- Actors: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield, Roz Kelly
- Directors: Herbert Ross
- Writers: Bill Manhoff, Buck Henry
- Producers: George Justin, Ray Stark
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Uca
- VHS Release Date: 3 Feb 2003
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000085RJ9
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,748 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Good credentials abound in this 1970 adaptation of Bill Manoff's hit Broadway comedy. Buck Henry wrote the screenplay, and Herbert Ross (The Turning Point) directs the surprisingly funny pairing of Barbra Streisand and George Segal as, respectively, a semi-literate prostitute and an egghead. Streisand and Segal turn out to have excellent complementary styles (both are good at playing incredulity), and while the film is not always as witty as it could be, scenes are crisp and highly entertaining. --Tom Keogh
Synopsis
Opposites can't help but attract in this outlandish pairing of a meek writer (George Segal) and a hot prostitute (Barbra Streisand).
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After Funny Girl and other comedies performed by Barbra Streisand, i had only high hopes for this film. And i wasn't dissapointed, George Segal and Barbra play a completely unlikely pair and i found it hilarious, for a feel good yet also very strange film with excellent acting, look no further. Even though the plot is often very far-out and perhaps a little unrealistic, it doesn't make any difference, it's a laugh. And I love this film because, unlike many modern comedies there's still character development and these characters seem buyable with proper emotions. One funny film, and not a chick flick!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Pairing up Segal and Streisand was a good move in this story about a hooker that falls in love with a writer. I like the period detail, the scruffy apartments, the bohemian characters. Streisand sounds shrill and strident at times, so much so that I almost couldn't stand it, but you get used to it. She certainly plays the 'dumb blonde' to perfection. Segal is the ideal fall guy for Streisand's venom and spirit. It's very much a movie of its time, but I liked that, even if I didn't entirely buy the ending, and would've liked a bit more subtlety.
Nothing to mention about the DVD transfer really. YOu just get the film. I didn't notice the picture quality so it must've been okay.
Nothing to mention about the DVD transfer really. YOu just get the film. I didn't notice the picture quality so it must've been okay.
Format:DVD
A very young Streisand and Segal in the movie version of the stage play. She is even more Streisand than she became in later movies and in many cases overpowers the dialogue, but Segal plays it very cool, so that his outbursts have much more effect.
Very amusing, but the background music is totally at odds with the storyline and is very irritating and intrusive. Thankfully, it only comes in short bursts.
Very amusing, but the background music is totally at odds with the storyline and is very irritating and intrusive. Thankfully, it only comes in short bursts.
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