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Overview

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Director:
Melville Shavelson
Writer:
Melville Shavelson (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 December 1963 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Joanne Woodward is a high-priced call girl... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
"It's like eating one peanut!" more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Paul Newman ... Steve Sherman

Joanne Woodward ... Samantha (Sam) Blake / Mimi
Thelma Ritter ... Leena
Eva Gabor ... Felicienne Courbeau
George Tobias ... Joe Bergner
Marvin Kaplan ... Harry
Robert Clary ... Frenchman at Restaurant
Jan Moriarty ... Suzanne, Model with Umbrella
Joan Staley ... Danish Stewardess
Robert F. Simon ... Bertram Chalmers, Sherman's Boss

Maurice Chevalier ... Himself
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Keith Dahle ... Shopper (as Galen Keith Dahle)

Frank Sinatra ... Singer behind opening credits
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Samantha Blake: Hello, cherie. more
Movie Connections:
References La dolce vita (1960) more
Soundtrack:
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me more

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
"It's like eating one peanut!", 29 June 2001
Author: Vince-5 from northeastern PA

That quote, uttered by a tearful Joanne Woodward, is the perfect summation of this frothy sex comedy: It gives us a brief taste of something delicious before breaking off and leaving us cold and disappointed. Let's start at the beginning. Paul Newman is at his coolest as a slick swinger, and Joanne Woodward is appealing as the unkempt, androgynous fashion consultant everyone keeps mistaking for a man. There's a terrific opening, followed by some snappy montages and split screens. But then, about halfway through, the fun's over and the frustration begins. Suddenly everything is presented before the camera in a very bland manner as the plot becomes a ponderous romantic chase into nothingness. The characters begin spouting cliches about love and marriage. And to top it off, the film pulls that awful hooker-housewife double standard still widely in use today: If a man enjoys sex he's a playboy, if a woman enjoys sex she's a tramp. The whole thing becomes so obtrusive and heavy handed that not even the charm of Paul, Joanne, and the bubbly Eva Gabor can save it. Despite being set in red hot, exquisitely photographed Paris, A New Kind of Love's traditional, preachy, and ultimately boring sensibilities would be more at home in suburban Iowa.

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