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Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
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2 July 1973 (Sweden) morePlot:
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
If it's supposed to be serious, it gives us nothing to build on... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Walter Matthau | ... | Pete |
 | Carol Burnett | ... | Tillie |
 | Geraldine Page | ... | Gertrude |
 | Barry Nelson | ... | Burt |
 | Rene Auberjonois | ... | Jimmy Twitchell (as René Auberjonois) |
| Lee Montgomery | ... | Robbie (as Lee H. Montgomery) |
| Henry Jones | ... | Mr. Tucker |
| Kent Smith | ... | Father Keating |
| Philip Bourneuf | ... | Dr. Willet |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Minister |
| Timothy Blake | ... | Lucy Lund |
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Factual errors: The song Strangers In The Night, first recorded in 1966, is heard on a jukebox in a scene set several years earlier. moreFAQ
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Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett as a married couple and it's not a comedy? I can't remember if "Pete 'n' Tillie" was advertised as such, but I can certainly believe the word-of-mouth on this was bad. The film has a washed-out sense of 'realism' as two single people meet and marry, have a child, and soon face trauma. It strives to give us sort of a day-to-day examination of married life in the suburbs, but first we need to fall in love with these characters and, despite the charisma of Matthau and Burnett, we don't. They are both brought down to scale (Burnett more fiercely than Matthau) and their comedic tics are mellowed out (Matthau plays a piano nude except for a hat, and it gets a laugh, but then it's back to business). There are colorful moments--and a surprisingly vicious/funny knock-down brawl between Burnett and Geraldine Page--but the script has nowhere to go, the possibilities far exceeding what we see on-screen. An interesting attempt, but perhaps filmmakers who live in Beverly Hills should stay out of the suburbs. ** from ****