How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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Movie Details |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
Unrated |
Running Time |
121 mins |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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Plot |
This fizzy musical was a Broadway smash in 1962, and boy, is it a product of its era. Executive washrooms, gray-flannel-suit businessmen, hip-swinging secretaries--they're all preserved in the movie's brightly colored amber. J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) is the window washer who climbs the corporate ladder in a few days, guided by a how-to book. The Frank Loesser songs are great fun, the Bob Fosse dances are very clever and mod, and the gaudy set design may have given Andy Warhol a few ideas. The jack-in-the-box performance of the elfin Robert Morse doesn't seem toned down from his Tony-winning stage turn; think Mickey Rooney doing Jerry Lewis. Still, Morse is a unique presence, and his mad little solo dance down a real Manhattan street is an interlude of sublime daffiness. Grand old crooner Rudy Vallee shines as the president of Worldwide Wicket, barking his beloved alma mater's fight song: "Groundhog! Groundhog!" --Robert Horton |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
676 |
Collection Status |
In Collection |
Links |
Amazon US
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Product Details |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
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027616809520 |
Release Date |
4/18/2000 |
Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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