Joanna Pettet in Casino Royale, directed by John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Joe McGrath and Val Guest, 1967
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Jam packed classic. Feldman money well spent. The ultimate guilty pleasure swimming in one of the 5 best original soundtracks of 60s.
What a movie!
I loved her. Damn, she’s probably as old as I am now. (60+) The Night of the Generals!
“They said Einstein was insane.”
“No they didn’t.”
“Well…they would have, if he’d carried on like this.”
So much better than the recent sober-sided version.
Jackie Bissett tells me that Peter Sellers wasn’t present when she did a scene that was supposed to be with her. At this point in his career he much preferred working alone. So Val Guest cued he by reading Sellers’ lines. Not very enjoyable — but it was work in a Big Big movie.
Bill, I always find it intresting that this quote, in a different variation, was included in another great comedy from 1967 – Bedazzled. it’s practically the same joke – and in both films the delivery is pure bliss.
Dan – Really? I saw BEDAZZLED a year or so ago and I didn’t even notice it. The line being my single favorite thing from CASINO ROYALE, I’m surprised it sailed right by me.
I wish I could join in the guilty pleasure love (or otherwise) in this movie, but I can’t. To me, this just seems like another example of movies that sound a lot cooler and entertaining than they actually turn out to be. The only scenes I found consistently funny were anything with Woody Allen in it (I like the Einstein line, but my favorite is “My doctor says I can’t have bullets enter my body at any time”).
I don’t actually consider it a guilty pleasure—I don’t actually even believe in the category, as I’ve said more than once—but I do admit that large chunks of it could be slatted in the “acquired taste” category. I think it’s kind of beautiful in its pointlessness, fascinating in the way it simultaneously catches and misses its specific cultural moment. And the our-day-is-over indolence of the older cast members. And the women in it ARE gorgeous.
Yes, Woody has the best line in the movie. When they’re putting him before a firing squad he sasy “You realize this means an angry letter to the Times.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_kMtut25M
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Oksy, let’s hit all Woody Allen’s lines from the film. My favorite is:”Come with me. We’ll run amok. If you’re too tired, we can walk amok”.And the firing squad gag is perfect — a precursor to “Bananas”.
Still, Woody Allen’s segments are very short and I can’t say much for the rest of the film. Apparently, Peter Sellers didn’t want to be funny because he felt at that time he should be playing James Bond for real.
“And the women in it ARE gorgeous.”
So, Glenn, are you saying that we should … ahem …
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK AT HER
?
I was very young. My sister dragged me to it with no explanation. I remember reading the credits and thinking, “where’s Sean Connery?”
Watched the video a couple of years ago, bored to death, then suddenly choked with laughter when the characters slipped through the Berlin Wall. I didn’t get the German Expressionism joke the first time. In 1967, it was just another weird looking scene.
My vote for most beautiful female cast ever assembled. I can’t even think of a close runner-up. A few of my screenshots here: http://armchairaudience.blogspot.com/2011/05/casino-royale-1966.html