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What's New Pussycat 
| 60% Recommended by our customers. Studio: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT Catalog: DVD Release date: 2005-06-07 Media: DVD released in theatres: 1965-06-22 Running time in minutes: 108 DVD aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC DVD Region code: 1 released in theatres: 1965-06-22 Ean: 0027616924704 Upc: 027616924704  Tip: compare prices with similar DVDsDirector:
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 Written on June 17, 2005 Summary: MGM disappoints again After a long wait for the release of this classic 60s comedy, MGM has tossed the film on its forgettable pile. For what was an extremely successful adult comedy at the time; a return for Peter Sellers after his near fatal heartattacks; the debut of Woody Allen, MGM has treated this film like the second half of a Chuck Norris double-bill. The DVD release is abysmal. It is compressed, it is not in the format of its theatrical release, the colors are washed out in MGM's usual, generic, neo-colorization process. The print is cut. Sequences have been trimmed because they are no longer politically correct. This is especially noticeable in the over-the-top Keystone Kops finale of the film. As an older viewer who saw this film in the theatre in 1965 (and many times thereafter), scenes from the original release are missing on this DVD. Although not outstanding and in questionable taste, the fact that they are missing is a disappointment. It is not a complete print of the original release. The sound mix is poor and that's being polite. How one would wish someone who is still alive and cares would give this film the kind of treatment that "Jaws" will get. I hate MGM. They used to be a studio of quality and now they are worse than Ted Turner in his colorization days.  Written on June 13, 2005 Summary: From the Director of "The Nude Bomb"..... Though alot of the laughs here are scattershot, on the whole this is a thoroughly enjoyable bedroom farce. The film is not without it's flaws namely overlength, Peter Sellers at times seems to be channeling his Dr. Strangelove character in his portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Fassbender, and writer Woody Allen's dweeby character seems an unlikely associate of Peter O'Toole's lothario. The film's virtues include O'Toole's account of a womanizer trying to reform his ways. O'Toole has a deft touch for the broad comedy he's asked to tackle here. Romy Schneider is effervescent as the woman O'Toole is trying to settle down with. It goes without saying that Paula Prentiss, Capucine, and Ursula Andress are stunning as the women who throw themselves at O'Toole despite his resistance. Great mod feel here(love the cars and costumes). Catchy Burt Bacharach-Hal David score including the memorable title tune. Great title sequence. Written on June 9, 2005 Summary: It gave me a headache There were a few (not more than 5) funny, Woody Allen type remarks. The movie was much too long, repetitious, just chaos around a simple theme. For once I agree with the Amazon staff reviewer, it wasn't as funny as it should/could have been. Hell, it wasn't funny at all! According to the Amazon reviewer, Allen's script was rewritten (let some washroom executive try a stunt like that today!), and that probably accounts for the tedium. It had a clever (kind of) premise, and probably would have been funny if Allen's script had been left in tact and if it hadn't been nearly 2 hours long. Peter Sellers was outstanding and delivered the Woody Allen (?) lines with all the perfection they could hold, and of course Allen was funny with his (?) own lines. Other than that I thought it was a drag. Sellers shone. Written on May 31, 2005 Summary: If you love Peter Sellers, add a star If you don't, you'll probably deduct a star or two. He's at his outrageous best (or worst) in WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT, and sometimes that isn't very pretty. Peter O'Toole plays off of him well, O'Toole is smooth like double malt scotch, and as for Woody Allen, it's hard to believe he won many fans with his antics here. He's much better in CASINO ROYALE, not to mention his own films. WNPC has a lot of zany, 60s, pop energy flying through it, the sets are lighter than air (bar the Chateau Chantel which looks as though it's made of stone) and much of the dialogue seems improvised by a knowing cast. Capucine has been unfairly reviewed for her part in WNPC, for it is obvious that she was shoved into the movie at the last minute, probably on Feldman's say-so, since she had become his mistress. Yet she did better for herself, I think, before she knew him, kind of like the way Maria Callas was probably better off before becoming Onassis's pawn. She was one of the underused actresses in the early 60s, not a great time for women in general, and her statuesque good looks got her typed as a kind of chic accessory, not an actress at all, more like the "supermodels" of today. Perhaps having only one name didn't help her either, it makes the audience think twice all right but it makes you into a freak. Like "Cher" or "Twiggy." Anyway Capucine has long been thought of as the weak link in What's New Pussycat, but that's just a swipe at a dead woman who's not here to defend herself. Paula Prentiss is wonderful as the poet slash stripper. As Burt Bacharach's theme music goes, "Stripping Really Isn't Sexy, Is It?" Her poetry is amusing too, I wonder if Woody Allen wrote it for her, it sounds like San Francisco circa 1962 which is when Allen lived here and hung out with all the beat poets and their entourages. He got his big break at the Purple Onion in North Beach, often sharing the stage with Barbra Streisand and Lenny Bruce. But the poets revered him for his verbal acuity and his surrealist bent, his way of turning everything upside down during JFK's shortlived "New Frontier." Romy Schneider is exquisite, and Ursula Andress charming in her little Kangol-style newsboy cap. This new DVD is disappointingly thin on extras, and unfortunately has none of the scenes that its real fans just know must be somewhere around, for with such a slapdash and carefree pictures, the deleted scenes must be high on the ground! But they're nowhere to be found on this disk, more's the pity! Written on May 30, 2005 Summary: That was then, Pussycat! Was 18 when I saw this in NY in 1965. Laughed till I cried. Loved the LSD inspired title credits. Not much left to recommend now, except for that Bachrach - David musical score. Oh yes!... Who can forget the impact that Paula Prentiss had on 18 year old boys at that time? |
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| Collectible price | - | - | $14.98 | $14.98 | - | $14.94 |
| Catalog | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| Release date | 2005-06-07 | 2008-10-21 | 2001-12-11 | 2003-01-21 | 2006-06-20 | 2001-02-27 |
| Media | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| released in theatres | 1965-06-22 | 1967-04-28 | 1968-04-04 | 1969 | 1968-10-18 | 1964-01-29 |
| Running time in minutes | 108 | 131 | 99 | 92 | 94 | 93 |
| DVD aspect ratio | 1.66:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.35:1 | 1.33:1 | 1.66:1 | 1.33:1 |
| Audience Rating | NR (Not Rated) | NR (Not Rated) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | R (Restricted) | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Picture format | - | - | - | - | - | Pan & Scan |
| Format | Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC |
| DVD Region code | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 99 |
| Ean | 0027616924704 | 9786302470024 | 9780792851592 | 0017153136043 | 0012569750173 | 9780767863728 |
| Book Isbn | - | 6302470021 | 0792851595 | - | - | 0767863720 |
| Upc | 027616924704 | 027616092861 | 027616869340 | 017153136043 | 012569750173 | 043396061873 |
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