What's New Pussycat
1965
A classic 1960s sex comedy, written by Woody Allen. Deciding that he is finally ready to settle down with his fiancee Carole (Romy Schneider), fashion editor Michael James (Peter O'Toole) realises that he has a real problem: He is so very handsome, and his job as editor for a Parisian fashion magazine gives women the constant .. Read more
| Starring | Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress |
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| Director | Clive Donner |
| Genres | Comedy |
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What's New Pussycat
A classic 1960s sex comedy, written by Woody Allen. Deciding that he is finally ready to settle down with his fiancee Carole (Romy Schneider), fashion editor Michael James (Peter O'Toole) realises that he has a real problem: He is so very handsome, and his job as editor for a Parisian fashion magazine gives women the constant opportunity to throw themselves at him. And Michael really likes it. So he employs the services of psychiatrist Dr Fassbender (Peter Sellers) to cure him of this inconvenient allure. Unfortunately, the shrink is even more woman-crazy than Michael, and as mad as a hatter to boot. They all end up at Chateau Chantelle and all hell breaks loose. What will Michael do when a half-naked parachutist drops into his convertible, a stripper does a bump 'n' grind in his lap, and the husband of a nymphomaniac wants to kill him
| Starring | Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss, Capucine |
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| Director | Clive Donner |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 2004 Production year: 1965 |
| Format | DVD |
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Woody Allen has never had much time for this frantic farce, which marked his debut as both writer and performer. Originally planned as a low-key black-and-white affair, it snowballed into a freewheeling star vehicle over which director Clive Donner was not always in total control. Even though the film was a box-office smash, Allen complained that unchecked ad-libbing and a disinclination to excise the mediocre had swamped his material, with Peter Sellers particularly guilty as the psychiatrist jealous of patient Peter O'Toole's success with women. Hilarious when on target, this is glossy, often exhilarating entertainment.
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Zany sex comedy with many more misses than hits, a product of the wildly swinging sixties when it was thought that a big budget and stars making fools of themselves would automatically ensure a success.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
What's Old Hat, Moggy?
A child of the 60s and usually a fan of Woody Allen and Peter Sellers, I was looking forward to seeing this for the first time a mere four decades after it was made! What a disappointment. There's no real story to it, the script fizzes here and there in a dampish sort of way, the actors appear to be going through the motion picture without much in the way of apparent commitment. I fast-forwarded through the second half. The only thing worth watching was an uncredited Francoise Hardy in the final scene.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Woody Allen meets British humour - literally!
Multi-cultural influences help to broaden the humour a bit, although it remains centred on wacky relationship based hi-jinks.
As O'Toole struggles to become faithful to his fiancé, we catch a glimpse of the web of women besotted by him, Victor (Allen) and his therapist (Sellers) trying to have some fun in their own way.
Each party's intentions take the tale in a different direction until it explodes in a showdown of ridiculous proportions.
A few sections seem trite or overused, but a laugh is almost guaranteed.
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- Bezman from Glasgow
- Posted 21 Feb 2005 20:24
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The It Girl
- 12 Mar 2007
The producers of Factory Girl, which opens in cinemas this Friday, did one smart thing. They found a genuine twenty-first century It Girl (Sienna 'Drugs are f*** loads of fun' Miller) to play a 1960s variety (Edie 'Sex and speed. Wow' Sedgwick). But what is 'It', and who else has got 'It'? Sienna herself is not much help ('I've never understood the definition,' she told a USA Today reporter recently.) But then neither was Clara Bow, the original It Girl back in 1927, who also claimed not to... Read more
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