Starring: Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Dee Wallace (II) Directed By: Blake Edwards Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 21, 1997 Running Time: 123 minutes Theatrical Release Date: October 05, 1979
Product Description: As a famous composer turns forty-two he enters his mid-life crisis and chases a young woman he sees on her way to her wedding. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 2-NOV-2004 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video: One of the best comedies of the 1970s, Blake Edwards's ode to midlife crisis and the hazards of infidelity now plays like a valentine to that self-indulgent decade, and it's still as funny as it ever was. In the signature role of his career (along with "Arthur"), Dudley Moore plays a songwriter with a severe case of marital restlessness, and all it takes is a chance encounter with Bo Derek (in her screen debut) to jump-start his libido. Julie Andrews plays Moore's wife, who will only tolerate so much of her husband's desperate need to reaffirm his sexual vitality, while Moore pursues Derek to a tropical rendezvous. The action builds to the now-famous bedroom scene that sent everyone rushing to the music store for their own copy of Ravel's Boléro. Talk about a classical climax! --Jeff Shannon
Dudley Moore is the real "10"!!! This film is really enjoyable. Not only because of Bo Derek, but in spite of her, Dudley Moore is the real "10". His comedic talent and that of Julie Andrews sparkle like diamonds in the ruff!
But the real gem of this film is when as George Webber, Moore says into his recorder, "This is the new one, Hugh!" And then Moore sits down at the grand piano in the hotel lounge, near the bar and plays this fantastic musical inspiration of love and yearning--because of his desire for Ms. Derek. The look on Brian Denehy's face and especially Dee Wallace's face are priceless. This musical "shot" sent shivers down my spine. It's an experience I will never forget, as sadly it was Moore's only "film shot" of his musical talent in playing Mancini's score--that was the highlight of this great film. A perfect end to the free-wheeling 70's!!!!
Brought back memory I first watched this movie when I was 13 back in the late 80s on TV. It was one weekend afternoon, and I started flipping the channels and saw the scene where Bo was running through the beach. It was kind of confusing watching from the middle, but I still found it very "exciting", although I didn't completely understand many of the humors it contained back then. And now watching it again in its entirety, I feel those heart pumping and pants tightening feelings rushing back again. A definite classic to be treasured.
YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA Renowned composer George Webber (Moore) is in the midst of a mid-life crisis and long time girlfriend (Andrews) is bearing the full brunt of it.Intellectually, Moore has few problems with his mistress:he's simply in desperate need of adolescent sex.Enter a twenty minute bombardment of some of the funniest sight and sound gags ever filmed: none of which appeases our male hero.So, it's off to Mexico to track down the prettiest girl he's ever seen, despite her being on her honeymoon. His fantasy comes to fruition, after Moore saves Bo Derek's husband from drowning.Given his chance, Webber realizes quickly that Derek's having sex is little more than George scribbling a few notes on a music scale. So, the search was all for naught after all, and Webber returns home to a forgiving Andrews. It's a good movie, but it seems to lack balance. After a rollicking start, the film has few funny scenes thereafter. Some could even assert that much of the last half of the flick is little more than a morality play. In any event it is a film worth watching, even after nearly 30 years in hibernation.
For our generation... I just finished watching this film for the second time (since its original release) and I'm awed by its intelligence. Dudley Moore, in the throes of a midlife crisis, is drawn to a woman twenty years his junior even though he is romantically linked to a beautiful woman of substance played by Julie Andrews. Bo Derek's character may possess the glow of youth but she is clearly vacuous and morally bankrupt. All-in-all, _Ten_ is a cautionary tale disguised as romantic comedy.
10 This is a memory maker movie. The acting in this movie is genuine and entertaining. That old saying, "They don't make 'em like this anymore", is very appropriate here. The humor of Dudley and even Julie Andrews is fantastic. Even with the nudity removed, it's a great movie. It needs to be watched at least a couple of times a year to remind us of what fun can be had in movies and without computer generated assists. I like the old movie.
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