S.O.B.
A battle-scarred veteran of Hollywood takes aim.
Felix Farmer's (Richard Mulligan) latest movie flops - and lots of Hollywood types spring into action. Agents are called. Lawyers are retained. Statements are issued. It's what master comedy director Blake Edwards calls "Standard Opening Bull," the subject of his gleefully satiric S.O.B..
Julie Andrews is a wholesome superstar about to alter her image... radically. Aiding and abetting the madness are William Holden, Robert Preston, Robert Vaughn, Shelley Winters, Loretta Swit, and more. Dialogue crackles like fat in a fire, gags range from dead-on deadpan to comedic broadsides, insights bristle and sting. Nothing standard here: S.O.B. is extraordinary.
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An Insular Look at Hollywood - PopGun_Edwards
The most notable and interesting parts of this Blake Edwards film are Julie Andrew's breasts. Otherwise this film seems to serve little purpose, except to expose the Hollywood establishment (circa 1980) as male-dominated and money-driven. In all probability, this is a true rendering, but it doesn't make for a very interesting, or even funny, film. Over-acted, with a weak script, it's only mildly entertaining.
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An Insular Look at Hollywood - PopGun_Edwards
The most notable and interesting parts of this Blake Edwards film are Julie Andrew's breasts. Otherwise this film seems to serve little purpose, except to expose the Hollywood establishment (circa 1980) as male-dominated and money-driven. In all probability, ...