I read that the DVD release of "Caprice" will be early 2007 along with "Do Not Disturb" and "Move Over Darling" all from 20th Century Fox. It's all spelled out on the Doris Day Forum on the incredible site, THE FILMS OF DORIS DAY.
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Got the DVD this past Tuesday, very impressive package with some sweet extras! Glad to finally have a copy of this movie!
shareIn one scene, Doris calls the Chris character Richard, his real name. Did anyone else see this? Was this only on the DVD or I wonder if it was in the movie.
shareSurely Fox had inteneded this one for Raquel Welch but dusted it off when Doris needed to complete her three picture deal with the studio. She had saved their necks at Christmas time in 1963 with MOVE OVER, DARLING (the re-tooled SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE), but two years later she was rewarded with DO NOT DISTURB, a second-rate farce based on a third rate play. Then along came this attempt to turn Doris into a go-go mod spy with BATMAN trimmings.
Well, Doris is always watchable and there are a few funny and/or exciting set pieces, and the photography is gorgeous, but really, I am shocked that a major MAJOR talent like Doris Day settled for this feeble outdated-the-minute-it-was-released effort. There isn't even a decent ending!
The way films were being made and watched and reviewed and studied was changing rapidly (mostly for the good) in 1967, and it is a shame that an iconic performer like Miss Day could not ride the wave to a nice third act to her movie career.
Still, this does have the makings of a cult film, and perhaps when viewed in context of the time it was made and released (Spring of 1967) future audiences will appreciate it for what it is rather than what it is not. Watch anyway!