S.O.B. (1981)

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writer:

Blake Edwards (writer)

Release Date:

1 July 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Once upon a time in Hollywood...

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Twisted Version Of Current World | Travesty | Film In Film | Perversion | Eulogy

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

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

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:16 (1981) | Australia:M | UK:AA | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Artista Management

Trivia:

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

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!

Movie Connections:

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

Funny, moving, wicked and Julie Andrews flashin' and cussin'

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!