The Ritz

Lester, Richard, 1932- (Added Author). O'Dell, Denis. (Added Author). McNally, Terrence. (Added Author). Weston, Jack, 1924-1996 (Added Author). Moreno, Rita. (Added Author). Stiller, Jerry. (Added Author). Ballard, Kaye. (Added Author). Abraham, F. Murray. (Added Author). Williams, Treat. (Added Author). Coulouris, George, 1903-1989 (Added Author). King, Dave, 1929-2002 (Added Author). Price, Paul B. (Added Author). McNally, Terrence. Ritz. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Entertainment. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, Treat Williams, F. Murray Abraham, George Coulouris, Dave King, Paul B. Price. (Cast).

Summary: "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."--www.allmovie.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781419864414
ISBN: 1419864416
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., [2013]
Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. Based on the play by Terence McNally.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restricted to qualified researchers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Paul Wilson ; editor, John Bloom ; music, Ken Thorne.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, Treat Williams, F. Murray Abraham, George Coulouris, Dave King, Paul B. Price.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating R; for nudity, adult situations, strong sexual content, and adult language.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:	In English; English and French subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.