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starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore directed by: Stanley Donen

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Average Rating: Rating: - DON'T BLINK There is a sight gag in almost every frame. At Mrs. Whisby's (she is played by Moore's mother), Peter Cook (The Devil) sits at the table and uses HER tableware, but hands Dudley Moore (Stanley Moon) a large wooden spoon he has withdrawn from his worksuit. Dudley accepts and employs it without notice--like it was a normal thing. I had seen the film over ten times before I took just the right friend who had heard the old Dutch adage that applies. It takes many viewings to catch all the gags--visual and entendre. My favorite line from any movie, in the song (they were all written by genius concert pianist Moore) by rock group 'Drimbel Wedge and the Vegetations (The Devil, of course):' "You fill me with inertia." This, funnily enough (as they say in that quaint land where this film was made), is also what most movies do to me these days. Seeing most of them even one time is too often, but I've seen Bedazzled more than fifty times in the quarter century I have known about it. I hate to add to the already too many reviews, but this is a MUST POSSESS, desert island, type classic. Happy repeat viewing TEC Rating: - If only we had an 8th wish.... ...Because if we did, we could wish for more film efforts from Moore and Cook. "Bedazzled" only received lukewarm reviews in '67 when it was first released has risen to its own level of excellence as a cult classic. Moore is absolutely perfect as the short order cook Stanly Moon, a pernnial "Everyman/Loser", and Cook is George Spiggot, aka The Devil, who entices Moore to sell his soul for seven wishes, which he uses to win the lady of his dream Maragret Spencer, played by Eleanor Bron. Bron is not the typical "drop dead gorgeous" you would expect, which only adds a sense of realism in a surreal movie. Racquel Welch has a wonderful cameo as Lillan Lust, perfectly spoofing the sex kitten image she had at that time. The movie is not consistently funny, dragging somewhat badly at places, but the laughs are there and they are big ones indeed. Modern movie goers may prefer the recent remake but with Peter Cook now gone, and Dudly Moore being very ill, "Bedazzled" will stand as a wonderful tribute to their collective comedy genius. Rating: - Cook's Classic 1967 Comedy; When is the DVD coming out? This is an all-time comedy classic that should not be remade. However, the plus side of the fact that a remake has been churned out by Hollywood mediocrities is that it will draw more attention to the original and hopefully get it a release on letterboxed DVD (the original film is in widescreen 2:35 to 1 aspect ratio, so the video copy that's supposed to come out on the market is absolutely NOT RECOMMENDED). Peter Cook wrote the 'Faustian Bargain' based screenplay and acted the lead as the Devil alongside comedy partner Dudley Moore (who also wrote the music) and Stanley Donen (Yes, he of "Singing in the Rain" fame) did a masterful job directing. Eleanor Bron (who also appeared in the Beatles' Help!) plays the unattainable dream-girl greaseburger-chef Dudley hankers after, eventually deciding to make a bargain with the Devil. Of course, every little scenario that the devil cooks up for him in exchange for his soul, not only does not give him what he wants but contains a trap, and endless hilarity ensues (the bug-on-the-wall scene and trampolining nuns scene are one-of-a-kind classics). What makes "Bedazzled" special is the highly literate quality of Peter Cook's screenplay and also his 'Monty Pythonesque' wise-aleck presence as an actor. Cook turns this film into a deep satire that does not insult the audience's intelligence even while they're laughing their heads off. They're welcome to dig deeper if they're so inclined. In fact, this film is probably the standard by which all so-called 'Faustian Bargain' films (there have been many of them) should be judged. Cook was never able to reach this level of brilliance again but even one film of Bedazzled's quality in an artist's lifetime is a gift. Lastly, the atmosphere of Bedazzled is completely saturated with the mid-'60s, 'swinging' London feel and vibe of the period, with Moore's semi-psychedelic, R&B influenced score constantly grooving away in the background. Bedazzled becomes a fascinating historical relic as well as a superb comedy. As '60s sex-goddess Raquel Welch (playing 'Lust') shakes her 'big shoes' in Dudley Moore's mesmerized face, we (whoever 'we' are) time-travel back to an era when the Beatles were on acid growing their hair long and Elvis still had a greaser haircut.

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