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Release Date:
4 July 1966 (Norway) moreTagline:
Nothing can faze Modesty Blaise, the world's deadliest and most dazzlingly female agent!Plot:
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
View it on it's own, not as a spoof or adaptation, and you might enjoy! moreUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. July 17 | 3:15 AM | AMC |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Monica Vitti | ... | Modesty Blaise | |
| Terence Stamp | ... | Willie Garvin | |
| Dirk Bogarde | ... | Gabriel | |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Tarrant | |
| Michael Craig | ... | Paul | |
| Clive Revill | ... | McWhirter / Sheik Abu Tahir | |
| Alexander Knox | ... | Minister | |
| Rossella Falk | ... | Mrs. Fothergill (as Rosella Falk) | |
| Scilla Gabel | ... | Melina | |
| Michael Chow | ... | Weng | |
| Joe Melia | ... | Crevier | |
| Saro Urzì | ... | Basilio | |
| Tina Aumont | ... | Nicole (as Tina Marquand) | |
| Oliver MacGreevy | ... | Tattooed Man | |
| Jon Bluming | ... | Hans |
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119 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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Peter O'Donnell was invited to write a novelization of this film. The book, based upon O'Donnell's original screenplay rather than this film, was a huge success and spawned a series of best-selling novels that O'Donnell wrote until 1996. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Modesty's large leg tattoo is missing in the pre-credits sequence. moreSoundtrack:
The End (We Should Have) moreFAQ
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I've never read the Modesty Blaise comics. What inspired me to rent this DVD was a love of 60's kitsch fashions, and an immense respect for Monica Vitti. And while I was baffled by the events in the film -- it didn't seem to make a DAMN bit of sense the first time around -- I still found myself loving it. And on repeated viewings I love it even more.
What's to love? Primarily, the quirkiness of EVERYTHING in the film: the direction is off-kilter (so many things happen in parts of the screen that you're not looking at, and the pacing is bizarre to say the least: a constant string of anticlimaxes that I found refreshing), the acting is deadpan and weird (Bogarde's shifty, psychopathic, and slightly flaky villain...Stamp's disgruntled but cheerful anti-hero...Rosella Falk's twitchy, wide-eyed, barely-restrained violence -- she is a stand-out highlight in the movie...and Monica Vitti, expressing herself mostly through strangely-timed gestures and facial expressions...just check out her "How do you get this off?" routine), the sets are gorgeously dressed (Gabriel's atmospheric island, and the fantastic cell with the spiral staircase), and the plotting is all over the place. Who's double-crossing who? Why are they doing that? WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? On first impression, I felt the film was just "winging it," making it up as it went along. But far from it...it's elaborately plotted, just strangely presented.
Really, I love this film, and I'm so glad it's seen re-release. It's sloppy, crazy, irreverent, and fun. If you view it as a weird little film -- not as a spoof, or an adaptation of the comic, or a reflection of the times, or as an attempt to be hip or strange -- I think you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
And yes, the clothes ARE fantastic.