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Release Date:
19 July 1971 (Sweden)
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Plot:
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Whatever Works’ Coasts on Worn Formula
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 28 October 2009, 7:58 AM, PDT)
Kritzerland releases early Woody Allen scores
(From MovieScore Magazine. 8 October 2009, 1:07 AM, PDT)
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 28 October 2009, 7:58 AM, PDT)
Kritzerland releases early Woody Allen scores
(From MovieScore Magazine. 8 October 2009, 1:07 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Laugh out loud funny, with some dull spots
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Woody Allen | ... | Fielding Mellish |
 | Louise Lasser | ... | Nancy |
| Carlos Montalbán | ... | General Emilio M. Vargas |
| Nati Abascal | ... | Yolanda (as Natividad Abascal) |
| Jacobo Morales | ... | Esposito |
 | Miguel Ángel Suárez | ... | Luis (as Miguel Suarez) |
| David Ortiz | ... | Sanchez |
| René Enríquez | ... | Diaz (as Rene Enríquez) |
 | Jack Axelrod | ... | Arroyo |
| Howard Cosell | ... | Himself |
| Roger Grimsby | ... | Himself |
| Don Dunphy | ... | Himself |
| Charlotte Rae | ... | Mrs. Mellish |
| Stanley Ackerman | ... | Dr. Mellish |
| Dan Frazer | ... | Priest |
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Rated PG-13 for comic sexuality including some pin-up nudity, some drug use and crude language.
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82 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:6 |
USA:TV-14 (TV rating) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:M |
Canada:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:16 |
Iceland:Unrated |
Ireland:15 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1988) |
UK:AA (cut) |
USA:GP (original rating, certificate #22817) |
USA:PG-13 (re-rating) |
Singapore:PG
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The film was originally titled "El Weirdo".
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Fielding is driving his Volkswagen and talking, there is a shot where his lips clearly aren't moving.
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[first lines]
Don Dunphy: Good afternoon. Wide World of Sports is in the little republic of San Marcos where we're going to bring you a live, on the spot assassination. They're going to kill the president of this lovely Latin American country and replace him with a military dictatorship...
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Don Dunphy: Good afternoon. Wide World of Sports is in the little republic of San Marcos where we're going to bring you a live, on the spot assassination. They're going to kill the president of this lovely Latin American country and replace him with a military dictatorship...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in I Am Woody (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Naughty Marietta
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This is one of Woody Allen's earliest movies, and I'd rank it probably 2nd out of his pre-Annie Hall movies, only behind Love and Death. It's certainly one of his funniest. The plot is pretty ridiculous (a neurotic product tester goes to the fictional San Marcos and ends up joining the rebels and eventually becoming president), but it's really secondary, and only serves to provide transitions from one comedy skit to another.
It's pretty much a hit and miss movie, but when he hits (which is more often than not), it's very funny. There are plenty of hilarious one liners throughout. The music is very cheesy as well, but it fits in well with the silly humor. Obviously, this isn't like Woody's later movies, just take it for what it is -- a silly comedy -- and I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Also of note, the opening credits are very funny and rivals Monty Python and the Holy Grail for best opening credits sequence.