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The Ritz (1976)
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300270299
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300270297
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Editorial Review:
Terrence McNally adapted his Broadway farce for this wild, headlong comedy set in one of the gay bathhouses that were once a staple of New York culture. Jack Weston plays a guy who makes the mistake of crossing his gangster brother-in-law. Fearing for his life, he hides in the gay baths and the door-slamming chaos begins. Directed by Richard Lester, the comedy is adept and well handled, with Weston watching his back while trying to pass as a regular customer. It's hard to tell which is funnier: Treat Williams as an undercover cop with a falsetto voice or Rita Moreno as the baths' supremely untalented--and even more supremely self-confident--singer, Googie Gomez. Her performances alone make this movie worth watching. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Best Comedy EVER !
This movie is just gay funny, it is an American Comedy Legend !
The movie is set in an old NYC gay bath house, pre-AIDS. But it does not go into anything historical, just hysterical situations.
The cast is amazing, with my favorites being Treat Williams ! Yes the guy from HAIR (Movie), Everwood (TV) and Heartland (TV). It even has a cameo from a (then new) John Ratzenberger (TV Cheers Fame - Cliff).
I owned the VHS before and now I own this DVD. I love the full ... Read More
Rating:  - THE RITZ is outdated.
I finally purchased THE RITZ. It was interesting that Warner Bros. released this gem way back in 1976 wide when a heterosexual audience didn't know what a 'chubby chaser' was. But Rita Moreno is a hoot in this film. And catching a very young Treat Williams and a fey F. Murray Abraham was great. Funny, but outdated to today's standards. Rent it- its camp in the style of Richard Lester (SUPERMAN II, SUPERMAN III).
Rating: - Top Notch Fun
The Ritz has been a cult movie in our family for decades now. Totally irreverent, it pokes politically incorrect fun at just about every ethnic group, religious faith and sexual orientation in sight. at least those in sight in 1976. Frankly, I think it is a perfect movie. When I saw the recent Broadway revival, I kept thinking how the various scenes were played in this movie. The movie won the competition with the stage performance hands down.
Rating: - One of the best comedies ever!!!
This is a must see for anyone who loves to see a broadway play turned into a perfect film.
Rating: - Disappointing because...
Having enjoyed the dynamite, outrageously funny performance by Rosie Perez that ended Act 1 in the recent off-Broadway revival of THE RITZ, I purchased the original movie version. Although true to McNally's very funny script, the movie version of this farce does not include the lengthy musical number for which I bought the DVD. Disappointing.
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