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What's New Pussycat | 
 enlarge | Director: Clive Donner
Actors: Peter Sellers, Peter O'toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 15974
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 109
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1008470
UPC: 027616924704
EAN: 0027616924704
ASIN: B0007XBKP4
Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1965
Release Date: June 7, 2005
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An appealing, free-floating lunacy fuels What's New Pussycat?, and there's enough of it bubbling around to carry the movie past its many defects. The cast is like a collection of terribly attractive people stumbling over each other at a disorganized cocktail party--they aren't always witty, and some of them are drunk, but there's enough going on to keep you distracted. Peter O'Toole plays a swinging London womanizer seeking help for his addiction, who makes the mistake of consulting one Dr. Fritz Fassbender (Peter Sellers), a demented psychoanalyst. Woody Allen made his movie debut here and wrote the script (much altered, to Allen's chagrin, in the filmmaking process). This movie and Casino Royale--which also features Sellers, Allen, Ursula Andress, and a Burt Bacharach song--are overstuffed '60s artifacts, brimming with mod chaos. Alas, neither film is as funny as it should be. --Robert Horton
Product Description
It's tough being the cat's meow! A "zany blend of slapstick gags and madcap comedy" (Cue) this "hilarious" (Motion Picture Herald) romp starring Peter Sellers Peter O'Toole and Woody Allen in his acting and screenwriting debut is the "wildest wackiest" (Boxoffice) film to emerge from the swingin' '60s. Burt Bacharach's Oscar-nominated* title song only adds to the infectious appeal!Michael (O Toole) has a problem: he's a mademoiselle magnet! His demented psychiatrist (Sellers) and sex-starved friend (Allen) would kill for this problem but his would-be fianc e (Romy Schneider) might just kill him. Undergoing therapy that would put Freud in a straitjacket Michael tries to reform but it won't be easy with sex kittens like Capucine Paula Prentiss and Ursula Andress on his tail!System Requirements: Running Time 109 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 027616924704 Manufacturer No: 1008470
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 silly, ridiculous, but fun September 13, 2008
This was a good drive-in movie flick back in the mid 60's. Not to be taken seriously, just enjoy the slapstick. Paula Prentiss makes the movie worth watching.
 Very happy August 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie is an old favorite, so I knew what to expect. The copy I received was in new condition, and arrived promptly, and was at a very fair price. I am very happy.
What's New Pussycat, What's new? April 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Woody Allen. While I am currently in my mid-20s, I often say I grew up on Woody Allen films, often renting old ones on VHS and always seeing new ones in the theaters. However, the bottom line is that I was not particularly happy with this one.
This is Woody's film debut and he is not the director, however he is the writer and there is no doubt of that as this movie feels like a something only the mind of Woody Allen can conjure up. In this sense, Woody Allen fans should enjoy it, I did in this respect. I also enjoyed the fact that Sellers and O'Toole were in this film, however I did not think much of Sellers' performance. I was also surprised to see how young and handsome O'Toole was. I hate to say it (and this has nothing to do with the film itself) but as I saw O'Toole in his recent film, "Venus", I thought he must of been in his 80's. It seems he is actually 75, only three years older than Allen, who by the way looks great.
This film feels more like a play at times, which is actually quite endearing. I do admit I wholeheartedly enjoyed Sellers and O'Toole's as drunkards, Woody Allen fighting off a giant, the psychoanalysis get-togethers, Burt Bacharach's score...boy, it seems the more I discuss the film the more I realize how much I actually liked it.
Well, perhaps one more sour note to even things out. "What's New Pussycat?" is choppy in its cuts creating an all together skittish film experience...so I do not know who to thank for that: the director? editor?
 Ridiculous. Ridiculous and Enchanting. February 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film is RI-DICULOUS and yes, doesn't contain much substance and goes off the deep end at the end and is impossibly silly. BUT... I really love it. I'm a devoted fan of Romy Schneider and quite like Peter O'Toole. And I had heard of some of the other actors but while watching this movie, was introduced to a slew of '60s actors, all handsome and all talented.
When I first saw this movie, I was very disappointed. I thought it was interminable and only marginally funny. But since some cinematic works require more than one viewing to properly ascertain how you feel about them, I watched it again. I caught some bits of dialogue I'd missed before (and so caught more of the humour). The spiral into absurdity at the end became charming rather than annoying. Some time later, I watched it a third time... and loved it! With the proper mentality and some patience, this film became quite enthralling. All the silliness turned into delightful fun and now I'd watch it anytime.
So, patience is what I recommend to those who've watched this film once and hated it. If it doesn't grow on you after 2 or 3 views, then it's not for you. But since the '60s mentality is so different from our present concerns and way of life, you have to welcome this movie and let it grow on you, rather than demand it to meet your expectations. You're more than likely to be rewarded!
Peter O'Toole,Sex Symbol January 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"What's new,Pussycat?" is from back in the day when sex comedies had some brains to them, relying more on double entendres than anything graphic. Forget the crudeness of the American Pie&head to France in the '60s instead! This movie is indeed trippin'. You'll have to suspend your disbelief. It was the '60s.
From its opening,"What's new Pussycat?" has a very psychedelic sense. Peter Sellers stars as a German psychiatrist who's a proto-Austin Powers. Somehow he manages to be a womanizer,dress in maroon velvet like Prince,and wear a wig that's--impressive. Peter O'Toole stars as Michael James,an astoundingly heterosexual editor of a women's fashion magazine&exudes an aura of such sex appeal that women pursue him relentlessly. After the success of "Lawrence of Arabia",O'Toole was almost a sex symbol. This movie attempted to capitalize on it. A tall,nervous,frequently drunk Irishman as a sex god-well,it was the '60s. His frequent shirtlessness gives this movie three stars rather than two. Finally,Woody Allen stars as a nebbish man working in a strip club.
The plot to "What's new Pussycat?" can be described as trippin' at best. Peter Sellers is a psychiatrist cheating on his wife. Michael James has a fiancee,but wants to "experiment" and frequents strip clubs to find love (Richard Burton also makes a cameo appearance) James recounts his amorous conquests from the age of 12 onward. Sellers tries to seduce a lady (only to be chased by gendarmes) James finds himself with a virginal stripper who reads poetry. And so on..... The plot (along with the scenery&costumes) is psychedelic&meant to be that way.
"What's up Pussycat?" is a sex comedy that's actually quite funny,in its own bizarre way. It's deemed politically incorrect now,and back when it first opened American movie critics lambasted it as immoral&decadent. Not much has changed. Still,it's an opportunity to see Lawrence of Arabia,Ladies' Man! Enjoy! It was the '60s.
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