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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Trailer 3:46

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Storyline

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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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Featured review

This film IS funny!

A friend of mine recently recommended this film to me. I am not a big Barbra Streisand fan so it took me about 20 minutes to get into this film. Once I was in, I was hooked! So rarely do I laugh out loud at comedies from this time period. I especially liked the hotel detective using his "charm" to delay Mrs. Van Hoskins. Kenneth Mars and Liam Dunn were hilarious, too. If physical comedy is not your bag, you may not like What's Up, Doc? But this is definitely one of my favorite comedies...even better than the old comedies to which it is supposed to be an homage. I'm glad someone listed many of the funny quotes from the film in Message Boards. I want to buy this DVD!