Shannen Doherty Books

The Naked Gun Gift Set contains all three of the films and boy you will be laughing like crazy when you get this baby home. Of course the original is the best, but the sequels are enjoyable as well. Leslie Nielsen has great comic timing and Priscilla Presley is not too shabby either. I highly recommend this awesome collection. Enjoy!

This movie it's just one of my favorites comedies. Leslie Nielsen just awesome. Tons of laughs. If you want to spend some time on your couch laughings in a boring afternoon this is the one. Excellent comedy

i love these movies! they are hilarious! u cant tell me u cant laugh once at leslie nielson's crazy antics. he's great!

This is not what I expected it to be. Its true that many scenes not appearing in TV broadcasts are shown, but then the extra scenes that the TV media puts in to stretch the show time are missing. Too bad. I'll give this away and buy each movie seperately.

The Naked Gun DVD Gift Set.

This collection features all three films in the Naked Gun series, which are The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988), The Naked Gun 2 and ½: The Smell Of Fear (1991), and The Naked Gun 33 and 1/3: The Final Insult. Three discs total. Each film has trailers and commentaries as bonuses. All films are the theatrical cuts.

This review is strictly for the box set itself, and its content. If you're looking for reviews of the films themselves, I've posted them on their respective item's pages.

-DISC ONE-

-The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!

-Trailer

-Commentary track

-DISC TWO-

-The Naked Gun 2 and ½: The Smell Of Fear

-Trailers

-Commentary Track

-DISC THREE-

-The Naked Gun 3 and 1/3: The Final Insult

-Trailers

-Commentary Track

This set is handy because it combines all three of the Naked Gun films into a single, affordable collection. The commentary tracks are interesting to listen to if you're a fan, as well. This is a nice alternative to having to hunt down each film separately, not to mention on average it's cheaper than buying each one on its own.

Sadly, the set isn't perfect. My biggest complaint is with the lack of extras. These are the same movies that are sold separately, with commentaries and trailers as the only bonuses. When are we going to get the deleted scenes from the first film on a DVD? So far, these have only shown up in TV airings. And why is there no behind-the-scenes footage or interviews with cast and crew?

There are two different versions of this set, the DVD Gift Set version and the Triple Feature version. Both versions are exactly the same, apart from packaging. The Gift Set is larger, with each film in its own "as sold separately" case, while the Triple Feature condenses all three films to fit in a single-sized DVD case. You can't go wrong either way, but generally the Triple Feature is cheaper.

It's great to get all of these movies in one convenient spot, but I am extremely disappointed by the lack of bonus material. Hopefully a special edition release of the movies will come eventually. Paramount seems to be re-releasing a number of their older releases as special editions with bonus material, and I'm hoping this series will eventually get that treatment.

Thumbs up for the movies, thumbs down for the extras-lacking box set.

OMG, this movie is beyond belief and funnier than life itself. Leslie Nielson really perfected the role as Frank Drebin. I didn't care for the sequences that were about Frank's wife, Jane. However, Frank himself was unbelievable, especially at the academy awards, where he made a giant spectacle of himself. I really laughed when he ran off stage, saw tanya, and when she tried to seduce him, you should've seen the look on his face when he saw that she had a......well I can't say. You'd have to see for yourself. It was hilarious. This movie is timeless, and priceless. This belongs in the collection of any true comedy fan.

It was a fun movie.
It is made more so by the infamous member of the supporting cast.

I found all of the movies in the Naked Gun trilogy at wal-Mart for cheap and jumped on the chance to own them. definitely a guy flick and not too many women would be into this style of comedy.

The Naked Gun 33 and 1/3: The Final Insult is directed by Peter Segal. The film stars Leslie Nielsen and co-stars Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Fred Ward. Ira Newborn contributes the musical score.

The aptly-named Final Insult is the third and final film in The Naked Gun series. Frank Drebin has now retired from Police Squad, and married Jane Spencer, the woman of his dreams from the previous two films. But marital tensions cause problems for the newlyweds, and before long, Drebin comes out of retirement. His new assignment is to go undercover in a prison, and to spy on a recently-arrested criminal with terrorist connections. He has an evil scheme in mind - one that could result in a deadly bombing at the Academy Awards ceremony.

The third and final installment in The Naked Gun series is, you guessed it, more of the same zany stuff we saw the first two times around. While not a superior product to either previous film by any means, it still makes for a good third installment. And like the first two, it's impossible to write a conventional review for this film. While there is a plot here and entertaining characters, this is more-or-less a showcase of well-written, fast-paced jokes. The writers keep the puns and gags flying at you from start to finish. Normally putting the jokes first and the characters and plot second is a recipe for disaster. But The Naked Gun series pulls it off well, and the third installment makes no exception to the rule.

Leslie Nielsen reprises his role of Frank Drebin from the first film. By this time, I think you pretty much know what to expect from him. He steals every scene he takes part in, delivering the fast-paced comedy with an unusual level of seriousness, never cracking a smile no matter how comical or inappropriate what he says is. The Naked Gun is probably Nielsen's best-known series of films, and it won't be long into the movie before you see why that is.

Like the first two, there's really not much point in going too in depth about the supporting cast and what they do. This movie belongs to Leslie Nielsen. But amongst its ranks are O. J. Simpson as Drebin's long-time, loyal partner on the force, Priscilla Presley as the now-estranged love interest, and Anna Nicole Smith as the villain`s love interest. Everyone does well in this film, but no one steals the show the same way Nielsen does.

The style in which this film is presented stays true to the first two, and that`s a good thing. Unless you knew better, it's not likely you would have suspected the series had a change in directors for its final installment. The writers throw the jokes at the audience endlessly - there's not a single scene in this movie without something to make you laugh. And with Leslie Nielsen usually in charge of delivering these cleverly-written puns and gags, with his signature serious nature, you know the laughs won't let up.

The musical score for the film is written by Ira Newborn. Easily, the most recognizable piece of music in the film is its classic opening credits theme, which was also uses as the theme for Police Squad!, the show that the film was spun off from. Newborn's score is largely a jazzy, big-band one, which fits the cop/detective atmosphere well. It only helps to make the product feel more like a spoof/satire. Much of the score is rehashed from the first two movies, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

This isn't a perfect movie, I won't kid you. The original was a comedy masterpiece. It was fresh, and easily one of the best spoofs ever made. The problem with the sequels is that they`re, to say the least, more of the same. And the jokes, while still downright hilarious, don't quite hit as hard and fast as they did the first time around. That's not to say this isn't a great comedy film in its own right, though - it is. It's far better than a lot of critics gave it credit for being.

Once again, though, the DVD presentation is disappointing. The only extras we get, as with the first two movies, are the commentary tracks and trailers. As usual, I was disappointed by the lack of behind-the-scenes footage, cast/crew interviews, and the like.

In the end, the third and last film in The Naked Gun series isn't quite the comedy masterpiece that the first one was, but it`s still a worthy addition to the Leslie Nielsen catalogue, and definitely worth your time. Although it`s not as good as the original, I`m still recommending it. If you liked the original, it's a good bet you'll like the sequels that followed.

Thumbs up

This was my least favorite Naked Gun movie. These were funny when they were hot, the others are still funny. This one however I thought was corny and overdone. The expression "It jumped the shark" is usually used when a TV show goes overboard and gets corny and tired. This movie jumped the shark and was indeed the 'final insult' to what was a pretty funny series. There were a few laughs but nothing really earth shattering. Anna Nicole is just an awful actress and looks like a cartoon character. She's ditzy and artificial looking and totally unfunny. The thing with slapstick humor like this is; it's falling-down-funny the first time, can be funny even years later but if it gets over-played it's just like that great song that the radio stations played to death. It's just not the same anymore. I guess the writers thought there can never be too much of a good thing but they were wrong. It wasn't a good thing and it was far too much for me. However, I will always enjoy the other two Naked Gun movies and I really liked Airplane and other similar movies. This one just didn't do it for me!

The book had a LOT of typos - seems like it was thrown together in a week or something. I was also disappointed with the lack of new information. All of her posts are viewable on the website, so really the only "new" thing was the few email communications between the webster and Shannen. Nothing earth-shattering (except, apparently Shannen isn't the most computer-literate person). There was one post of hers where she talked about how she is a republican and her love for George W Bush....gag me! After I read that, I decided I'm not much of a fan of hers after all. I think in the end, I like Shannen's character Brenda more than I like Shannen herself.

This is really great, about time we had a nice book for Shannen. I Hate Brenda sucked and the Star Shots book was a joke. This is something really nice, and to think that some fans even have their artwork and comments in it. Also a nice Biography and facts I didnt know, not to mention the never-seen-before messages. Well worth the 15 bucks.

If I could I would give this book negative stars. It's a crappy book and it's trying to blame Shannen for who her character was. The author of this book is a sick person who was probably just looking for some quick cash

This book is horribly wrong, and a complete misinterpretation of the real Shannen Doherty.

This book is a bunch of crap!! If it was possible I would give it NEGATIVE stars....SOOO not worth it! Shannen was NOTHING like Brenda, and if the freak who wrote this actually thought that, then he needs help, and lots of it...Shannen is a great person, and the best actress ever....If you like Shannen, DON"T buy this book, instead...Pray that the author and publisher burn in hell for writing this crap...It's just horrible....SHANNEN ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I owned this book when I was 11, right at the height of 90210-mania. I loved the character of Brenda and HATED these authors, but in hindsight, this book is actually a pretty funny read, and Brenda, was, in fact, a character worth hating. (Watching the newly-released DVDs has been eye-opening). I feel a little bit bad for Shannen Doherty because she wasn't her character of course, but she has proven to be just as temperamental as the authors claimed, so...

I remember reading my own copy of this book at the height of 90210's popularity and I had a copy of this book. All I will say is that the authors of this book, Michael Carr and Darby, need a life or a better hobby (or better yet, a job) if they have to waste their time writing a piece of vicious, sniping, venomous drivel such as this book ------ especially if they have to obsess on someone that they apparently despise and can't tell the difference between a TV character and an actual person. This book was not humorous and to buy it is still a waste of money. I would not advise buying it or reading this and if it were possible I wouldn't even give it half a star.