By shere serendipity I read Tim Lucas' Continental Op article immediately after watching this, which seems to be one of Disney's forays into the CO genre. Lucas apparently missed mentioning the latecomer to the movement Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) , but hey, it was a short article.
Definitely some Op moments, including a Looney Tune type gag with Dick slamming against a painting, but also features genuine trash-for-art, that should have never made it to the screen.
I also recently watched the superior Grand Slam (1967), a pretty cool caper film whose storyline not only mirrors this one's, but also stars the great Eddie G.
This is the kind of film skeleton that Tarantino excels at writing dialogue for. Had he only done that for Disney...
Definitely some Op moments, including a Looney Tune type gag with Dick slamming against a painting, but also features genuine trash-for-art, that should have never made it to the screen.
I also recently watched the superior Grand Slam (1967), a pretty cool caper film whose storyline not only mirrors this one's, but also stars the great Eddie G.
This is the kind of film skeleton that Tarantino excels at writing dialogue for. Had he only done that for Disney...
