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Anthony Newley (writer)
Herman Raucher (writer)
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Release Date:
3 February 1973 (Finland) more
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Heironymus Merkin screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth and moral decay. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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A wonderfully zany and felliniesque yet sadly neglected cult classic. more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anthony Newley | ... | Hieronymous Merkin | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Polyester Poontang | |
| Alexander Newley | ... | Thaxted | |
| Tara Newley | ... | Thumbelina | |
| Milton Berle | ... | Goodtime Eddie Filth | |
| Connie Kreski | ... | Mercy Humppe | |
| George Jessel | ... | The Presence | |
| Bruce Forsyth | ... | Uncle Limelight | |
| Patricia Hayes | ... | Grandma | |
| Stubby Kaye | ... | Fat Writer | |
| Ronald Rubin | ... | Skinny Writer | |
| Louis Negin | ... | Producer Peter | |
| Tom Stern | ... | Producer Ron | |
| Ronald Radd | ... | Bentley | |
| Rosalind Knight | ... | Penelope |
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...Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (USA) (promotional title)
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USA:107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Finland:K-16 | USA:R (re-rating) | USA:X
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Anthony Newley cast his very own children, Tara Newley and Alexander Newley, as his children in order to enhance the film's sense of autobiography. more
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Continuity: The color of Thumbelina's ice-cream cone changes between brown and white and pink. more
Quotes:
Hieronymous Merkin: You Hollywood people! If Van Gogh could see what you did to his life story, there goes the other ear. And if old Tootles LeTrec could see what you did to *his* life story, he'd punch you all in the knee. more
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References Moulin Rouge (1952) more
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Once Upon a Time more
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Anthony Newly stars in this musical comedy about the life of Hieronymus Merkin, a sex obsessed writer/singer/director/actor/ and a truly perverse character. It seems like a drug induced dream filled with bizarre sequences, crazy songs, erie cinematography and racy exploitations which seem shocking considering it was made it 1969. The whole picture is shot on an island as it cuts between the actual film and Hieronymus screening the film while in production along with the crew, producers, and the critics. The basic plot is that Hieronymus a fatherless boy meets up with a manager (Milton Berie) who turns him into a superstar. Thousands of women line up in front of his bed waiting to make love to him. He marries a former lover of his and she gives birth to a child defected with a huge hole in its back. The baby soon after dies in hospital and Mrs. Merkin leaves Hieronymus. Hieronymus despite the objections of the writers, critics and everyone else insists on telling about the raciest most shocking part of his life. His immoral affair with the child beauty Mercy Humppe. He remarries to Polly (Joan Crawford) and switches off between Polly and Mercy and finally leaves Mercy.
The film is an absurd X rated romp though a land of sexual excess and unconventional perversion that portray women as only a 1960's film can. Although this film is not for all tastes, exceedingly fine performances, unpredictable twists, and uproarious humor make this film a true cult classic that reminds one of A Clockwork Orange at times. An R rated version also exists.