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The Statue (1971)

The Statue poster
Directed by
Rod Amateau
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Nobel Prize-winning professor becomes jealous after his wife unveils a statue of him with body parts that do not match his own. He tries to find out who the model was and if his wife was unfaithful.

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What happens

The Statue is a 1971 British comedy film starring David Niven, Robert Vaughn, and Virna Lisi and directed by Rodney Amateau. John Cleese and Graham Chapman appear in early career roles as the Niven character's psychiatrist and a newsreader, respectively. Niven plays a Nobel Prize-winning professor who suspects his wife, played by Lisi, of infidelity when she makes and unveils an 18-foot statue of him with private parts recognisably not his own. The film is based on the play called Chip, Chip, Chip by Alec Coppel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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