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DVD A Guide for the Married Man
Directed with a lascivious eye by Gene Kelly, A Guide for the Married Man has the illicit kick of finding a vintage copy of Playboy in your dad's sock drawer. With its zoom shots of ample cleavage and jiggling bottoms, this sophisticated sex farce is Naughty with a capital N. Walter Matthau stars as a desperate husband with a roving eye who is "ready to take the plunge." Robert Morse costars as his philandering best friend who becomes his "coach." Morse's "pointers" are acted out by a stellar cast of comic actors. Scoring highest are Carl Reiner as a vainglorious movie star arranging a cross-global tryst; Joey Bishop as a husband who steadfastly denies, denies, denies even after he is caught in the act by his wife, and Terry Thomas as a man driven to an early grave after his paramour (Jayne Mansfield) loses her bra in his home. The film's bevy of beauties includes ravishing Inger Stevens as Matthau's unsuspecting wife and Sue Ann Langdon as the neighborhood tease. Just to make the film even more '60s, The Turtles perform the title song. A Guide for the Married Man is so wrong, so dated, and so sexist. It's a wonder it hasn't been remade! --Donald Liebenson
This Cha-Cha time capsule is full of stars and 60's humor. I wish I could turn back the clock.
Finally on DVD - and worth the wait!
I've always had a soft spot for this cheese-fest from the 60's, and since I am a MAJOR Inger Stevens fan, this is a must-have.
The good news here is that the print is excellent, and has both the wide-screen version, which is the best version - LOTS of picture image is cropped out of the pan'n'scan version, as well as the "full-frame" pan'n'scan chopped up version for those that insist on these inferior video image displays.
Tons of cool cameos, fantastic title song by The Turtles make this a winner. No extras other than the trailer, but I say if you liked this movie in the past or just like those wacky 60's sex-comedies this is an essential purchase.
Deny, Deny, DENY!
After 12 years of marriage, Walter Matthau is ready for a change. He takes infidelity lessons from a friend (Robert Morse), and the result is a large number of comic scenes. A high-spirited film, largely due to Matthau's wonderful performance and Gene Kelly's inspired direction. The legendary Jayne Mansfield appears as a dumb blonde with Terry-Thomas as a philander who spend the night together in his house while his wife's out of town. Panic sets in when the roving "Tiger's" buxom playmate manages to lose her bra "in the heat of battle." Though short, it's a highly amusing bit. Another great vignette is one in which Carl Reiner as a mega movie star sets up a rendezvous with a nubile starlet (Linda Harrison). They fly off in opposite directions to make their way by plane, ship, bus, rickshaw and skis to meet in a chalet in the Alps just as the actor's wife breaks in. The laugh's on Matthau, of course, as a misguided soul who would consider cheating on his beautiful and so much the perfect wife (Inger Stevens). That alone should qualify him as fig-head of the year. With a sparkling score by John(ny) Williams and a great title track by The ("Happy Together") Turtles. I have always hoped for a sequel where we catch up with Terry-Thomas, still desperately searching for Mansfield's missing bra! [filmfactsman]
James Stewart reunites with his Harvey director, Henry Koster, in this 1962 comedy, which is charming enough even though it doesn't seem quite up to the level of talent involved. (The screenwriter is the legendary Nunnally Johnson--writer and director of The Three Faces of Eve, among many other titles--and the music is by Henry Mancini.) But it is pleasant, summery entertainment with Stewart and his screen wife, Maureen O'Hara, taking their urban family to a crumbling, seaside house for a vacation. The film was calculated to pull in older fans with Stewart as well as draw in a younger crowd that would enjoy the fairly extensive beach scenes with pop-star Fabian. Stewart is deft with the easy jokes about bad plumbing and such, and golden in several nice moments where he gets... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): James Stewart - Maureen O'Hara Director(s): Henry Koster DVD Release Date: Released the 06 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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People who cherish the post-Terms of Endearment, post-reincarnation phase of Shirley MacLaine's career might be surprised to discover just how sexy and kooky she was in a past life--that is, the first few years of her movie career. After the triumphs of Some Came Running and The Apartment, MacLaine had a run of starring roles, including this elaborate comedy vehicle. What a Way to Go! cast MacLaine as an unlucky bride whose husbands meet early deaths, leaving her wealthy but unhappy. Gimmick casting of the hubbies adds a bit of dash: Dick Van Dyke as a simple country storekeeper, Gene Kelly as a two-bit entertainer, bearded Paul Newman as a Brandoesque, bohemian painter in Paris. In the movie's best turn, Robert Mitchum gets to play a Howard Hughes character,... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Shirley MacLaine - Paul Newman - Robert Mitchum Director(s): J. Lee Thompson DVD Release Date: Released the 11 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Delightful romantic comedy benefits from a top-notch script (by Max Shulman and Julius Epstein-co-writer of "Casablanca"!), and the unexpected chemistry between lovable schlump Matthau and starchy Jackson, who are both fabulous. Affirming once again that true love will triumph over casual sex, "Calls" is a charming, clever romance, with plenty of laughs and heart. Matthau fans should flock to this.
This silky smooth film noir pits gruff police detective Dana Andrews, stiff and blunt in his street-bred manners, against a cultured columnist and acidic wit (Clifton Webb at his prissiest) in a battle of wits during a murder investigation. The cop is a romantic hiding under a hard-boiled exterior who falls in love with the beautiful victim through the portrait that hangs in her apartment. Gene Tierney, whose heart-shaped face mixes the exotic with the girl next door, brings the poise and calm of a model to her role as the object of every man's gaze and the target of a killer. Laura, handsomely shot in dreamy black and white, is the first and best of Otto Preminger's cool, controlled murder mysteries. In the gritty world of film noir it remains the most refined and elegant example... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Tierney - Dana Andrews Director(s): Rouben Mamoulian - Otto Preminger DVD Release Date: Released the 15 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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"Being married is the normal way to live... isn't it?" The note of doubt at the end of that statement is fully exploited in How to Murder Your Wife (1965), a barbed piece of war-between-the-sexes comedy. Cartoonist Jack Lemmon, an exponent of the Playboy philosophy, lives in the ultimate swinging bachelor townhouse ("Everything masculine and perfect," manservant Terry-Thomas says approvingly) until a drunken evening leads to marriage with an Italian bombshell (Virna Lisi). What to do? The whole movie seems to exist in order to arrive at Lemmon's clever courtroom oration in the final half-hour, which is tartly funny if datedly misogynistic: he unleashes a male fantasy of trashing the gray-flannel suit and late-model station wagon for Hefneresque freedom. The wheel-spinning of the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jack Lemmon - Virna Lisi - Terry-Thomas Director(s): Richard Quine DVD Release Date: Released the 15 October 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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