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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   2,338 votes
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Director:

Blake Edwards

Writer:

Blake Edwards (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

1 July 1981 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

Once upon a time in Hollywood... more

Plot:

A film-within-a-film: a fading movie producer has a plan for a successful movie: get a actress famous... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more

User Comments:

Funny, moving, wicked and Julie Andrews flashin' and cussin' more (45 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Julie Andrews ... Sally Miles

William Holden ... Tim Culley

Marisa Berenson ... Mavis

Larry Hagman ... Dick Benson

Robert Loggia ... Herb Maskowitz
Stuart Margolin ... Gary Murdock

Richard Mulligan ... Felix Farmer
Robert Preston ... Dr. Irving Finegarten
Craig Stevens ... Willard
Loretta Swit ... Polly Reed

Robert Vaughn ... David Blackman
Robert Webber ... Ben Coogan

Shelley Winters ... Eva Brown
Jennifer Edwards ... Lila

Rosanna Arquette ... Babs
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Additional Details

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The barker was played by Paddy Stone, the choreographer of the film. more

Quotes:

Agnes: I mean, how erotic do you really want to go?
Felix Farmer: Go, go, E-R-O-T-I-C! GO! GO!
Agnes: Sally Miles, America's G-rated darling, in the B-U-F-F?
Felix Farmer: Why not?
Agnes: Ohhhh, Felix darling, some of her fans still don't think she goes to the bathroom!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: Lethal Weapons (#3.7)" (2001) more


FAQ

Is this the best example of mammary exposure achieving a comic purpose?
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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Funny, moving, wicked and Julie Andrews flashin' and cussin', 30 July 1999
10/10
Author: SquirePM from Birmingham, Alabama

ONLY ONE MOVIE gives us the best all time performances from Richard Mulligan, Robert Webber and Loretta Swit, coupled with over-the-top turns by Julie Andrews, Robert Vaughn, William Holden and the amazing Robert Preston as Dr. Finegarten. ("Madam, a shyster is an unethical lawyer! *I* am a *QUACK*!")

Blake Edwards has been a huge success despite, not because of, the Hollywood system. In S.O.B. he throws it right in their faces, making an "A" movie filled with "A" stars that attacks, slices, dices, grinds up and flushes the moviemaking establishment.

Oh, this is a wicked, wicked film. Sam Goldwyn and the other old moguls would have sent a hit man after Edwards.

The performances and the story are too intense to describe piecemeal. This is the undefeated world champion dissection of Hollywood.

And FUNNY! What a HOWL! And Julie Andrews, what a TROUPER!

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