What's New Pussycat

1965
Approved
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

11K

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A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 nominations total

Michael James
(as Peter O'toole)

Romy Schneider

Carole Werner

Capucine

Renée Lefevre

Paula Prentiss

Liz Bien

Woody Allen

Victor Shakapopulis

Ursula Andress

Rita

Eddra Gale

Anna Fassbender
(as Edra Gale)

Katrin Schaake

Jacqueline

Eléonore Hirt

Mrs. Werner
(as Eleonor Hirt)

Jean Parédès

Marcel
(as Jean Paredes)

Jacques Balutin

Etienne

Jess Hahn

Mr. Werner

Howard Vernon

Doctor

Michel Subor

Philippe

Sabine Sun

Nurse

Nicole Karen

Tempest

Jacqueline Fogt

Charlotte

Director
- Clive Donner
Writer
- Woody Allen
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Trivia
Richard Burton: Uncredited, as man in a strip club. Burton appears with Peter O'Toole in a scene in a bar where Burton asks O'Toole, "Don't you know me from someplace?" O'Toole responds: "Give my regards to what's her name." The dialogue is a reference to their appearance together in Becket (1964), and to Burton's wife at the time, Elizabeth Taylor.

Goofs
When the anarchist's bomb explodes, Carole does not react to it, although everybody else does.

Quotes
Michael James: Did you find a job?
Victor Skakapopulis: Yeah, I got something at the striptease. I help the girls dress and undress.
Michael James: Nice job.
Victor Skakapopulis: Twenty francs a week.
Michael James: Not very much.
Victor Skakapopulis: It's all I can afford.

Crazy credits
The opening/closing titles feature a host of Cupid cherubs in cat masks performing various gags.

Connections
Featured in Die Unverbesserlichen: Nichts dazugelernt (1966)

Soundtracks
What's New Pussycat ?
Music by Burt Bacharach
Lyrics by Hal David
Performed by Tom Jones

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Featured review

6/10

Michael James: "Pussycat from the sky, I can't resist you"

"What's New Pussycat? (1965) was directed by a British director, Clive Donner and it is the first feature film for which Woody Allen wrote the original screenplay. Allen also played a supporting role of Victor Skakapopulis, the friend of Michael James (Peter O'Toole). Michael is a fashion editor, surrounded by beauty and glamor of his models which he can't refuse. He truly loves his fiancée Carole (Romy Schneider) and wants to be faithful to her but what can a man do if the gorgeous women literally fell for him from the sky? He sees a psychoanalyst Dr. Fassbender (Peter Sellers) who is not much of help and faces his own demons. Meanwhile, Victor is desperately in love with his best friend's fiancée...

The movie reminds a lot "Casino Royale" - it was made in the 60s, has a great cast (Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress), strikingly beautiful women and the song by Burt Bacharach. It takes place in Paris - and it is almost as much mess as "Casino... " is - silly, naive, and often simply ridiculous but somehow it works after all these years. One of the reasons I believe is Allen's script, the dialogs and one-liners that are hilarious. This time, Allen received more screen time that in Casino.... and he made his scenes very funny. "What's New Pussycat?" is not a great movie but it is charming and I like it.

6.5/10