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| How To Start Your Own Country (Two Discs) (DVD) | 
 enlarge | Director: Lee Phillips
Actor: Danny Wallace
Studio: Universal Pictures Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2755
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Running Time: 174 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582393491
ASIN: B000BONP0M
Release Date: June 18, 2007
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 All Hail Danny February 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This Series was immense,
Danny Wallace ventured forth with a scheme much reminiscent of
"Join Me" and started his own country (which is still going) in
his small london apartment,i think this series was hillarious and
you should definately buy it! Its well worth your time and money .
what are you waiting for?
 Thought there would be more January 26, 2007
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
Let me break it down. I watched the series thinking Mr. Wallace would actually start his own country and face all the obstacles there are. What I saw was 5 episodes of him going round the world and basically doing a documentary on them and their customs. In the last episode he actually tries to join the UN. Every episode should have been like that: Trying to actually start a country.
He interviews various authorities on government, constitution, punishment (including capital), etc... He even interviews two self-proclaimed European kings.
Instead of doing a whole episode on Caital Punishment in the States, he should have actually started a country. he never does it, yes, online, but that doesnt really count, now does it?
I thought he's mount insurmountable odds to found an actual country (and not in his flat), but he does something that basicaly, we could all do: Set up a website, call it a country and invite people to join.
Where's the challenge in that?
UK Pro Consul General & Diplomatic Ambassador for New Utopia May 10, 2006
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
Yes, yes, I am probably biased but as the New Utopia UK Pro Consul General and having been featured in episode 5 of the DVD series I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this venture and meeting King Danny Wallace the first ! I hope they will have included many of the deleted scenes from his visit with me which lasted over FIVE hours ! So anyway, definitely ordering a few of these DVD's to pass on to the Government of New Utopia aka Prince Lazarus the 1st. For the latest developments visit our UK site at new-utopia dot co dot uk...
Truly Lovely January 20, 2006
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This was a landmark series when it was aired on BBC2 in the summer of 2005. For everyone that spent the summer watching Lost on Channel 4 you missed a real televisual treat. However don't despair. Help is close to hand. Pre order your copy now and make up for your sins.What makes this series so interesting is that is indefinable. Is it a comedy, is it a documentary. I'm not sure. I know I laughed a lot when I watch it and I am still quoting interesting facts that I picked up courtesy of Mr Wallace's extraordinary journey to create his very own country. I for one had no idea that the Vatican was a country or that a man called Dennis Hope had claimed ownership of the moon and is selling chunks of it on the Internet. Throughout the series you find yourself asking a lot of big questions. What is a country? What is money? Is the death penalty ever really justified? Danny doesn't always have the answers but as we learn nor do the politicians and great thinkers he meets. As he says to renowned thinker Noam Chomsky, " don't come to me with problems Chomsky, come to me with solutions". With two discs you get a lot for your money including every episode of Citizen TV, the live show that was broadcast on BBCi after each episode. For anyone that rang in to talk to Danny or sent him a picture, having claimed your home as an embassy then you will find yourself immortalised on this DVD (my embassy picture appears in the second episode). There are also bags of very funny deleted scenes that really add to the whole viewing experience. Of particular note are the extended scenes of Danny's invasion of Eel Pie Island, and a hysterical scene at a Dog Show in Celebration, Florida. Add to this a behind the scenes featurette on the making of the national anthem and various karaoke sing-alongs and you've got yourself over six hours of viewing pleasure. Splendid. In short this is a top quality DVD and should be on everyone's 2006 pre-order list.
Danny is King January 18, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This DVD is a must for anyone who is a fan of the weird and wonderful.
I enjoyed following Danny on his quest to start his country and found myself waiting for the next episode to see what would happen next. There is a good mixture of fun and serious issues and I loved the National Anthem.
The DVD is packed full of extras including Citizen TV which I missed as didn't have interactive TV at home, it is well worth a watch
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