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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

  • 19821982
  • PGPG
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
It is the early 1900s. Distinguished philosopher Leopold (Ferrer) and his much younger fiancée, Ariel (Farrow), are going to spend a weekend in the country with Leopold's cousin Adrian (Steenburgen) and her crackpot inventor husband Andrew (Allen). Also on the guest list is womanizing doctor Maxwell (Roberts) and his latest girlfriend, free-thinking nurse, Dulcy (Hagerty). Over the course of the weekend, old romances reignite, new romances develop, and everyone ends up sneaking off behind everyone else's backs.
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A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
20K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Mia Farrow
    • José Ferrer
  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Mia Farrow
    • José Ferrer
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Woody Allen and José Ferrer in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Woody Allen in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Mary Steenburgen and Julie Hagerty in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Woody Allen and Tony Roberts in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    José Ferrer and Julie Hagerty in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Mary Steenburgen in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Tony Roberts in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    José Ferrer in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Woody Allen, José Ferrer, Mary Steenburgen, and Tony Roberts in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
    Mia Farrow in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
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    Woody Allen
    Woody Allen
    • Andrew
    Mia Farrow
    Mia Farrow
    • Ariel
    José Ferrer
    José Ferrer
    • Leopold
    • (as Jose Ferrer)
    Julie Hagerty
    Julie Hagerty
    • Dulcy
    Tony Roberts
    Tony Roberts
    • Maxwell
    Mary Steenburgen
    Mary Steenburgen
    • Adrian
    Adam Redfield
    • Student Foxx
    Moishe Rosenfeld
    • Mr. Hayes
    Timothy Jenkins
    Timothy Jenkins
    • Mr. Thomson
    Michael Higgins
    Michael Higgins
    • Reynolds
    Sol Frieder
    • Carstairs
    Boris Zoubok
    • Purvis
    Thomas Barbour
    • Blint
    Kate McGregor-Stewart
    Kate McGregor-Stewart
    • Mrs. Baker
    Sandy Biano
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    David Copeland
    David Copeland
      Tony Farentino
        Caitlin O'Heaney
        Caitlin O'Heaney
        • Dolores Farrar
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Woody Allen
        • Writer
          • Woody Allen
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        Storyline

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        • Trivia
          José Ferrer found himself the object of a practical joke while making this film. Dustin Hoffman visited the set while made up as Dorothy Michaels in the film Tootsie (1982), and proceeded to make sexual advances on Ferrer, who politely refused--but was completely unaware that Hoffman was not in fact a woman.
        • Goofs
          About thirteen minutes into the movie, a crew member is visible crouched by a tree, as a deer runs through the woods.
        • Quotes

          Andrew: Sex alleviates tension and love causes it.

        • Connections
          Featured in Sneak Previews: The World According to Garp, The Aviator's Wife, Young Doctors in Love, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
        • Soundtracks
          Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) in A Minor
          (1842)

          Written by Felix Mendelssohn (as Mendelssohn)

          Performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (as New York Philharmonic Orchestra)

          Courtesy of CBS Records

        User reviews52

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        Featured review
        8/10
        Bergman and Woody and Shakespeare
        A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

        A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) was written and directed by Woody Allen. Allen also stars in his iconic role as a more-or-less decent guy with the ability to say or do the wrong thing in almost any situation.

        Woody has surrounded himself with talent in this film. Jose Ferrer plays the pompous professor Leopold, and Tony Roberts plays the "fast" doctor Maxwell, who is Allen's best friend. The real clout comes from the female actors: Mia Farrow is Ariel--engaged to Leopold, but maybe in love with Woody, or maybe even with Roberts. Julie Hagerty plays Dulcy, a young but not-so-innocent nurse who has accompanied Maxwell for the weekend. Mary Steenburgen portrays Allen's wife Adrian, who has become frigid for reasons that she knows but we don't.

        Shakespeare realized the potential of midsummer's night for fantasy and for love, and so did Ingmar Bergman in his film "Smiles of a Summer Night." Allen has never been afraid of taking on a challenge, and he maintains the tradition with a script where almost every man wants almost every woman, and vice-versa. The film is all about love, and all about sex. However, because it's rated PG-13, you know that there won't be any on-screen nudity. Actors talk about sex, they arrange secret meetings and talk about sex some more, but we never see them without multi-layered early-1900's clothing. That's OK--this movie is about the chase, not the consummation.

        The film contains some beautiful scenery, so it would work marginally better on a large screen, but it was certainly satisfactory on DVD. Incidentally, the soundtrack is composed entirely of music by Felix Mendelssohn. You may not realize that Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream contains a melody we hear all the time. You'll recognize it instantly.
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        Details

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        • Release date
          • July 16, 1982 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Languages
          • English
          • German
        • Also known as
          • Summer Nights
        • Filming locations
          • Pocantico Hills, New York, USA
        • Production companies
          • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
          • Orion Pictures
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        Box office

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        • Gross US & Canada
          • $9,077,269
        • Opening weekend US & Canada
          • $2,514,478
          • Jul 18, 1982
        • Gross worldwide
          • $9,077,269
        See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

        Technical specs

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        • Runtime
          1 hour 28 minutes
        • Sound mix
          • Mono

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