Favorite Blake Edwards Films
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gbtrout — 18 years ago(May 02, 2007 02:52 PM)
S.O.B. LAUGHING 1 MINUTE AND CRYING THE NEXT. PLUS THE IDEA OF MAKING FUN OF HOLLYWOOD AND ITS PRACTICES. AND THE HUGE CAST OF ACTUAL STARS, SOME MOVIES ARE KNOWN FOR LOTS OF STARSYEARS LATER, BUT WERE UNKNOWNS WHEN MOVIE WAS MADE. WITH SOB, THEY ALREADY HAD LONG CAREERS. AND THE BEST PORTRAYEL OF A DEAD BODY EVER.
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markwhitehead — 20 years ago(December 25, 2005 06:50 AM)
- The Party
- S.O.B.
- 10
- Days of Wine and Roses / Experiment in Terror
- Great Race
- Victor / Victoria
- Micki & Maude
- That's Life
- Shot in the Dark
- Pink Panther
Don;t throw stones, I know it may seem strange, but the Panther films are of my least favorites. There are moments I love. Some, in my opinion, classic. I never got into them. Never could relate. To me, Edwards brought the panache of the hip swinging 60's into the 70's and 80's via Malibu and Bel Aire with a brillent group of actors and a man who captured the style and tone in music - Mancini.
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BatmanBeyond — 20 years ago(January 26, 2006 09:48 AM)
Well, my favorite Blake Edwards films are:
- Days of Wine and Roses
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- The Party
- A Shot in the Dark
- Return of the Pink Panther
- Victor/Victoria
- The Great Race
- 10
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
10)The Pink Panther
As you can see, I love the Pink Panther movies. Also, I must say, though, that I have not seen a whole lot of other Edwards other than the ones I mentioned. Although, I do want to see THE TAMARINT SEED (spell), for the Omar Sharif reference in STRIKES AGAIN, S.O.B. and DARLING LILI. But the ones above are pretty great
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practicalyperfectjmarie — 20 years ago(March 15, 2006 08:49 AM)
I always wanted to see the Tamarind seedpartially because I'm a HUGE fan of his wife, Julie Andrews. I would hav5b4e to agree..Darling Lili was a GREAT movie..if it was shorter, there were scenes that weren't needed.I thought 10 and Victor/Victoria were HILARIOUS! And i love to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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thoroughly_modern_hillry — 20 years ago(March 17, 2006 08:31 PM)
I love Breakfast at Tiffany's more than I thought it was possible to love a movie, but I don't feel like it truly showcases Edwards' skill as a director as some of his later work did - especially when he wrote or adapted the storyline and screenplay, as in The Great Race and Darling Lili. Victor Victoria will always be a fave for me, but I do love The Great Race - I feel like it's Blake's bawdy, ridiculous humor at all-time perfection.
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freudified_n_funkified — 19 years ago(August 10, 2006 03:24 PM)
- S.O.B. (anarchic, personal, biting, surreal, absurd, playful, angry, reckless, broad, sharp in short beep great)
- Victor/Victoria (his most controlled farce - technically and thematically)
- The Party
- 10
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
- The Pink Panther
- The Great Race
- A Shot in the Dark
- Gunn
- Skin Deep
Although Darling Lili, The Days of Wine and Roses and Wild Rovers (if you cut out all the Peckinpah-infatuated slow motion crap) could tie for the last spot, or even interchange with the 7-10 positions.