it. Best money we have every spent; my VHS tape was almost worn out! Everytime I watch the movie, something new pops up. For the average person, this movie might be too slow with action, very bland with language, and boring with lack of picturesque scenery. However, the plot against the CIA is classic and on par with the movie "3 Days of the Condor" with Robert Redford. I would HIGHLY recommend this movie to everyone. If you don't like it, you need to check your pulse because you probably stopped breathing!

quite simply one of the best films ever. why it is considered rare ( when there are lots of copys offered) i don't know. i payed more than i would have like to but it is worth every penny!!!!

Walter Matthau is supurb in this farce about a CIA agent during the Iron Curtain regime. His boss is much like the current foreign government espionage bosses who display the "Ugly American" mentality and prefer to bulldoze the opposition and not understand subtly of foreign affairs and intrigue. This probably has gone on since the beginning of international relationships, I am certain. It still occurs as anyone who has seen , "Body of Lies" will confirm. I was thrilled when "Hopscotch" came out on DVD and will have one always in my collection

Walter Matheau plays a CIA Agent who gets caught up policy brought on by a hard nose Supervisory Agent in Charge who does not like the old timers and places Walter Matheau on Desk duty inside the CIA. As an Active Agent Walter Matheau decides, instead of waiting out his retirement, he decides to publish a book about all the secrets that he knows about and discredits the Supervising Agent and causes Scandel in the Supervisors Name. Funny Movie with a cast of Charcters played by some serious Actors and Actresses Loved this movie for Years and glad to find a copy

I bought the movie because I had seen it a long time ago. It was just as good as I remember. The humor is just as good today as it was when the movie was made. If you like comedy, see this movie.

The seller was quick in getting the item out to me. what I didn't like was the fact that the price I had to pay for the item was high. I decided to purchase the item because the DVD is not available in local stores around here. I would suggest to buyers, before you make a purchase use the E-Bay
comparison tool before making your decision.

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Jonathan

Brilliant from beginning to end, absolutely first rate. The entire cast is wonderful with no exceptions. The screenplay superb and the acting even better. This is one of the great comedies of all time.

I have seen this movie many times. It is an excellent movie about and old CIA agent being put out to pasture and he decides to get even with the bosses trying to retire him as well as the who worldwide spy community. Walter Mathau is excellent in this movie along with a great cast of stars everyone will recognize. Glenda Jackson plays the friend and comfidante to Mathau. A more perfect couple there never was. A must see for anyone.

I just had to have it in my library so I could watch it any time!

There is a very good reason why this disk sells for so much money. People will pay it to get it.

This is a uniquely genuine presentation of what I would expect in a real life situation as given.
No stunts
No unlikely survival luck
No rediculous representation of the real world.
Having been associated with the type of situations presented here I find this is a very funny but realistic way this idea would play out in the Western world.
In another part of the world it would not go this way at all and the event would be over in minutes with no survivors or records of what happened.

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C.Fulghum

We came across this as I was looking for some family favorites from when our kids were young. I'd seen this back when it came out and remembered loving it. If you're a Walter Matthau fan you'll love it. Even if you aren't, you'll probably love it! It's a great movie and fun to watch him keep them on their toes! Amazingly enough...it got an "R" rating because in one scene one of the characters uses "the F word" (as our kids would say,) a lot. In today's world this movie would get a "PG" rating easily! How times have changed! There was nothing else offensive about the movie that we could determine would have earned it the "R" rating. Very enjoyable! Get it and laugh!