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The Loved One

  • 19651965
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 2h 2m
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7.0/10
3.5K
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The Loved One (1965)
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
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Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Tony Richardson
  • Writers
    • Evelyn Waugh(novel "The Loved One")
    • Terry Southern(screenplay)
    • Christopher Isherwood(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Morse
    • Jonathan Winters
    • Anjanette Comer
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tony Richardson
  • Writers
    • Evelyn Waugh(novel "The Loved One")
    • Terry Southern(screenplay)
    • Christopher Isherwood(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Morse
    • Jonathan Winters
    • Anjanette Comer
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    • 90User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    John Gielgud and Rod Steiger in The Loved One (1965)
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    The Loved One (1965)
    John Gielgud, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Robert Morley, and Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)
    John Gielgud, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Robert Morley, and Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)
    Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)
    John Gielgud, Robert Morley, and Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)
    Milton Berle and Margaret Leighton in The Loved One (1965)
    Anjanette Comer and Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)
    Robert Morley and Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)
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    Robert Morse
    Robert Morse
    • Dennis Barlowas Dennis Barlow
    Jonathan Winters
    Jonathan Winters
    • Wilbur Glenworthyas Wilbur Glenworthy…
    Anjanette Comer
    Anjanette Comer
    • Aimee Thanatogenousas Aimee Thanatogenous
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Mr. Joyboyas Mr. Joyboy
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Gen. Brinkmanas Gen. Brinkman
    Milton Berle
    Milton Berle
    • Mr. Kentonas Mr. Kenton
    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • Immigration Officeras Immigration Officer
    John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    • Sir Francis Hinsleyas Sir Francis Hinsley
    Tab Hunter
    Tab Hunter
    • Guideas Guide
    Margaret Leighton
    Margaret Leighton
    • Mrs. Kentonas Mrs. Kenton
    Liberace
    Liberace
    • Mr. Starkeras Mr. Starker
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • D.J. Jr.as D.J. Jr.
    Robert Morley
    Robert Morley
    • Sir Ambrose Ambercrombieas Sir Ambrose Ambercrombie
    Barbara Nichols
    Barbara Nichols
    • Sadie Blodgettas Sadie Blodgett
    Lionel Stander
    Lionel Stander
    • The Guru Brahminas The Guru Brahmin
    Roxanne Arlen
    Roxanne Arlen
    • Whispering Glades Hostessas Whispering Glades Hostess
    Dort Clark
    Dort Clark
    • Col. Burtas Col. Burt
    Pamela Curran
    • Whispering Glades Hostessas Whispering Glades Hostess
    • Director
      • Tony Richardson
    • Writers
      • Evelyn Waugh(novel "The Loved One")
      • Terry Southern(screenplay)
      • Christopher Isherwood(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Evelyn Waugh disowned this movie of his famous novella, and tried unsuccessfully to get his name taken off of the credits. Three days after the movie's London opening, he died unexpectedly at his house in Somerset. It is thought that he had not seen it.
    • Goofs
      Henry's voice says "Will", whereas his mouth appears to say "Jack".
    • Quotes

      Dennis Barlow: They told me, Francis Hinsley, they told me you were hung. With red protruding eyeballs and black protruding tongue.

    • Connections
      Featured in Homo Promo (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Pomp and Circumstance
      Composed by Edward Elgar

    User reviews90

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    Top review
    Go Left, Young Man. Go Left
    From the moment Morse's plane touches down in LA, we hear choral strains of America the Beautiful; then, for the next two hours, the movie goes about deconstructing that optimistic note. LA comes in for special ridicule, but so do national institutions. Pentagon brass are bribed into converting Earth's gravitational belt into an orbiting graveyard-- not exactly standard operating procedure.Then there's organized religion's Blessed Reverend who shifts entrepreneurial gears faster than an Enron CEO, but with much better success. And when worker-bee Aimee's virginal illusions are finally shattered by the randy reverend (Winters), she chooses a beautiful death over an unfiltered life. Now she can join the godlike statuary in the eternal beauty that Whispering Glen peddles. Illusion, the movie appears to say, is what ultimately counts in this land of manufactured dreams.

    The black humor was considered outrageous at the time, especially the mincing Joyboy and his beached-whale of a mom. In those days, "gay" still meant "joyously spirited" and Liberace's sudden appearance with the girls amounted to a new kind of "coming out". The black humor here follows Dr. Strangelove of the preceding year, but lacks the latter's coherence and wallop. This is a movie of bits and pieces-- oblivious Aimee swinging high above the LA precipice; gross-out Mom inspiring gobs of John Waters movies; gate-keeper Coburn thinking poet equals subversive; the Blessed Reverend toting up profits by getting rid of the "stiffs". There are other moments, often hilarious. Nonetheless, the movie doesn't so much culminate as finally peter out. And when the film's final words advise Morse "to go left", we may be getting more than a compass bearing.

    As another reviewer points out, this is a film ahead of its time. In fact, it may well be a milestone on the way to the general irreverence of the late 60's when no topic was off- limits. 1965 was a transitional period between the convention-bound 50's and the rebellious upsurge still two years away. A more detailed history would, I think, include The Loved One as a key step in the iconoclasm to come. Though much of the initial punch has been lost, the film still has its moments. Besides, I often get a whiff of the Blessed Reverend whenever I hear the dulcet tones of aggressive sanctimony, which these days is all too often.
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    • dougdoepke
    • Dec 30, 2008

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tod in Hollywood
    • Filming locations
      • Harold Lloyd's Greenacres Estate - 1740 Green Acres Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Filmways Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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