The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writers:

Buck Henry (writer)
Bill Manhoff (play)

Release Date:

3 November 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

it's no longer a story for children.

Plot:

Can a bickering odd couple in Manhattan become friends and maybe more? Owlish Felix is an unpublished...

Plot Keywords:

Hooker | Animal In Title | Prostitution | Independent Film | Based On Play

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Barbra Streisand	...	Doris
George Segal	...	Felix
Robert Klein	...	Barney
Allen Garfield	...	Dress Shop Proprietor
Roz Kelly	...	Eleanor
Jacques Sandulescu	...	Rapzinsky
Jack Manning	...	Mr. Weyderhaus
Grace Carney	...	Mrs. Weyderhaus
Bárbara Ansón	...	Miss Weyderhaus
Kim Chan	...	Theatre Cashier
Stan Gottlieb	...	Coatcheck Man
Joe Madden	...	Old Man Neighbor
Fay Sappington	...	Old Woman Neighbor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marilyn Chambers	...	Barney's Girl (as Evelyn Lang)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG (edited for re-rating) (1972) | Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1989) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1971) | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (original rating)

Company:

Rastar Pictures

Trivia:

The nude scenes with Barbra Streisand, cut from the film before release, later turned up in the men's magazine, "High Society", prompting an injunction from Streisand (she won).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Doris knocks on Felix's door, Felix turns on a clock radio type device that plays a recording of a barking dog to scare off intruders. A few minutes later when Felix dresses as a skeleton to Scare Doris from hiccuping, in the ensuing scuffle Felix bumps into an audio cassette recorder that turns on the sound of the barking dog again. It's not the same device that he used earlier.

Quotes:

Doris: [to Felix through the door] Say that you are just a little fruit all alone out in the hall.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)

great movie--Shame on Columbia for editing DVD

Many classic scenes, Bombs Away, TV in the aquarium, Barbra's hands and heart placed just .....hovever, when the DVD company from hell released it on DVD, they censored a word that renders an entire scene meaningless.

It was an historic word also, the first time a star had ever

said it in a major film. F***!! The only time anyone has

ever censored Barbra to this day! Still a great comedy!

Sexy, funny and way ahead of its time! One of Bab's best! George's too!