What's Up, Doc? (1972)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers:

Peter Bogdanovich (story)
Buck Henry (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

10 March 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Tagline:

A screwball comedy. Remember them?

Plot:

Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted...

Plot Keywords:

Jewel | Hotel | Prehistoric | Spy | Love

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win

Cast

Barbra Streisand	...	Judy Maxwell
Ryan O'Neal	...	Dr. Howard Bannister
Madeline Kahn	...	Eunice Burns
Kenneth Mars	...	Hugh Simon
Austin Pendleton	...	Frederick Larrabee
Michael Murphy	...	Mr. Smith
Philip Roth	...	Mr. Jones (as Phil Roth)
Sorrell Booke	...	Harry
Stefan Gierasch	...	Fritz
Mabel Albertson	...	Mrs. Van Hoskins
Liam Dunn	...	Judge Maxwell
John Hillerman	...	Mr. Kaltenborn
George Morfogen	...	Rudy, the Headwaiter
Graham Jarvis	...	Bailiff
Randy Quaid	...	Professor Hosquith
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Arresting Officer
Kevin O'Neal	...	Delivery Boy
Eleanor Zee	...	Banquet Receptionist
Paul Condyllis	...	Room Service Waiter
Fred Scheiwiller	...	Jewel Thief
Carl Saxe	...	Jewel Thief
Jack Perkins	...	Jewel Thief
Paul B. Kipilman	...	Druggist
Gill Perkins	...	Jones´ Driver (as Gil Perkins)
Christa Lang	...	Mrs. Hosquith
Stan Ross	...	Musicologist
Peter Paul Eastman	...	Musicologist
Eric Brotherson	...	Headwaiter
Elaine Partnow	...	Party Guest
George Burrafato	...	Eunice's Taxi Driver (as George R. Burrafato)
Jerry Summers	...	Smith's Taxi Driver
Mark Thompson	...	Airport Taxi Driver
Don Bexley	...	Porter (as Donald T. Bexley)
Leonard Lookabaugh	...	Painter on the Roof
Candice Bennett	...	Ticketseller (as Candace Brownell)
Sean Morgan	...	Official
Patricia O'Neal	...	Lady on Plane
Joe Alfasa	...	Boy in the Hall
Chuck Holison	...	Pizza Cook (as Chuck Hollom)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Byner	...	Man at the Hotel Banquet (uncredited)
Bruce McBroom	...	Man Kissing Mrs. Van Hoskin's Hand in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich

Writing credits
Peter Bogdanovich		(story)
Buck Henry		(screenplay) and
David Newman		(screenplay) &
Robert Benton		(screenplay)

Produced by
Peter Bogdanovich	....	producer
Paul Lewis	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Artie Butler

Cinematography by
László Kovács		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Verna Fields

Casting by
Nessa Hyams

Production Design by
Polly Platt

Art Direction by
Herman A. Blumenthal

Set Decoration by
John P. Austin		(as John Austin)

Makeup Department
Don L. Cash	....	makeup artist (as Don Cash)
Lynda Gurasich	....	hair stylist
Fred Williams	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Fred Ahern	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerry Ballew	....	second assistant director
Ray Gosnell Jr.	....	assistant director (as Ray Gosnell)
Doug Morrison	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Robey Cooper	....	property master
Norman Hawkins	....	construction coordinator
Sal Sommatino	....	assistant props man
Marty Wunderlich	....	assistant props man

Sound Department
Les Fresholtz	....	sound
Richard Raguse	....	boom operator man

Special Effects by
Robert MacDonald	....	special effects

Stunts
Joe Amsler	....	stunts
Craig R. Baxley	....	stunts (as Craig Baxley)
Paul Baxley	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Baxley	....	stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts (as Gerald Brutsche)
Richard E. Butler	....	stunts (as Dick Butler)
Ted Duncan	....	stunts
Patty Elder	....	stunts
Donna Garrett	....	stunts
Ted Grossman	....	stunts (as Ted M. Grossman)
Bob Harris	....	stunts
Bill Hickman	....	stunts
Loren Janes	....	stunts
Dean Jeffries	....	stunts
John Moio	....	stunts (as John Angelo Moio)
Victor Paul	....	stunts
Joe Pronto	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts (as Glenn H. Randall Jr.)
Ernest Robinson	....	stunts
George Robotham	....	stunts (as George N. Robotham)
Wally Rose	....	stunts
Alex Sharp	....	stunts
Paul Stader	....	stunts
Fred Stromsoe	....	stunts
Jerry Summers	....	stunts
Morton C. Thompson	....	stunts (as Mort Thompson)
Jack Verbois	....	stunts
Bud Walls	....	stunts
Marvin Walters	....	stunts
Richard Washington	....	stunts (as Dick Washington)
Gil Casper	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richmond L. Aguilar	....	gaffer (as Richard Aguilar)
Bobby Byrne	....	camera operator (as Robert Byrne)
Dick Colean	....	assistant camera (as Richard Colean)
Robert L. Guthrie	....	assistant camera (as Robert Guthrie)
George Hill	....	key grip
Aaron Pazanti	....	best boy gaffer
Leonard Lookabaugh	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy McArdle	....	costume supervisor: women's costumes
Ray Phelps	....	costume supervisor: men's costumes

Editorial Department
William Neel	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Artie Butler	....	conductor
Artie Butler	....	music arranger
Dan Wallin	....	scoring mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gil Casper	....	driver: insert car
Bud Dawson	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Neil Canton	....	assistant to producer
Hazel W. Hall	....	script supervisor (as Hazel Hall)
Frank Marshall	....	production assistant
Mae Woods	....	secretary to director
Harry Zubrinsky	....	location manager
Joe Amsler	....	stand-in: Ryan O'Neal (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Saticoy Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• atlas Film (1972) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1990) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• The Golds West Inc.  titles

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Finland:S | Norway:12 | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | West Germany:12 | Australia:G | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

22nd Avenue & Balboa Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Saticoy Productions

Trivia:

When Judy Maxwell first enters the Bristol Hotel, a piano version of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" can be heard in the background. Porter also wrote "You're The Top," the song that begins and ends the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The fresh concrete that the cars drive through in the chase sequence is obviously only a thin layer (probably less than an inch thick), much too thin to be actual pavement.

Quotes:

Howard: Sir, my name is Howard Bannister and I'm from Ames, Iowa.
Judge Maxwell: No excuse.
Howard: No, sir, it all started when I bumped my head in the taxi... on the way in from the airport.
Judge Maxwell: Are you pleading insanity or amnesia?
Howard: Neither. I went to the drugstore to get something for a headache... the druggist tried to charge me for a radio. She said her husband would pay for it. But I didn't, of course.
Judge Maxwell: Of course.
Howard: She ripped my jacket and when Eunice came along...
Judge Maxwell: Who's Eunice?
Howard: Eunice is my fiancée.
Judge Maxwell: You have a wife AND a fiancée?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy (#6.10)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

You're the Top

Funny and well worth repeated viewings

This film is very funny and stays so even after repeated viewings. The plot is silly, but it doesn't matter - the film is not about plot, so much as its about how this oddball bunch of characters interact - and the situations and dialog carry the film along effortlessly. Streisand and O'Neil are wonderful - surprisingly so. A much underseen and underappreciated film.