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Why did Blake Edwards want to disown this.

posted 14 years ago by mcintyro
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Blake Edwards was angry at the studio cut of this film that he wanted to disown it. Saw it again after many years and it is not bad at all.

It makes you guess what's going on until the end.

Why did he disown it. What else was missing that he wished was there?

[–] Ripshin 10 years ago

IT'S AWFUL. My God, what a stupid film.

[–] cyninbend-149-610489 8 years ago

It's worse than awful. I love Blake Edwards. Even his crazy macho stuff is my favorite. S.O.B. It kills me. Switch. OMG, that was and is a funny movie. This was silly in a pitifully wrong way, from the second Dr. Cool drives into the camera sites in a Chevy Chase Vacation cruiser. That was not the kind of laugh he was working toward. The stereotyped roles for women.....the psychotic cruel assault on the young woman in the car, terrorizing her--Edwards had daughters, maybe he was sensitive to harmful stuff This was a schlochy movie. Embarrassing.

[–] Gheelnory 8 years ago

cyninbend-149-610489 wrote:

The stereotyped roles for women.....the psychotic cruel assault on the young woman in the car, terrorizing her

I'd say that those elements can be laid at the door of author (of the novel) Michael Crichton. He never seemed to have a very high opinion of females--notice how often, in his works, the person who Ruins Everything is a woman (or little girl in the case of his novel Jurassic Park).

The movie is interesting, though obviously flawed. As said earlier, the central mystery is fairly well-constructed, and the early-1970s styles and décor are entertaining. Coburn has some snappy dialogue, and James Hong gets the chance to play a real person with universal problems. (Good though he is at tweaking the 'Asian stereotype,' it's nice to see him get a chance to act).

Interesting, too, is the treatment of abortion itself; this movie came out about a year before the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. The movie doesn't get particularly angsty or melodramatic about the existence of abortion, which is telling, sociologically.

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[–] libby2130 8 years ago

this is a quote under the trivia for this movie'

Blake Edwards disowned the final film due to constant studio interference. He originally planned to leave the project during production but after MGM threatened to destroy his career, he finished filming and quit the day production ended.

[–] amsdragons-2 8 years ago

I'd just like to point out that the girl getting terrorized in the car WAS Blake Edwards' daughter!

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To get through this thing called life

[–] chuckymom 8 years ago

Edward's own daughter was the terrorized girl in the crazy car scene!