What's Up, Doc?

1972
G
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

28K

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Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in What's Up, Doc? (1972)

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Screwball Comedy Slapstick Comedy Romance

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

28K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The fender bender Judy causes as she crosses the street to the Bristol Hotel was added on the spur of the moment. When no stunt cars were available, Peter Bogdanovich instructed a crew member to rent two cars and make sure he got collision insurance. Then he staged the wreck before returning the battered cars.

Goofs
Throughout the film Howard strikes several rocks with tuning forks, and then listens to the tuning fork as if he's expecting a different tone when he hits different rocks. Tuning forks are made to resonate at a fixed pitch, so no matter what object is struck with the fork, it will always sound the same.

Quotes
Judy: Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Howard: That's the dumbest thing I ever heard.

Crazy credits
The opening and closing credits are shown printed in a large book whose pages are turned by a woman's expressive hand. The opening credits conclude with the last page showing a drawing of a plaid overnight bag with the prologue: "Once upon a time, there was a plaid overnight case..." The drawing dissolves into the opening scene of the same overnight case in an airport baggage claim shelf.

Connections
Edited into The Clock (2010)

Soundtracks
You're the Top
by Cole Porter
Performed by Barbra Streisand (uncredited) and Ryan O'Neal (uncredited)

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Superb 70s Screwball Comedy

Great 70s comedy stars Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in a remake of the classic BRINGING UP BABY with bits of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT and CASABLANCA thrown in. Fun all the way in this updated story that has O'Neal playing a doofus professor up for a grant and Streisand as the madcap college dropout who plagues him. Madeline Kahn is hilarious as Eunice Burns.

A great team---and backed by Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Michael Murphy, Sorrell Booke, Mabel Albertson, Graham Jarvis, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid, and especially Liam Dunn as the judge, in one of the best comedy performances ever. Great chase scenes thru San Francisco. The court room scene is hilarious.

Others in the cast include Garahm Jarvis, M. Emmet Walsh, Eleanor Zee, Philip Roth, Stefan Gierasch, Stan Ross, and Kevin O'Neal.

Streisand sings "You're the Top" over the opening credits and "As Time Goes By" from atop a piano. Funny film has perfect timing all the way, thanks to direction from Peter Bogdanovich. A must see.