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Stand Up and Be Counted

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
125
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Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see ... Read allSheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
125
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jackie Cooper
  • Writer
    • Bernard Slade
  • Stars
    • Jacqueline Bisset
    • Stella Stevens
    • Steve Lawrence
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jackie Cooper
  • Writer
    • Bernard Slade
  • Stars
    • Jacqueline Bisset
    • Stella Stevens
    • Steve Lawrence
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    • 3User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Jacqueline Bisset in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
    Jacqueline Bisset in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
    Stella Stevens in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
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    Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
    Stella Stevens in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
    Stella Stevens in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
    Lee Purcell in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
    Jacqueline Bisset in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
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    Hector Elizondo and Stella Stevens in Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)

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    Jacqueline Bisset
    Jacqueline Bisset
    • Sheila Hammondas Sheila Hammond
    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    • Yvonne Kellermanas Yvonne Kellerman
    Steve Lawrence
    Steve Lawrence
    • Gary McBrideas Gary McBride
    Gary Lockwood
    Gary Lockwood
    • Eliot Travisas Eliot Travis
    Lee Purcell
    Lee Purcell
    • Karen Hammondas Karen Hammond
    Loretta Swit
    Loretta Swit
    • Hilary McBrideas Hilary McBride
    Hector Elizondo
    Hector Elizondo
    • Lou Kellermanas Lou Kellerman
    Anne Francine
    Anne Francine
    • Mabel Hammondas Mabel Hammond
    Madlyn Rhue
    Madlyn Rhue
    • Gloria Seagaras Gloria Seagar
    Alex Wilson
    Alex Wilson
    • Jerry Kamanskias Jerry Kamanski
    Michael Ansara
    Michael Ansara
    • Playboy Speakeras Playboy Speaker
    Joyce Brothers
    Joyce Brothers
    • Dr. Joyce Brothersas Dr. Joyce Brothers
    Jessica Rains
    • Sadieas Sadie
    Meredith Baxter
    Meredith Baxter
    • Tracyas Tracy
    Greg Mullavey
    Greg Mullavey
    • Harley Burtonas Harley Burton
    Nancy Walker
    Nancy Walker
    • Agnesas Agnes
    Edith Atwater
    Edith Atwater
    • Sophieas Sophie
    Jeff Donnell
    Jeff Donnell
    • Ruthas Ruth
    • Director
      • Jackie Cooper
    • Writer
      • Bernard Slade
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Final film of Gale Robbins.
    • Quotes

      Hilary McBride: [she is sitting up in bed] It's funny I, I wasn't always invisible.

      Gary McBride: [he gets into bed and lies down] I'm not in the mood for any meaningful dialogue, Hil'. I'm beat. I really am.

      Hilary McBride: Well, this is the only time I can get your attention.

      Gary McBride: It's one-thirty in the morning. I can usually be contacted a little earlier.

      Hilary McBride: Every time I start to talk, I feel you mentally bolt for the door. It's like I yelled "Fire!"

      Hilary McBride: [he makes no response] Honey, I just want to have a nice, quiet discussion because lately I found myself talking like Art Linkletter.

      Hilary McBride: [he still makes no response] I mean, you're my husband, is is too much to ask?

      Hilary McBride: Hilly, I'm tired. I really am.

      Hilary McBride: What do I have to do - make an appointment?

      Gary McBride: Alright, okay, okay, okay. What is it this time?

      Hilary McBride: Forget it!

      Gary McBride: Beautiful! Just beautiful! You're a loony, you know that? One day, they're gonna come and take you away.

    • Soundtracks
      I Am Woman
      Written by Helen Reddy (uncredited) and Ray Burton (uncredited)

      Sung by Helen Reddy

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    Top review
    3/10
    Two Different Movies -- Both bad
    There is one and only one lasting contribution to the arts made by Stand Up and Be Counted. It debuted Helen Reddy's inspirational song, "I Am Woman", ostensibly the theme of this movie. But, is it meant seriously or as a farce. I've seen this mess twice and still can't tell.

    This was comedic-actor Jackie Cooper's only feature film as a director -- and it's easy to see why. There are a few well-executed turns delivered by a few lights that somehow manage to shine brightly among a deep and talented supporting cast, including Stella Stevens, young Loretta Swit, Gary Lockwood, young Hector Elizondo, and a very wry Michael Ansara. Unfortunately, they are trying to support Jacqueline Bisset who seems to think she's been cast in the Barbara Parkins role in Valley Of The Dolls -- melodramatic to the hilt. When we're not with the oh-so-earnest Bisset, we're with her mother (Lee Purcell) and sister (Anne Francine) trying to stand up to MCP Steve Lawrence who frustrates them for most of the film. If it sounds like it could work, perhaps it could have worked, but trust me it truly doesn't. And, playing like a skein of bad blackout sketches rejected from Love American Style, each scene is more ridiculous than the one before it. Jackie Cooper spent a lot of time learning how to tickle funny bones from George Burns. In other contexts this might work, but farce treating women's liberation as the ridiculous fodder for slapstick comedy should have been manifestly out of place given the presence of Bisset, Reddy's song, and Bernard Slade's original script. Instead, Director Cooper chose to bastardize the script, trivialize its subjects, and to treat the issue of adult women demanding to be taking seriously as inherently absurd and the fodder for raucous (or is that nauseous) comedy. It's a real pity. Greg Mullavey and Meredith Baxter have a nice moment in one of the vignettes. And stalwart vets Nancy Walker, Kathleen Freeman, and Shelley Morrison contribute what they can -- given Cooper's choice to treat it as absurd -- to the grand comic finale with the fed-up ladies burning their bloomers. Then we cut back to the reflective Bisset questioning whether the struggle is worth it, then resolving that it is. Fine, but nothing we just were assaulted with seems to back that up.

    This is useful as a time capsule, to listen to the debut of "I Am Woman" and also to get an early look at some very talented performers. Beyond that, this is feeble, insulting, with Bisset, Purcell, and Francine all very difficult to watch in their own ways (except to be exploited for their looks as sex objects). Ironically, Cooper's listing on this site lists him as "sometimes listed as Allen Smithee", yet he used his real name on the director credits for this turkey. If he doesn't use it here, what would it take for him to use it.

    Oh well, it's a shame. I rate Stand Up and Be Counted as a 3 out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • May 12, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jede Stimme zählt
    • Filming locations
      • Denver, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Frankovich Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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