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SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Dalbert Pringle Before sitting down to watch Lemonade Joe, you really have to be in the right frame of mind to fully appreciate this film in all of its eccentric quirkiness. And, it would also help if you were something of a fan of Hollywood, B-Westerns from the 1940's, as well.Opening with one of the absolute, best, over-the-top, bar-room brawl scenes that I have ever seen in any Western, I found Lemonade Joe's cartoon-ish surrealism to be very entertaining, for the most part.This 1964 Western from Czechoslovakia was, of course, a total spoof of the genre. And, from my point of view, it certainly hit its intended mark more often than it missed.Featuring some really outlandish stunts (worthy of The Three Stooges), lots of interesting camera-work, and a non-stop barrage of exaggerated characters (including a nasty villain named Hogofogo), Lemonade Joe (set in 1885 in the lawless town of Stetson, Arizona) was very competently directed by Czech film-maker, Oldrich Lipsky, who obviously must have watched a helluva lot of Hollywood B-Westerns in his youth.

Lee Eisenberg The most famous western spoof in history is Mel Brooks's "Blazing Saddles". Another one is Oldřich Lipský's "Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera" ("Lemonade Joe" in English). This one combines the western spoof with the Ostern, a western genre in the Eastern Bloc. Basically, these movies were westerns that took a swipe at the US. One that I've previously seen is the East German movie "The Sons of Great Bear", featuring an Indian as the protagonist.Anyway, "Lemonade Joe" pokes fun at the old western musicals. The main character is a jolly man trying to rid an alcohol-soaked town of booze in favor of a drink called Kolaloka (I see that they also decided to take a swipe at Coca Cola). In the process, Joe woos a young woman while fighting a dastardly villain.I should note that the movie is basically a slapstick comedy. They incorporate sound effects to add to the humor, and Joe occasionally breaks into song (sometimes in English!). It's a pretty enjoyable movie, understanding the propaganda factor. I suspect that they had fun making it. Olga Schoberová sure is a fox.I wonder if the Eastern Bloc ever made its own "Blazing Saddles"-type movie.

ritznk I saw this film in the early seventies with a number of friends at Portland State University. I've seen it once and only once. Still, I can easily say it is one of the ten funniest movies ever. I am amazed to find it in your database! It is indeed a broad parody of the western movie genre: cliche piled upon cliche, yet still surprising and delightful. This movie can hold its own with Dr. Strangelove and The Marx Brothers. Its that good. I don't know where PSU got their hands on a dubbed in version, but if there is one out there on video tape, I know a lot of people who would do almost anything for a copy.

Rychyl Oh yes, you may watch it even if you are an American or Japanese, but - what for ? You will not understand all of these jokes so typical for the Czechs, like you will not understand all of the jokes in Hasek´s Good Soldier Svejk. But you may try - I voted 10 points for this film ...