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10
1979
Dudley Moore stars in Blake Edwards's deft satire of male menopause. A successful songwriter seemingly possessed of the trappings of the good life, George Webber (Moore) is plagued by a sense of that he's losing his interest in life and sex. Despite sage advice from friend Hugh (Robert Webber) on appreciating his girlfriend, .. Read more
| Starring | Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber |
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| Director | Blake Edwards |
| Genres | Comedy |
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10
Dudley Moore stars in Blake Edwards's deft satire of male menopause. A successful songwriter seemingly possessed of the trappings of the good life, George Webber (Moore) is plagued by a sense of that he's losing his interest in life and sex. Despite sage advice from friend Hugh (Robert Webber) on appreciating his girlfriend, Samantha (Julie Andrews), he can't help fantasizing about his exhibitionist neighbors and becomes obsessed by the sight of his dentist's daughter after seeing the stunning woman on the way to her wedding in Beverly Hills. George follows the couple to an Acapulco hotel, where he wangles a meeting with the woman, Jenny Miles (Bo Derek), after saving the life of her husband, Sam (David Hanley). As he continues an amusingly bungling pursuit of Jenny, she makes it clear that she has a particularly generous reward in mind for his action. In Edwards's hilarious, knowing comedy of middle-aged angst, Moore splits his time between clownish pratfalls and quiet scenes of self-examination as he strives for an elusive sense of fulfillment.
| Starring | Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber |
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| Director | Blake Edwards |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jun 1999 Production year: 1979 |
| Format | DVD |
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If George Segal hadn't walked off the set of this Blake Edwards film, would Dudley Moore be a movie star today? Desperately sexist in hindsight, this acerbic look at Los Angeles in a goldfish bowl is still relentlessly funny, mixing satire and observation together with some really rude gags. Ravel's Bolero will never be the same after you see what our Dud and Bo Derek get up to during its strains. As dated as Derek's hair plaits, but still very perceptive, occasionally vulgar and a lot of fun.
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Before '10' was released in America, its producers were so certain it was a clinker that they tore up contracts for two... read more on Time Out
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11 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Good acting and witty
I have always liked this movie for the way it depicts Dudley Moore's very succesful life slowly disintergrating but done with enough humour to keep you amused.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Of its era
This is a film my fiance remembers watching as an youngster when it first came out. At that age he found it titillating.
Watching now we laughed at Bo Derek's braids and the 70s clothes. However, Dudley Moore is at his comic best seeing the funny side of a man having a mid-life crisis and chasing the girl of his dreams (played by Bo Derek) in his description a perfect 10.
This film focuses on relationships, why they work, why they don't and the generational divide. It focuses more on the comic view of adult life where adult life happens to include sex and voyeurism - don't expect a minor porn flick. -
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Dudley Moore stars in Blake Edwards's deft satire of male menopause. A successful songwriter seemingly possessed of the trappings of the good life, George Webber (Moore) is plagued by a sense of that he's losing his interest in life and sex. Despite sage advice from friend Hugh (Robert Webber) on ...
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