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Good credentials abound in this 1970 adaptation of Bill Manoff's hit Broadway comedy. Buck Henry wrote the screenplay, and Herbert Ross (The Turning Point) directs the surprisingly funny pairing of Barbra Streisand and George Segal as, respectively, a semi-literate prostitute and an egghead. Streisand and Segal turn out to have excellent complementary styles (both are good at playing incredulity), and while the film is not always as witty as it could be, scenes are crisp and highly entertaining. --Tom Keogh
Product Reviews
 (1 stars) - Restore the cuts
I echo the sentiments of previous reviews. I saw this movie at a sneak preview at Loews' State Theater in New York, and George Segal attended. I later saw it again after its official release, and there were no cuts. Barbra's bare bosom had already been shadowed out, but the funniest line in the movie, when Barbra uttered the "F" word, was there. It was still there when Cinemax aired the movie in the 90s. With all of the blood, gore, horror, and sexual aberration that we've been exposed to on the screen, what is offensive about Ms. Streisand using the vernacular for copulation? Some reviewers have blamed Streisand for the current emasculated version that I was suckered into buying, after being mislead. Not true; Barbra has no power over this particular film. It was produced by Ray Stark for Columbia, and Columbia is the villain of this story. At least give potential buyers the choice of which version they'd like to see! My advice is do NOT buy the castrated edition of The Owl and the Pussycat.
 (4 stars) - Doris and Felix from stage play to big screen to wide screen TV
Felix (George Segal) and aspiring actor and Doris (Barbra Streisand) an aspiring uh...er... Actress cross each others lives. They have personality and life style conflicts. Soon they come to understand each other. More important Felix learns more of himself; Doris learns more of herself. They move from co-dependents to individuals with no pretenses.
In the process of watching the film I learned that there can be more exciting costumes without leather. However I never fingered out the psychology of rolling eggs. Guess I will have to watch it again.
One day we may get a Blu-ray uncut demonstrative version.
The Quiller Memorandum ~ George Segal
(1 stars) - LOUSY EDITED VERSION!!!!!
This has always been one of my favorite Streisand films, but they have made an unbelievably criminal mistake in releasing the edited version. I originally saw this--as a youngster--on late-night (pre-cable) TV, with the "F word" intact, and it was absolutely brilliant! This version is crap! PLEASE RELEASE THE ORIGINAL R-RATED FILM!!!!!!
 (3 stars) - "Just want to mention in Passing"
Everyone's villification of the editing is dead on, so I won't say anything with regard to that which others know more of than I.
But I do think it worthwhile to mention that the music for this movie is provided by the "Classic" version of "Blood, Sweat & Tears. I think they did a great job considering the frenetic prose style of the play. I'd like to hear a reissue of the music cues written by Dick Halligan and played by B,S&T. Not all the cues on the record are in the movie and not all the cues in the movie are on the record. FRUSTRATING!
 (5 stars) - What happened to the "F" word?
My girlfriend and I saw this movie when it first came out in 1970. There was a scene involving the main characters where Barbra tells these guys to "F" off. I remember it vividly because my friend and I turned to one another in shock... "Did she actually use that word in a movie?" It was the first time we'd ever heard it used on the big screen and were indeed shcoked. I was more shocked when it didn't appear in the DVD version and had apparently been cut... however, the movie was just as good and as funny as when I first saw it and Barbra Streisand and George Segal have a great on-sceen chemistry and the story line is funny. There is nothing politically correct about the movie so be prepared to be entertained and shocked at what the movie characters have to say. Thoroughly enjoyable even though 37 years have passed.
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