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MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1967 DVD Release: 09/21/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Domestic Comedy See Also: Barefoot in the Park [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint]

Based on the hit Broadway play by Neil Simon, who made his screenwriting debut with this adaptation, Barefoot In The Park follows the lives of newlyweds Paul (Robert Redford) and Corie Bratter (Jane Fonda) as they adjust to married life in a tiny Greenwich Village apartment. Paul is a buttoned-down, straight-arrow lawyer who's wound a little too tight, while Corie is an effervescent free spirit who won't let anything disturb her romantic bliss. Aside from the five-flight climb and the hole in their skylight, the Bratters must also contend with eccentric upstairs neighbor Victor Velasco (Charles Boyer), who must go through their apartment to get to his. Corie hatches a plot to get her mother (Mildred Natwick) together with Mr. Velasco, but the entire evening goes awry and even casts doubt on the viability of the Bratters' new marriage, as Corie tries unsuccessfully to loosen Paul up. All ends well, however, and Fonda and Redford are full of youthful appeal in this light domestic comedy. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Robert Redford - Paul Bratter
Jane Fonda - Corie Bretter
Charles Boyer - Victor Velasco
Mildred Natwick - Mrs. Ethel Banks
Herb Edelman - Harry Pepper

This Paramount DVD release of Barefoot in the Park shows that time has been kind to the movie. Sure, this light as air romantic comedy seems even more of a trifle now than when it hit theatres in 1967, yet how many frivolous theatrical adaptations are even attempted today? Of those, how many are made with stars on the same level as Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, and (especially) the utterly delightful Charles Boyer? This edition of the DVD doesn't feature any real extras except the movie's original theatrical trailer, but the anamorphic widescreen transfer shows off the movie's rich color palette and the Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono audio track is clean and well-balanced. It remains doubtful that anyone at Paramount is chomping at the bit to release another DVD edition of Barefoot in the Park complete with an audio commentary, a "making of" documentary, and deleted scenes. Too bad, Neil Simon partially based the play itself on his early lean years with his first wife and he still talks eloquently and with great fondness for this period in his life. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide