What's New, Pussycat | | Cast : | Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider | | Director : | Clive Donner | | Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | June 22, 1965 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | What's new Pussicat | Content
 | Typical of the comedies of the time, the movie centers in two characters and a whole of insane situations that ocurr as they get engaged to marry each other. O'toole's character is the editor of a fashion magazine who has a hard time of giving up his carefree life for one of committment, (that much hasn't changed with new films). He seeks help with a psychoanalyst (Peter Sellers) who specializes in the subject. From there the movie takes flight with some not so unexpected twists resulting in a go-cart police chase through the French countryside. Growing up with it, this movie is one of my favorite comedies. Peter O'toole and Peter Sellers do some extremely funny work in this 60's era movie. The suporting cast includes the introduction of a very funny Woody Allen as well as some notable performances by Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss and some good 'ol eye candy in Ursula Andress. The dialogue is well written and the balance between physical and situational comedy make this movie a very enjoyable experience, specially for those who grew up in the sixties. Burt Bacarah's music sang by Tom Jones is very nostalgic and reminds me of a time when the depiction of situations still showed certain naiveté and, to a certain extent, wholesomeness. Not to say that the subject matter of the movie, (sex), is what you want your kids to see, but this movie takes the content lightly and the humor is not as crude as today's films by a long shot. Is too bad that the makers of the film couldn't capitulate on the craftiness shown here whenever they made their next film (Casino Royale) which was, to say the least, an awfull comedy and a waist of some great talent. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 27, 2005 | | Summary | Am I hard of hearing? | Content
| The sound quality on the DVD was atrocious. Too bad, given the great Burt Bacharach score. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 17, 2005 | | Summary | MGM disappoints again | Content
| After a long wait for the release of this classic 60s comedy, MGM has tossed the film on its forgettable pile. For what was an extremely successful adult comedy at the time; a return for Peter Sellers after his near fatal heartattacks; the debut of Woody Allen, MGM has treated this film like the second half of a Chuck Norris double-bill. The DVD release is abysmal. It is compressed, it is not in the format of its theatrical release, the colors are washed out in MGM's usual, generic, neo-colorization process. The print is cut. Sequences have been trimmed because they are no longer politically correct. This is especially noticeable in the over-the-top Keystone Kops finale of the film. As an older viewer who saw this film in the theatre in 1965 (and many times thereafter), scenes from the original release are missing on this DVD. Although not outstanding and in questionable taste, the fact that they are missing is a disappointment. It is not a complete print of the original release. The sound mix is poor and that's being polite. How one would wish someone who is still alive and cares would give this film the kind of treatment that "Jaws" will get. I hate MGM. They used to be a studio of quality and now they are worse than Ted Turner in his colorization days. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2005 | | Summary | From the Director of "The Nude Bomb"..... | Content
| Though alot of the laughs here are scattershot, on the whole this is a thoroughly enjoyable bedroom farce. The film is not without it's flaws namely overlength, Peter Sellers at times seems to be channeling his Dr. Strangelove character in his portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Fassbender, and writer Woody Allen's dweeby character seems an unlikely associate of Peter O'Toole's lothario. The film's virtues include O'Toole's account of a womanizer trying to reform his ways. O'Toole has a deft touch for the broad comedy he's asked to tackle here. Romy Schneider is effervescent as the woman O'Toole is trying to settle down with. It goes without saying that Paula Prentiss, Capucine, and Ursula Andress are stunning as the women who throw themselves at O'Toole despite his resistance. Great mod feel here(love the cars and costumes). Catchy Burt Bacharach-Hal David score including the memorable title tune. Great title sequence. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 09, 2005 | | Summary | It gave me a headache | Content
| There were a few (not more than 5) funny, Woody Allen type remarks. The movie was much too long, repetitious, just chaos around a simple theme. For once I agree with the Amazon staff reviewer, it wasn't as funny as it should/could have been. Hell, it wasn't funny at all! According to the Amazon reviewer, Allen's script was rewritten (let some washroom executive try a stunt like that today!), and that probably accounts for the tedium. It had a clever (kind of) premise, and probably would have been funny if Allen's script had been left in tact and if it hadn't been nearly 2 hours long. Peter Sellers was outstanding and delivered the Woody Allen (?) lines with all the perfection they could hold, and of course Allen was funny with his (?) own lines. Other than that I thought it was a drag. Sellers shone. |
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