Watched it over the weekend and barely laughed. I love Sellers, Allen and I like Niven. After watching this, it's surprising how much better WNP captures the tone for this kind of mid-class 60s zeitgeist type of comedy. CR meanders all over the place and while it's always great to see an array of 60s chicks, I got bored fairly quickly. Even the Bond jokes tire pretty quickly. Of course, WNP has several great lines, three (four, to be honest) great performances and some genuine wit before it becomes too farcical and too, hey, man, middle class 60s. This has very little. Another joy about WNP is that with knowledge of Allen's work, you can sit there and go, "Oh, yeah... right... We'll pick up this thread later in his career." Music's good in both, mind you!
Tiger Lily is one of my favorite Allen movies. I thought it was hilarious. I haven't watched it in years though.
Take the Money and Run is killer funny! so many great movies from Woody...I own nearly all of them on DVD...never tire of his humor.
No blu ray that I know of. Woody is probably working furiously on the many bonus features he'd like to include on the BR as we speak.
Coincidentally, one of the few films with ANYTHING of interest, extras-wise, is Tiger Lily, with its alternate dialogue track! And hidden recipes for various Egg Salad dishes!!
I laughed. Though I've seen the majority of his films, it has been a really long time since I've seen the very early ones and I don't remember much. I'll chime in once this hits the 70's.
I got where you were coming from...just testing the waters. it was funny since we knew Woody's track record of ZERO involvement.
Pussycat' Francoise Hardy playing a secretary. Paula Prentiss striptease scene was cut apparently. Prefer Woody in CR' what's not to love in that movie Herb's trumpet & Burt Bacharach tune + a glamorous cast. Not to mention Woody's " suckers".
Does anyone know WHY the film was titled "What's Up Tiger Lily?" Was Woody considering having the title of every movie he was associated with start with "What's"?
Another brief intermission. It's not yet time to go to Mississippi to see Miss Liza. A sample from one of Woody's brilliant stand-up albums:
Next film ... 1969 ... "Take the Money and Run" The first true "Woody Allen film", and an early and influential "mockumentary". Despite a small budget, the film lost money upon its initial release. It occurred to me that the name of Woody's character (Virgil Starkwell) may be inspired by real life murder Charlie Starkweather (whose notorious killing spree "earned" him a mention in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"). Looks like the entire film (in parts) is up on YouTube for those who want to play along but don't own the home version. EDIT: It looks like all the "parts" may not be present. Watch at your own risk. ;-)
Still one of my favourite Allen films. It's both witty and wacky with plenty of pastiche and looks forward to some of his later works. I prefer it to most of his stuff all the way up to Annie Hall (with the notable exception of Sleeper) and it might still be in my top ten Allen (though I'll have a think about that and et back to you some time...)
Then for the safety of all concerned, I suggest that posters maintain their anonymity while expressing their opinions.
The original trailer appears to be here: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/160326/Take-the-Money-and-Run-Original-Trailer-.html
