Bedazzled
1967
A Wimpy Bar cook who fails to commit suicide sells his soul to the devil for seven wishes. Read more
| Starring | Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron |
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| Director | Stanley Donen |
| Genres | Comedy |
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This Faustian fantasy was made when London was still swinging and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were a partnership made in comedy heaven. Moore plays cook Stanley Moon, who is in lust with waitress Eleanor Bron, and Cook is in his element as a drawlingly engaging Devil who's hungry for Dud's soul and so grants him seven wishes. As Lillian Lust, the “Babe with the Bust”, a briefly clad, briefly glimpsed Raquel Welch is one of the Deadly Sins, while Barry Humphries turns in a typically hilarious performance as Envy. By electing to have Cook play Satan as a prankster rather than the incarnation of evil, director Stanley Donen settles for quirky comedy instead of razor-sharp satire, and his determinedly trendy direction means that the film ends up being as patchy as Raquel's outfit and as outdated as flower power.
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Classic comedy
Derek and Clive..sorry i mean Cook and Moore are brilliant in this heaven and hell dark comedy. Peter cook plays the devil himself and apart from al pacino (Devils advocate) there is no better Prince of Darkness around.
If you like these two stars I can heartedly recommend any Derek and Clive shows like Derek and Clive get the horn. Warning they are very rude and not to be watched without a sense of humour. -
Comedy Genius
I may be biased but this is a wonderful, fabulously funny film. The dry, sharp interaction between Moore & Cook makes this a comic masterpiece which stands the test of time. I've seen it many times & every time it makes me laugh & smile. Watch & enjoy people.
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Great!
Very funny. Not to be confused with the appalling remake (Liz Hurley, etc.)
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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Super 60s comedy
Dudley Moore shows his natural film acting talent here, whilst Peter Cook, who worked for about a year on the script, acts nonchalant rather than is. Perhaps he's not drunk enough.
Its a wonderful script though, rather blasphemous and edgy in its day, now has that retro 60s London chic, along with the acknowledgement of simple everyday human banality and squalor which always informs Pete and Duds work.
Not laugh out loud, nor intended to be, a piece of brilliance nonetheless.
A shame Peter Cook wasn't inclined to write more scripts, I suspect he worked rather too hard at this one and found the reward not instant enough. -
'course Job was what you'd technically call a loony
Great! Just the kind of childish, silly fun you expect from Cook and Moore including the odd nod to 'Not only but also...' sketches (yes including jumping nuns, yay!). Very quotable, very funny, don't miss!
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Classic comedy
Derek and Clive..sorry i mean Cook and Moore are brilliant in this heaven and hell dark comedy. Peter cook plays the devil himself and apart from al pacino (Devils advocate) there is no better Prince of Darkness around.
If you like these two stars I can heartedly recommend any Derek and Clive shows like Derek and Clive get the horn. Warning they are very rude and not to be watched without a sense of humour. -
Comedy Genius
I may be biased but this is a wonderful, fabulously funny film. The dry, sharp interaction between Moore & Cook makes this a comic masterpiece which stands the test of time. I've seen it many times & every time it makes me laugh & smile. Watch & enjoy people.
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Great!
Very funny. Not to be confused with the appalling remake (Liz Hurley, etc.)
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The Prophetic Peter Cook
Excellent Film - Dudley played the child within wanting it all, the perfect relationship, requited love and lifestyle to match. Peter Cook plays the Devil who grants 7 wishes for the griddlers soul. The Devil is in competition with God to aquire 1 billion souls and fortunately for Moore wins - Raquel Welch semi-clad made it for me - But it was Cooks final comment after being rejected from his first home, again, that makes him prophetic - Telling God that he would promote Advertising and Image. Superb cameo role by Barry Humphries, who plays Envy - They dont make them like this anymore, my 10 year old liked the bouncing nuns. Treat yourself.
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The original and best... and no Liz Hurley!
I'll admit it - I've watched the remade version of this about 3 times. If you can get through the ex-CRU-ciating 'acting' of Liz Hurley, it's really not that bad. But I've always wanted to see the original, although I know next to nothing about Dudley Moore and Peter Cook's work.
So I watched it. First off, it's funny. It's sharp, and the humour still works today. Sure, bits of the film look a little dated, but it's still funny and worth watching. You can really tell that the two leads were a regular double-act - the interaction between them is witty, fast and funny. The classic scene of Cook playing God and Moore playing Lucifer on the postbox ('I'm bored, can't we change round now?') cracked me up, and yet is still mildly thought-provoking
All in all, an intelligent, witty comedy that's aged pretty well. -
Pure British Comedy
simply one of the best british comedies i've ever seen, an absolute must for any peter cook and dudley moore fans. i haven't even seen the remake with liz hurley, and quite frankly, after seeing this master piece, i don't want to. need i say moore? sorry, more!!!!
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Just great
It was a funny thing I have seen the begining of this but never the full film until now. I loved this film it is so funny and strangely not dated at all. I would recomend this to anyone,it really is very funny, and bizzarly enough the night I rented it I put the tv on after and it was on the tv too!!
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Still funny but looks a little dated
My heading says it all, this was a funny film but does look a little dated. Although it has a 12 rating I dont feel this is for the whole family, my children did not have any interest in it at all.
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[Highly rated reviewer]
Pete and Dud at their best
One of the best films of all time. Funny, cynical, thoughtful, wry and a wee bit sad. Its equal parts slapstick and clever dialogue. It is quite bizarre to think how little these two ever did apart from this, because they are the whole film. Very very funny.
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Super 60s comedy
Dudley Moore shows his natural film acting talent here, whilst Peter Cook, who worked for about a year on the script, acts nonchalant rather than is. Perhaps he's not drunk enough.
Its a wonderful script though, rather blasphemous and edgy in its day, now has that retro 60s London chic, along with the acknowledgement of simple everyday human banality and squalor which always informs Pete and Duds work.
Not laugh out loud, nor intended to be, a piece of brilliance nonetheless.
A shame Peter Cook wasn't inclined to write more scripts, I suspect he worked rather too hard at this one and found the reward not instant enough.
Critics' reviews
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This Faustian fantasy was made when London was still swinging and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were a partnership made in comedy heaven. Moore plays cook Stanley Moon, who is in lust with waitress Eleanor Bron, and Cook is in his element as a drawlingly engaging Devil who's hungry for Dud's soul and so grants him seven wishes. As Lillian Lust, the “Babe with the Bust”, a briefly clad, briefly glimpsed Raquel Welch is one of the Deadly Sins, while Barry Humphries turns in a typically hilarious performance as Envy. By electing to have Cook play Satan as a prankster rather than the incarnation of evil, director Stanley Donen settles for quirky comedy instead of razor-sharp satire, and his determinedly trendy direction means that the film ends up being as patchy as Raquel's outfit and as outdated as flower power.
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