Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Martin Ritt

Writers:

Peter De Vries (story)
Julius J. Epstein (writer)

Release Date:

11 June 1973 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Pun | Homosexual | Practical Joke | Marriage | San Francisco California

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

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

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: The song Strangers In The Night, first recorded in 1966, is heard on a jukebox in a scene set several years earlier.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "American Masters: Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character" (2007)

One of my favourite film lines

I'll treasure this movie for having given me of the my favourite lines, which I have used continually since first seeing this film... when on their first date... given a choice of beverages from Burnett, Matthau says 'whatever's the most trouble'.... that's pure Groucho... and of course the fight between Page and Burnett. A good woman on woman fight is rare in this type of film and the scene on the lawn with the hose is a gem,

I like to revisit this film every few years and still enjoy it immensely. Yeah, it degenerates to soap...too bad...if it hadn't this one might have been WAY up there in the ratings.