Underplayed Gems

What's New Pussycat? (1965)

What's New Pussycat? poster
Directed by
Richard Talmadge, Clive Donner
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 170 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A fashion editor named Michael is engaged to be married but keeps getting distracted by other women. He visits a psychiatrist to deal with his womanizing ways, but the therapy only makes his situation more complicated.

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What happens

What's New Pussycat? is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress. The Academy Award-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) is sung by Tom Jones. The film poster was painted by Frank Frazetta, and the animated title sequence was directed by Richard Williams. The expression "what's new pussycat?" arose from Charles K. Feldman, the producer, overhearing Warren Beatty, who was original choice for the lead role, answering the phone to a girlfriend and saying "what's up pussycat". In the film, Michael (O'Toole) calls all women "Pussycat" to avoid having to remember their names. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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