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The Ritz Director: Richard Lester Cast: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard

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  • DVD Release Date: 01/08/2008
  • Original Release: 1976
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 27,637

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Disc #1 -- The Ritz
1. "Get Proclo." [3:10]
2. Credits [1:10]
3. The Bicyclist and Claude [2:12]
4. Do I Look Like...? [2:01]
5. Chris [2:14]
6. First Seduction Job [2:13]
7. Nobody Knows Googie [2:23]
8. Claude Smitten [4:32]
9. Unusual Pants [4:48]
10. Serenaded: Invited to Party [4:34]
11. Hoping for Joe Namath [5:11]
12. Buttering up a Producer [5:52]
13. Everything's Coming up Roses [4:03]
14. Closed-Door Rendezvous [:34]
15. Chinatown, My Chinatown [1:31]
16. Heated Pursuit [1:15]
17. Laying a Trap [1:51]
18. Plotting a Crime of Passion [3:17]
19. Seductress [4:39]
20. Crowded Room [5:03]
21. Vivian Calling; Old Pals [3:25]
22. Welcoming Committee [3:04]
23. Reviving a Famous Act [5:09]
24. Three Gay Caballeros [1:19]
25. Everybody Into the Pool [2:07]
26. Family Business [3:12]
27. Googie's Next Gig [4:57]
28. Exits and End Credits [1:12]

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Editorial Reviews

With The Ritz, Terrence McNally's hit Broadway play of the same name is cinematized by director Richard Lester. Jack Weston plays Gaetano Proclo, a minor mob flunky who's been targeted for elimination by his brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller). Gaetano takes refuge in what he thinks is a Turkish bath. Actually, it's The Pits. That's the name, "The Pits" -- a gay bathhouse (this is the pre-AIDS era), where the exquisitely awful Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno) entertains the homosexual patrons with her ear-splitting renditions of such show tunes as "Everything's Coming Up Roses." Hoping to save his neck by pretending to be gay, Gaetano effusively praises Googie. Assuming that he is a big-time Broadway producer, she plays up to him. Everything would be hunky-dory, except that the bathhouse is owned by the very mob that has put a contract on Gaetano. What follows is an old-fashioned door-slamming farce, except that there are no doors to slam. The supporting cast includes Kaye Ballard, Treat Williams, George Coulouris, F. Murray Abraham, Dave King, and (as one of the patrons) a pre-Cheers John Ratzenberger. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Ritzby Anonymous

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January 08, 2008: See this film...if only for Rita Moreno's brilliant and hysterical performance as no-talent singer Googie Gomez. Her rendition of "Everything's Coming Up Roses" will stay with you forever.

Ritzby Anonymous

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October 19, 2007: The very first time I saw this movie "circa 1979" was at a shopping mall theatre, people actually got up and left. I on the other hand was HOWLING in my seat. When it was released on VHS I could'nt wait to get my copy. I watched it so many times I may have worn out the tape and can literally recite all the lines of the movie. Somewhat of a dated movie now and way before the aids crises began this movie brings all the "euphemisim's" that go along with the gay culture of the era. If anyone wants to take a retro look at these wonderful characters this is the movie to buy. I'm reserving my DVD copy and pitching my worn out VHS tape. BUY IT! you won't be disappointed.


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