Eating Raoul (1982) 6.7
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant. Director:Paul Bartel |
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Eating Raoul (1982) 6.7
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant. Director:Paul Bartel |
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Raoul Mendoza
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Doris the Dominatrix /
Nurse Sally Cummings
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Lynn Hobart | ... |
Lady Customer
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| Richard Paul | ... |
Mr. Cray - Liquor Store Owner
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Mark Woods | ... |
Hold-up Man
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John Shearin | ... |
Mr. Baker - the Horny Patient
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Darcy Pulliam | ... |
Nurse Sheila
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Ben Haller | ... |
Dewey
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Roberta Spero | ... |
Swinger
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Vernon Demetrius | ... |
Swinger
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Arlene Harris | ... |
Swinger
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Buster Wilson | ... |
Swinger
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Marta Fergusson | ... |
Swinger
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When a Paul enters his apartment to find Mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement (and thinks that Mary is just playing hard to get) he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. Their dreams of running a small resturant seem to be in jeopardy until they decide to dispose of the body, keep the wallet, and to advertise for other sexually oriented visitors who are summarily killed, bagged, robbed and disposed of. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Meet the Blands, the aptly named middle-aged square couple. He's a wine expert, she's a nurse, and they need money to finance their dream restaurant. Trouble is, they're barely making ends meet. What's worse, the apartment complex they live in is infested with swingers, back when swingers were as commonplace as yuppies are now. Mary and Paul find the answer to their problems when one of the swingers tries to put the moves on Mary in their apartment. Paul whacks him with a frying pan, killing him, and they discover the fella's carrying a lot of cash. Bingo! Light over heads! What makes this goofy premise work is the absolutely hilarious, dead-on, deadpan performances of Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov as the Blands. They don't give what you'd call comedic performances, but what they say and what they do seems funny, as they are a duo of decorum surrounded by a storm of decadence. Their performances, combined with a witty and biting (pardon the pun) script, make this an absolute delight, a must for lovers of off-beat movies.