What's New Pussycat (1965)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Clive Donner
Richard Talmadge

Writer:

Woody Allen (original screenplay)

Release Date:

22 June 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

FOLLOW US... ...and find the answer to the comedy question of the year!

Plot:

A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Chateau | Womanizer | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Toothbrush

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Peter Sellers	...	Dr. Fritz Fassbender
Peter O'Toole	...	Michael James (as Peter O'toole)
Romy Schneider	...	Carole
Capucine	...	Renée
Paula Prentiss	...	Liz
Woody Allen	...	Victor
Ursula Andress	...	Rita
Eddra Gale	...	Anna Fassbender (as Edra Gale)
Katrin Schaake	...	Jacqueline
Eléonore Hirt	...	Mrs. Werner (as Eleonor Hirt)
Jean Parédès	...	Marcel (as Jean Paredes)
Jacques Balutin	...	Etienne
Jess Hahn	...	Mr. Werner
Howard Vernon	...	Doctor
Michel Subor	...	Philippe

Also Known As:

Quoi de neuf, Pussycat? (France)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:Approved | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Famartists Productions S.A.

Trivia:

The scene where Woody Allen's character celebrates his birthday on the wharf was filmed on December 1, 1964 - Woody's 29th birthday.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end during the go-cart scene, Dr. Fassbender enters a farmyard in his go-cart and ends up on a horse; however immediately afterwards he is seen driving the go-cart again.

Quotes:

Carole Werner: We're married thirty seconds and already you look at other women.
Michael James: I had to look at her, she was talking to me, I looked in the direction the sound was coming from.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "I Dream of Jeannie: What's New, Poodle Dog? (#2.6)" (1966)

Soundtrack:

What's New Pussycat

Feather-light entertainment

Some have "analyzed" this (movie) with the heavy, combat-boot tone of the cerebral and moral second-millennium spirit. They say it belongs to the past, the bad bad bad 60s, full of irresponsibility and partying, sexual license and depravity.

Well I say HA! --- HA! HA!

Forget all those (mostly young!) preachers and dive into a silly, inconsequential, wacky movie, full of unrealistic characters doing unrealistic things. It is colorful, full of joy and beautiful people, unpretentious and charming. And in the end, the guy gets the girl and they get married.

As a young boomer, watching this is like slipping into Hush Puppies. You may say what you want about or against the "guilty" innocence of that era, but it sure was comfortable! I miss those times. And a note for the moderns: we were not that innocent, we knew that some of this was dangerous ground... but what do you know, living is the thing that makes you die.