
Sgt. Bilko DVD will put you At Ease
Review created: 02/26/07(updated 03/01/07)
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Many of the reviewers at the time this film came out gave it poor reviews as they measured it up against the original TV series starring Phil Silvers. This was not a fair way to judge this film.
I have seen the old Phil Silvers shows on TV Land many years ago and I did not expect it to be a remake of the TV Show. Steve Martin does not do remakes - he will take a movie and make it his own - as he did in this film. The only thing that this movie had that was in the original TV series were character names and Doberman - They found a dead ringer in this movie to the original Doberman. (I wonder if they are related.)
I will admit some of the jokes in the movie were best described as "dumb" or written for young kids - but there are parts of this film that are not appropriate for young children.
Steve Martin, Dan Akroyd and Phil Harman were great!
The DVD comes with the trailer for this film. The trailer included 3 scenes that do not appear in the movie. The production notes and bios about the actor's were read only material.
If you have this on VHS there is no need to get the DVD unless you are getting rid of your VHS player.
Review ID: 10000000003021523

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