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Summary: What's happening to DVD's of the 70's????
Review: I was really shocked and disappointed to find this DVD had been cut... this was one of the best films I saw in the 70's. I also discovered that another great movie, "Goodbye Columbus," has been edited down to a PG since its release on DVD with the original nude scenes deleted. I'm encouraging people NOT to buy or rent these DVD's and to write the studios and complain... it's bad enough that Columbia and Paramount have ruined their own product, but they didn't even have the courtesy to notify buyers that they weren't purchasing the original films. I agree with another reviewer here... we're being robbed.
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Summary: Very Shoddy Transfer
Review: I was very much looking forward to the DVD of this title because the video had been so shlocky. Now it seems the DVD is just as tired. The first red flag is the cover art that strays from the classic original. Upon playing, I was shocked that two of the highlights of the film: Streisand telling a group of sexist pigs to "f--- of-" and her topless scene are both missing. In an era when the "Boogie Nights" DVD goes so far as to show Mark Wahlberg's fake member, I am dismayed that this film has been edited to a PG tv version. C'mon, when they are able to dig up old takes from the MGM vault, someone could have found those two pieces of film. The Streisand curse is on the soundtrack album and the topless scene was revealed in "High Society." One of the trailers included on this DVD is for the movie "Roxanne" which bears no relation to any of the players in this film. There are no fun special extras. For Pete's sake, even that flick, of the just mentioned title, had a director's commentary! For these reasons, it seems like a slap in the face to the many Streisand fans who are going to shell out top dollar for this long awaited transfer. Loyal fans deserve MUCH better.
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Summary: Cheated!!
Review: I've loved this movie ever since I was a kid, and very first release on VHS is R rated for language, so I was shocked to find the DVD is an edited version!!! Are the republicans at it again? Is it because Streisand is a democrat? All kidding aside, I'm very disappointed in this small but important omission. Strange that it was done. Columbia-Tristar sure makes a lot of goofs!! They have missed widescreen on some releases I have purchased from them, and now this!!!! Get it together, guys!!! Only 4 stars because of this error.
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Summary: Barbra as you have never seen her before!
Review: If you thought that Barbra was just Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL or Dolly Levi in HELLO, DOLLY!, then you have to see her opposite George Segal in THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT.She plays the "helpless, hopeless hustler" Doris, who barges in on the timid book clerk Felix (Segal) when he unknowingly triggers off the landlord's throwing her out of her apartment. She then gets Felix thrown out, and together they spend two days of fights and fits of passion (oh, my!), and they are clearly meant to be together. It's really a dear little comedy, despite its somewhat dubious subject matter, and is treated with respect by the writer and director. A real change of pace for Streisand, it's refreshing to see her tackle such an interesting character.
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Summary: BUTCHERED CLASSIC
Review: It's amazing how one cut can ruin a film. Well, here's the proof! I can understand why Barbra demanded her topless scene destroyed, but editing the 'F' word in a major key scene is unforgivable. This is a true classic comedy and a beautifully transferred DVD with its heart cut out! There oughta' be laws against this kind of hollywood butchery!
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Summary: BUTCHERED CLASSIC
Review: It's amazing how one cut can ruin a film. Well, here's the proof! I can understand why Barbra demanded her topless scene destroyed, but editing the 'F' word in a major key scene is unforgivable. This is a true classic comedy and a beautifully transferred DVD with its heart cut out! There oughta' be laws against this kind of hollywood butchery!
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Summary: "The sun does not spit!"
Review: One of the most hilarious films ever made, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT has more laughs than ten of today's so-called "comedies" combined. Even though a few set changes and a couple of new supporting characters are added to "open up" the storyline, director Herbert Ross and writer Buck Henry manage to keep the same spirit of the original one-act, two-character play intact. There's a lot of verbal warfare in Henry's screenplay, and he seems to have a gift for penning wickedly funny dialogue. Some viewers could argue that THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT is little more than two characters insulting each other for 95 minutes, but - when those insults are so rigorously funny - who cares? In the female lead, Barbra Streisand gives a refreshingly unsentimental performance as Doris, the semi-literate hooker who (for once) does not have a heart of gold. George Segal was primarily known as a dramatic actor befre he was cast as Felix, the snotty book clerk/writter-wannabe. His performance is so convincing that he has been known as an expert comic ever since. The chemistry between Streisand and Segal ignites from the beginning, and it stays aflame throughout their relationship's many ups and downs. Robert Klien has a funny supporting role - and plays it expertly - but THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT remains a showcase for the chemistry between Streisand and Segal. I think well-respected film critic Pauline Kael said it best when she wrote, "Were Tracy and Hepburn ever this good. . . maybe, but they were never better." High praise indeed! About the DVD: This relatively featureless DVD has excellent picture quality (I wish all films from the seventies looked this good), but I am very disappointed that Columbia chose to use the PG edit of the film for this release. Though only one scene was edited, that particular scene no longer makes any apparent sense with Streisand's foul-mouthed phrase deleted. Hopefully the original theatrical cut will someday make it's way to DVD
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Summary: "The sun does not spit!"
Review: One of the most hilarious films ever made, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT has more laughs than ten of today's so-called "comedies" combined. Even though a few set changes and a couple of new supporting characters are added to "open up" the storyline, director Herbert Ross and writer Buck Henry manage to keep the same spirit of the original one-act, two-character play intact. There's a lot of verbal warfare in Henry's screenplay, and he seems to have a gift for penning wickedly funny dialogue. Some viewers could argue that THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT is little more than two characters insulting each other for 95 minutes, but - when those insults are so rigorously funny - who cares? In the female lead, Barbra Streisand gives a refreshingly unsentimental performance as Doris, the semi-literate hooker who (for once) does not have a heart of gold. George Segal was primarily known as a dramatic actor befre he was cast as Felix, the snotty book clerk/writter-wannabe. His performance is so convincing that he has been known as an expert comic ever since. The chemistry between Streisand and Segal ignites from the beginning, and it stays aflame throughout their relationship's many ups and downs. Robert Klien has a funny supporting role - and plays it expertly - but THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT remains a showcase for the chemistry between Streisand and Segal. I think well-respected film critic Pauline Kael said it best when she wrote, "Were Tracy and Hepburn ever this good. . . maybe, but they were never better." High praise indeed! About the DVD: This relatively featureless DVD has excellent picture quality (I wish all films from the seventies looked this good), but I am very disappointed that Columbia chose to use the PG edit of the film for this release. Though only one scene was edited, that particular scene no longer makes any apparent sense with Streisand's foul-mouthed phrase deleted. Hopefully the original theatrical cut will someday make it's way to DVD
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Summary: Hiliarious!
Review: Streisand and Segal are hysterically funny in The Owl and The Pussycat. Every time I watch it I just roar with laughter. Babs can sure deliver her lines with wit and humor.
Love you guys. You're the best! Five big stars *****
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Summary: ...they forgot something...didn't they??
Review: Streisand at one of her funniest, to say the least about graphic, this is a very enjoyable movie, if you can get past the harshness of Doris. Remembering that this is her character, though, the movie has me laugh everytime I see it. Oh, with the language that goes on in today's movies, and the violence...why, oh WHY, did they have to edit out Doris' confrontation with "the boys"? I guess after having seen that scene before, I miss it. Maybe those who have never seen the movie might not notice...but I liked the movie so much I pre-ordered it the minute I knew it was to be released. "Oh, and I suppose all the guys YOU pick up are air conditioned...." "What are you studying to be?? A GYNOCOLOGIST??" Great lines...great movie.
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