The Loved One ( The Loved 1 )

The Loved One (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Loved 1
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Tony Richardson

Written By:
Evelyn Waugh
Terry Southern

Actors:
Robert Morse ..... Dennis Barlow
Jonathan Winters ..... Henry Glenworthy / Rev. Wilbur Glenworthy
Anjanette Comer ..... Aimee Thanatogenous
Dana Andrews ..... Gen. Buck Brinkman
Milton Berle ..... Mr. Kenton
James Coburn ..... Immigration Officer
John Gielgud ..... Sir Francis Hinsley
Tab Hunter ..... Whispering Glades Tour Guide
Margaret Leighton ..... Mrs. Helen Kenton
Liberace ..... Mr. Starker
Roddy McDowall ..... D.J. Jr.
Robert Morley ..... Sir Ambrose Ambercrombie
Barbara Nichols ..... Sadie Blodgett
Lionel Stander ..... The Guru Brahmin
Roxanne Arlen ..... Whispering Glades Hostess

Synopsis:

The film version of The Loved One, anxious to live up to its ad-campaign promise of containing 'something to offend everybody,' downplays the British-colony business (save for the presence of the magnificent Robert Morley) and pumps up the 'death' gags. Innocent British poet Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) falls in love with funeral-home cosmetician Aimee Thanatogenos (Anjanette Comer), who in turn is loved by prissy funeral director Mr. Joyboy (Rod Steiger). The latter lives with his obese mother (Ayllene Gibbons), whose eating sequence is far more hilarious (and more tasteless) than many of the film's calculatedly 'black' jokes. A huge guest-star cast is headed by Jonathan Winters in a dual role as a funeral home manager and his covetous twin brother, who operates an elaborate pet cemetery. Musician Paul Williams is also on hand as a 13-year-old aeronautics genius who develops a method of sending corpses into 'eternal orbit' (a plot device that Waugh neglected to include in his novel). Film historian William K. Everson has commented that The Loved One is one of the best and most underrated comedies of the 1960s. For others, especially those who might feel guilty chuckling at the sight of Anjanette Comer committing suicide with an embalming needle, it's purely a matter of taste...or lack of same.

Whispering Glades is a funeral home in Los Angeles. The staff there take their role in life - and death - very seriously, wanting to make the funeral process as beautiful and meaningful as possible. This at least is the outward perception of the organization, and the life goal of Whispering Glades make-up artist, Aimee Thanatogenous, whose professional goal is to become the first female embalmer. In her mind, beauty trumps all else. She catches the eye of Dennis Barlow, recently arrived in Los Angeles from Britain, and who is at Whispering Glades to arrange the funeral of his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley. Dennis does whatever he feels he needs to to gain the favor of Aimee. Standing in his way is his work at Happy Hunting Grounds, a pet funeral home that steals Whispering Glades philosophy, his job there about which he doesn't tell her, and the attention she receives from the embalmer at Whispering Glades, Dr. Joyboy. But Whispering Glades may not be all that Aimee thinks it is, which could affect her relationship with Dennis and her view on life and death.

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 20 July, 2011.

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