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What's Up, Doc?
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What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Bogdanovich, Robert Benton, David Newman, and Buck Henry. The cast features Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, and Austin Pendleton. The film is based on Bringing Up Baby and is associated with the New Hollywood movement.
Filming took place in San Francisco, California, with scenes set in a hotel. The narrative location is also San Francisco. The film has a runtime of 94 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, with production companies including Warner Bros. Entertainment and Saticoy Productions. Distribution formats include video on demand.
The film has received various review scores, including 89%, 7.3/10, and 73/100. It has an IMDb rating of 7.6 and a TMDb vote average of 7.371. The budget was 4,000,000, and the revenue reached 66,000,000. Keywords associated with the film include judge, chase, and chaos.
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7.4The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Cast
- Barbra Streisand as Judy Maxwell
- Ryan O'Neal as Howard Bannister
- Madeline Kahn as Eunice Burns
- Kenneth Mars as Hugh Simon
- Austin Pendleton as Frederick Larrabee
- Michael Murphy as Mr. Smith
Themes
- hotel
- judge
- chase
- san francisco, california
- chaos
- screwball comedy
- dictionary
- bag
- rocks
- jewels
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Screenplay by
- Buck Henry David Newman Robert Benton
- Story by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Produced by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Starring
- Barbra Streisand Ryan O'Neal Kenneth Mars Austin Pendleton Sorrell Booke Michael Murphy Madeline Kahn
- Cinematography
- Laszlo Kovacs
- Edited by
- Verna Fields
- Music by
- Artie Butler
- Production company
- Saticoy Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- March 9, 1972 ( 1972-03-09 ) (New York City)
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $4 million
- Box office
- $66 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Bringing Up Baby
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Screenwriter
- Buck Henry
- Cast member
- Mabel Albertson
- Producer
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- László Kovács
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 461444
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1972-03-10
- film editor
- Verna Fields
- title
- What's Up, Doc?
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 73/100
- capital cost
- 4000000
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Encyclopedic overview
What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 American screwball comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. It was intended to pay homage to comedy films of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, especially Bringing Up Baby and Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoons.
What's Up, Doc? was a success, and became the third highest-grossing film of 1972. It won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) 1973 "Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen" award for Buck Henry, David Newman, and Robert Benton. What's Up, Doc? was ranked number 61 on the list of the 100 greatest American comedies published by the American Film Institute (AFI), number 68 on the AFI's list of 100 greatest love stories in American cinema, and number 58 on the list of the WGA's 101 Funniest Screenplays published by the Writers Guild of America. The film was very loosely based on the 1971 novel A Glimpse of Tiger by Herman Raucher – only a few character traits were used.
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