"the part to Peter O'Toole. Beatty later said ""I diva'ed my way out of the movie. I walked off of ""What's New, Pussycat?"" thinking they couldn't do it without me. I was wrong"". According to Beatty, a new screenwriter was brought in and Allen's role was pared back to a minor character. Groucho Marx was to have played Dr. Fassbender, but at O'Toole's insistence he was replaced by Peter Sellers. O'Toole, Sellers and director Clive Donner all made changes to the script, straining their relationship with Allen. Tension was also generated by Sellers' demanding top billing, but O'Toole described the"
"the age of 67. Never married, she was survived by a daughter, Cerlette Lammé. Haji (actress) Haji (born Barbarella Catton; January 24, 1946 – August 9, 2013) was a Canadian-born actress of British and Filipino descent, and a former exotic dancer known for her role in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult classic ""Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"". She made significant contributions to her roles by introducing elements of psychedelia and witchcraft as well as writing most of her own dialogue. Born in Quebec, Canada, Haji—a nickname given to her by an uncle—appeared in several Russ Meyer films, including ""Motorpsycho"" (1965), ""Faster, Pussycat!"
"and abilities were unimpaired after the experience of filming. Sellers followed this with the role of the perverted Austrian psychoanalyst Doctor Fritz Fassbender in Clive Donner's ""What's New Pussycat?"", appearing alongside Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss and Ursula Andress. The film was the first screenwriting and acting credit for Woody Allen, and featured Sellers in a love triangle. Because of Sellers's poor health, producer Charles K. Feldman insured him at a cost of $360,000 ($ in dollars). Sellers became a close friend of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, a photographer who was then married to Princess Margaret."
"Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a 1965 American exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Jack Moran. It follows three go-go dancers who embark on a spree of kidnapping and murder in the California desert. The film is known for its violence, provocative gender roles, and eminently quotable ""dialogue to shame Raymond Chandler"". It is also remembered for the performance of star Tura Satana, whose character Richard Corliss called ""the most honest, maybe the one honest, portrayal in the Meyer canon"". ""Faster, Pussycat!"" was a commercial and critical failure upon its initial"
"who could ""slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty"". Jones has sold over 100 million records with thirty-six Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom and nineteen in the United States, including ""It's Not Unusual"", ""What's New Pussycat"", the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film ""Thunderball"", ""Delilah"", ""Green, Green Grass of Home"", ""She's a Lady"", ""Kiss"" and ""Sex Bomb"". Jones made his acting debut playing the leading role in the 1979 television film ""Pleasure Cove"" as well as playing himself in Tim Burton's 1996 film ""Mars Attacks!"" In 2012,"
"What's New Pussycat? (song) ""What's New Pussycat?"" is the theme song for the eponymous movie, sung by British singer Tom Jones, and written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1966, it lost to ""The Shadow of Your Smile"". It was Jones' third UK top 30 record, and peaked at number 11. In the US, ""What's New Pussycat?"" peaked at number 3, and was Jones' second entry on the Top 40. The original single included a 13-second instrumental introduction, ending in the sound of shattering glass, but later issues omitted this"
"appeared in MGM's ""Blow Up"". Smith said he ""wanted a director who had never done a historical. That way I knew we could minimise cliches and the possibility of someone simply repeating, imitating what went before."" Clive Donner, then best known for ""What's New Pussycat?"" was hired in September 1967, while Michael Killanin became associate producer. Donner said he wanted to make the film ""because of the inherent youth problem which is so close to our so-called youth revolt; turning the destructiveness of youth into constructiveness. Like so many students today, he [Alfred] advocated peace, but at the same time"
"Renee's advances by steering Fassbender her way, but Fassbender's wife Anna is determined to keep him to herself. By the time Michael finally is able to meet Carole's parents and agree to settle down, he and Fassbender both catch the eye of yet another young woman, creating the distinct possibility of the whole thing happening all over again. Warren Beatty wanted to make a comedy film about male sex addiction and hoped Charles Feldman would produce it. The title ""What's New Pussycat?"" was taken from Beatty's phone salutation when speaking to his female friends. Beatty desired a role for his"
"Haji (actress) Haji (born Barbarella Catton; January 24, 1946 – August 9, 2013) was a Canadian-born actress of British and Filipino descent, and a former exotic dancer known for her role in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult classic ""Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"". She made significant contributions to her roles by introducing elements of psychedelia and witchcraft as well as writing most of her own dialogue. Born in Quebec, Canada, Haji—a nickname given to her by an uncle—appeared in several Russ Meyer films, including ""Motorpsycho"" (1965), ""Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"" (1965), ""Good Morning and... Goodbye!"" (1967), and ""Supervixens"" (1975). Haji's final role"
"the 1950s. Although the bulk of his work was comedic, often parodying characters of authority such as military officers or policemen, he also performed in other film genres and roles. Films demonstrating his artistic range include ""I'm All Right Jack"" (1959), Stanley Kubrick's ""Lolita"" (1962) and ""Dr. Strangelove"" (1964), ""What's New, Pussycat?"" (1965), ""Casino Royale"" (1967), ""The Party"" (1968), ""Being There"" (1979) and five films of the ""Pink Panther"" series (1963–78). Sellers's versatility enabled him to portray a wide range of comic characters using different accents and guises, and he would often assume multiple roles within the same film, frequently"
"The Owl and the Pussycat (film) The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1970 American romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal. Streisand plays the role of a somewhat uneducated actress, model and part-time prostitute. She temporarily lives with an educated aspiring writer (Segal). Their differences are obvious, yet over time they begin to admire each other. Comedian/actor Robert Klein appears in a supporting role. The screenplay, written by Buck Henry, was based on a stage play by Bill Manhoff. In the stage version, the would-be writer and the would-be actress are the"
"the woman Michael has fallen in love with, Officer Natalie Parker. Michael then gets himself into all sorts of misadventures, from getting captured by a young woman and her grandmother with a bizarre BDSM fetish (the young woman seems like a quiet librarian at first glance) to trying to retrieve Kyle's surgically removed testicle, all the while attempting to pay off his gambling debt to the honked-off mobster menacing through selling his possessions, relieving himself of his ""Tomcat"" status, overcoming his fear of commitment, and finding true love. Joseph D. Reitman, Shannon Elizabeth's husband at the time, has a cameo"
"Thundercrack! Thundercrack! is a 1975 American pornographic black comedy horror film written, edited, shot, and directed by Curt McDowell and written by George Kuchar based on a story by McDowell and Mark Ellinger. It stars Marion Eaton, Ken Scudder, Melinda McDowell, and George Kuchar. Combining an ""old dark house"" mystery with hardcore sex scenes, ""Thundercrack!"" is more recently regarded as a cult film. The story begins during a thunderstorm. The house, which is shown in the opening shot, named Prairie Blossom, is very clearly fake which lends itself to comedic value. A caller, Willene Cassidy (Maggie Pyle), pays a visit"
"as Mavis Robert Jackson as American Soldier Vinnette Carroll as Sophia Lionel Ngakane as Old Mack Soraya Rafat as Rosa Johnny Sekka as Policeman Berril Briggs as Janette Leo Carera as Prince John Bouie as Charlie Leonard Davies as American Soldier Clifton Jones as Young Murray The revised version of the play was first staged on January 15, 1962, at the East 11th Street Theatre, New York. The cast was as follows: James Earl Jones as Ephraim Robert Hill II as Ketch Kelly Marie Berry as Esther Adams Cicely Tyson as Mavis Michael Barton as Sailor Vinnette Carroll as Sophia"
"She (1965 film) She is a 1965 British Metrocolor film made by Hammer Film Productions in CinemaScope, based on by H. Rider Haggard. It was directed by Robert Day and stars Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros and Christopher Lee. The film was an international success and led to a 1968 sequel, ""The Vengeance of She"", with Olinka Berova in the title role. After receiving honourable discharges from the British Army in Palestine in 1918, Professor Holly (Peter Cushing), young Leo Vincey (John Richardson) and their orderly Job (Bernard Cribbins) embark on an expedition into a"
"The Ladykillers The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson as the old lady; Mrs. Wilberforce. American William Rose wrote the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. He claimed to have dreamt the entire film and merely had to remember the details when he awoke. The film holds a rare 100% rating on review aggregator website Rotten"
"Peter Bogdanovich, with Cybill Shepherd as Daisy, Barry Brown as Frederick Winterbourne, Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Ezra Miller, Duilio Del Prete as Mr. Giovanelli, and Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Walker. Frederick Raphael wrote the script; the film follows the structure of the original story without significant changes, and even uses portions of James' dialogue from the novel. A rap adaptation of ""Daisy Miller"" appears on Heavy Jamal's album ""Shining Sky Lobster"". The novella was adapted in 2017 as a five-part radio drama on BBC Radio 4 for its 15 Minute Drama's ""Love Henry James"" series. Daisy Miller Daisy Miller is"
"issues. In Ossie Davis' ""Purlie Victorious"" and the musical ""Purlie"", the issue was racism; In ""Shenandoah"", the issue was war; in ""Sun Flower"", the issue was women's rights; and in ""My Old Friends"", the issue was old age. Rose was an innovator in non-traditional casting too. In 1964, he cast the black actress Diana Sands opposite Alan Alda in the two-character comedy/love story, The Owl and the Pussycat. When fellow producer Alexander Cohen requested that the script be rewritten for Diana Sands, Philip Rose stated, ""She's doing it exactly as it is written — a woman who falls in love."""
"""Puck"" Puckerman, Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang, Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde, Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang, Max Adler as Dave Karofsky, Christopher Cousins as Superintendent Bob Harris, Laura Dreyfuss as Madison McCarthy, Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes, Noah Guthrie as Roderick, Samuel Larsen as Joe Hart, Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta, Billy Lewis Jr. as Mason McCarthy, Finneas O'Connell as Alistair, Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson, Romy Rosemont as Carole Hudson-Hummel, Dijon Talton as Matt Rutherford, Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins, J.J. Totah as Myron Muskovitz, Samantha Marie Ware as Jane Hayward, and Marshall Williams as Spencer Porter."
"Lady L Lady L is a 1965 comedy film based on the novel by Romain Gary and directed by Peter Ustinov. Starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven and Cecil Parker, the film focuses on an elderly Corsican lady as she recalls the loves of her life, including an anarchist and a Parisian aristocrat. The film had its World Premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square in the West End of London on 25 November 1965. As she approaches her 80th birthday, the sophisticated and still attractive Lady Lendale recounts to her biographer, Sir Percy, the story of her life. Fleeing"
"Michael Fassbender — Shame Saoirse Ronan — Hanna Chris O'Dowd — Bridesmaids """"'Fionnula Flanagan — ""The Guard"" Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey — Lelia Doolan Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O'Rourke Foxes – Lorcan Finnegan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Ryan Gosling — ""Drive"" Glenn Close — ""Albert Nobbs"" ""Love/Hate"" — Suzanne McAuley, Steve Mattews David Caffrey — Love/Hate Stuart Carolan — Love/Hate Aidan Gillen — Love/Hate Ruth Negga — Shirley Tom Vaughan-Lawlor — Love/Hate Denise McCormack — Love/Hate Consolata Boyle — The Iron Lady Seamus McGarvey — We Need to Talk"
"them and act as his secretary. Initially resenting the presence of the handsome stranger, Elizabeth one night starts an affair and the two run away with no money to the south of France. Lewis follows them, he in turn being followed by the gangsters looking for Thomas. At the end the gangsters reclaim Thomas, presumably for execution, while Lewis reclaims Elizabeth. The Romantic Englishwoman The Romantic Englishwoman is a 1975 British film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, Helmut Berger. It marks the feature-length screen debut for Kate Nelligan. The screenplay was written by Tom Stoppard"
"Pussycats: lead vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Josie McCoy (Rachael Leigh Cook), drummer/backup vocalist Melody Valentine (Tara Reid), and bassist/backup vocalist Valerie Brown (Rosario Dawson). Because they are struggling financially, the Pussycats accept Wyatt's lucrative record deal despite its implausibility. They are flown to New York City where they are renamed ""Josie and the Pussycats"", much to the girls' discomfort. All goes well and their first single climbs rapidly to the top of the charts, but Valerie grows increasingly frustrated that all media attention is focused on Josie rather than the band as a whole. Melody, too simple to notice the undue attention Josie"
"– ""Mississippi Burning""<br> 3. Dustin Hoffman – ""Rain Man""<br> 3. Max von Sydow – ""Pelle the Conqueror"" (""Pelle erobreren"") 1. Judy Davis – ""High Tide""<br> 2. Jodie Foster – ""The Accused""<br> 3. Carmen Maura – ""Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"" (""Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios"")<br> 3. Melanie Griffith – ""Working Girl""<br> 3. Barbara Hershey – ""A World Apart"" 1. Dean Stockwell – ""Married to the Mob"" and """"<br> 2. Alec Guinness – ""Little Dorrit""<br> 3. Tim Robbins – ""Bull Durham"" 1. Mercedes Ruehl – ""Married to the Mob""<br> 2. Lena Olin – ""The Unbearable"
"Motorpsycho (film) Motorpsycho or Motor Psycho is a 1965 film by Russ Meyer. Made just before the better-known ""Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"" (1965), the film explores similar themes of sex and violence. This film deals with a male motorcycle gang, unlike the female gang of go-go dancers in ""Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"" The film is notable for containing one of the first portrayals of a disturbed Vietnam veteran character. The story involves a veterinarian whose wife is raped by a motorcycle gang led by a sadistic Vietnam veteran. After the gang kills an old man, his wife teams up with"
"about a sexologist who tries transforming a low-skilled prostitute into a goddess of passion. While he tries to prepare her to seduce a gay male artist (Casey Donovan), it is he for whom she develops feelings. In this film, Henry Higgins (of ""Pygmalion"") is replaced by Dr. Seymour Love, the sexologist, played by Jamie Gillis. Eliza Doolittle (of ""Pygmalion"") becomes Dolores ""Misty"" Beethoven, who is played by Constance Money, and Colonel Pickering becomes Geraldine Rich, played by Jacqueline Beudant. During the film, Misty achieves ""elevation"" better than Love and Rich had hoped and then cuts them off, as in George"
"atmosphere as stimulating. Second unit director Richard Talmadge is credited with creating the ""karting sequence"". The film was shot in and around Paris between October 1964 and January 1965 and released in New York on 22 June 1965. It opened in Paris in January 1966 as ""Quoi de neuf, Pussycat?"" The total box office take was $18,820,000. In addition to the title theme, songs featured were ""Here I Am"" by Dionne Warwick and ""My Little Red Book"" performed by Manfred Mann. The film received mixed reviews. Bosley Crowther in ""The New York Times"" gave the film a negative review. He"
"Gwen Watford, Gemma Jones, Joyce Carey, Andrew Ray, Carmel McSharry, Michael Goodliffe and Marda Vanne. Michael Culver played Capt. Wickham. Cast also included: Jack Allen, Petra Davies, Susan Jameson, Terence Longdon and Michael Gaunt. Michael Culver played Peter Quilpe. Others in the cast included: Hugh Burden, Meg Wynn Owen and Joyce Carey. Michael Culver played Ellis Petersen. Others in the cast included Charles Hyatt, Ron Randell, John Bentley and Jessie Matthews. Michael Culver played Charles. The cast also included: Eleanor Bron, Zena Walker, Neil Stacey, June Brown, Michael Gwynn, Sheila Gish, James Aubrey and Sylvia Coleridge. Michael Culver played Alexander."
"she then appeared in the role of Peter Sellers' wife, Anna Fassbender, in ""What's New Pussycat?"" (1965), as a guest in ""Hotel Paradiso"" (1966), and in small roles in films such as ""Three Bites of the Apple"" (1967), ""The Graduate"" (1967), ""A Man Called Gannon"" (1968), ""I Love You, Alice B. Toklas"" (1968), ""The Maltese Bippy"" (1969), ""Desperate Mission"" (1969), and ""Alex & the Gypsy"" (1976). Her last film appearance was as ""Genevieve"" in ""Somewhere in Time"" (1980). Gale died aged 79 from complications following a stroke. Eddra Gale Eddra Gale (July 16, 1921, Chicago, Illinois – May 13, 2001,"
"The Jade Pussycat The Jade Pussycat is a 1977 pornographic film starring John Holmes. The plot of the film focuses on the search for a priceless jade carving from 13th century China known as ""The Jade Pussycat"". The character of ""Johnny Wadd"" is sent to find the Jade Pussycat and find the thieves who stole the item from a museum in Japan. During the search, Mr. Wadd is met by many lustful women. The film is set mainly in San Francisco's Chinatown. Paul Thomas Anderson, director of ""Boogie Nights"", recommended that his cast watch the film to prepare for their"
"he was going to get hurt. A lot of it actually had to be done in reverse,so try to imagine doing a fight scene that way."" The film's title song, ""Faster Pussycat!"", was performed by California band, the Bostweeds. The lyrics were written by Rick Jarrard and the music was written and sung by Lynn Ready, who formed the Bostweeds and sang leads. The track was never released commercially, but it did appear in February 1966 as a promotional-only 45 single without a B-side. ""Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"" premiered in Los Angeles on August 6, 1965. Atypically for a Meyer"
"good, but she couldn't remember what she was doing from one shot to the next. Her shots never matched"". Prentiss appeared on stage in a production of ""As You Like It"". She had excellent roles in ""The World of Henry Orient"" (1964) and ""In Harm's Way"" (1965) and made a cameo as herself in ""Looking for Love"" (1964). She also had a strong support part in ""What's New, Pussycat?"" (1965) with Peter Sellers. While shooting ""What's New Pussycat?"" in Paris Prentiss had a nervous breakdown and took time out from acting. For one season (1967–1968), Prentiss co-starred with her husband,"
"Peeping Tom (film) Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable film camera to record their dying expressions of terror. Its title derives from the slang expression 'Peeping Tom', which describes a voyeur. The film's controversial subject matter and its extremely harsh reception by critics had a severely negative impact on Powell's career as a director in the United Kingdom. However, it attracted a cult following, and in"