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6.7/10   1,309 votes
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Director:
Herbert Ross
Writers:
Buck Henry (writer)
Bill Manhoff (play)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 November 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
it's no longer a story for children. more
Plot:
Can a bickering odd couple in Manhattan become friends and maybe more? Owlish Felix is an unpublished... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Broadway Actor Manning Dies
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User Comments:
This film has enough laughs for 10 motion pictures combined more (26 total)

Cast

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Barbra Streisand ... Doris

George Segal ... Felix
Robert Klein ... Barney
Allen Garfield ... Dress Shop Proprietor
Roz Kelly ... Eleanor
Jacques Sandulescu ... Rapzinsky
Jack Manning ... Mr. Weyderhaus
Grace Carney ... Mrs. Weyderhaus
Bárbara Ansón ... Miss Weyderhaus
Kim Chan ... Theatre Cashier
Stan Gottlieb ... Coatcheck Man
Joe Madden ... Old Man Neighbor
Fay Sappington ... Old Woman Neighbor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marilyn Chambers ... Barney's Girl (as Evelyn Lang)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG (edited for re-rating) (1972) | Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1971) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1989) | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (original rating)
Company:
Rastar Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Barbra Streisand's first non-musical film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the very beginning, Doris huddles in a doorway to get out of the rain. As a bus pulls up to the kerb, she starts to walk towards it, but in the next tighter shot Doris still in the doorway. The next shot, back on the street, Doris is already on her way towards the bus. more
Quotes:
Felix: I'm extremely sorry but I don't know the story to "The Sound Of Music".
Doris: Oh no, that's terrible.
Felix: You thought "The Sound Of Music" was terrible?
Doris: Four times I saw that terrible movie.
Felix: You must have really hated it.
Doris: I saw it with my friend Eleanor at the Loew's King now torn down. It was playing continuous, no intermission. Get it?
Felix: I don't think so.
Doris: Her bladder burst.
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Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) more

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This film has enough laughs for 10 motion pictures combined, 20 April 2006
10/10
Author: robb_772 from United States

One of the most hilarious films ever made, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT has more laughs than ten of today's so-called "comedies" combined. Even though a few set changes and a couple of new supporting characters are added to "open up" the storyline, director Herbert Ross and writer Buck Henry manage to keep the same spirit of the original one-act, two-character play intact. There's a lot of verbal warfare in Henry's screenplay, and he seems to have a gift for penning wickedly funny dialogue. Some viewers could argue that THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT is little more than two characters insulting each other for 95 minutes, but - when those insults are so rigorously funny - who cares?

In the female lead, Barbra Streisand gives a refreshingly unsentimental performance as Doris, the semi-illiterate hooker who (for once) does not have a heart of gold. George Segal was primarily known as a dramatic actor before he was cast as Felix, the snotty book clerk/writer-wannabe. His performance is so convincing that he has been known as an expert comic ever since. The chemistry between Streisand and Segal ignites from the beginning, and it stays aflame throughout their relationship's many ups and downs. Robert Klien has a funny supporting role - and plays it expertly - but THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT remains a showcase for the chemistry between Streisand and Segal. I think well-respected film critic Pauline Kael said it best when she wrote, "Were Tracy and Hepburn ever this good. . . maybe, but they were never better." High praise indeed!

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