Review of What's New Pussycat? (1965) by Kris W — 25 Jun 2010
'FOLLOW US... ...and find the answer to the comedy question of the year!'.
The title is a line Warren Beatty used on his girlfriends at the time.
Woody Allen's feature film debut.
The movie began as a semi-autobiographical project for Warren Beatty with Woody Allen writing the screenplay. Eventually Beatty's role became smaller than originally intended and producer Charles Feldman ignored his request to cast his then-girlfriend Leslie Caron instead of Capucine. Beatty then left the project and his role was taken by Peter O'Toole.
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: You're grotesque!
Anna Fassbender: Lascivious adulterer!
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Don't you dare call me that again until I have looked it up!
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: [leafing through a dictionary] "Lascivious adulterer... a man who is a lascivious adulterer"? What kind of book is this?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Silence when you're shouting at me!
Michael James: The first woman I had a crush on was my school teacher Miss Marks.
Miss Marks: Oh, Michael, this can't work, I'm 34 and you're 12!
Michael James: Don't be negative.
Miss Marks: Oh Michael, Michael, what's to become of us?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: And what did become?
Michael James: She lost her license and I failed English.
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: I'll see you next Friday - I've got a few phone calls to make.
Michael James: But I haven't finished - I've only been here fifteen minutes.
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: I can't take more than fifteen minutes of your sex life at one time.
This review of What's New Pussycat? (1965) was written by Kris W on 25 Jun 2010.
What's New Pussycat? has generally received mixed reviews.
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