S.O.B. (1981) ( SOB (S O B) )

S.O.B. (1981) (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Alternate Title: SOB (S O B)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
116 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Blake Edwards

Written By:
Blake Edwards

Actors:
Julie Andrews ..... Sally Miles
William Holden ..... Tim Culley
Marisa Berenson ..... Mavis
Larry Hagman ..... Dick Benson
Robert Loggia ..... Herb Maskowitz
Stuart Margolin ..... Gary Murdock
Richard Mulligan ..... Felix Farmer
Robert Preston ..... Dr. Irving Finegarten
Craig Stevens ..... Willard
Loretta Swit ..... Polly Reed
Robert Vaughn ..... David Blackman
Robert Webber ..... Ben Coogan
Shelley Winters ..... Eva Brown
Jennifer Edwards ..... Lila
Rosanna Arquette ..... Babs

Synopsis:

In this biting comedy satirizing Hollywood cynicism from writer-director Blake Edwards, Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a motion picture director whose career is on the skids. Having just completed a family musical that is sure to be a $30 million flop, Felix knows that his days are numbered and tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide. When he recovers, Felix suddenly has a brainstorm and hatches a scheme to buy the film back from his studio and lens new scenes that will turn it into a pornographic movie with big stars, a sure-fire box office winner. In order to pull it off, he'll need to convince his female lead and wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews, not coincidentally the director's real-life wife) to defy her wholesome, squeaky-clean public image by baring her breasts on film. S.O.B. (1981) was the final film of legendary actor William Holden.

A scathing send-up of Hollywood, S.O.B. (the letters stand for 'Standard Operational Bullshit') tells the story of Felix Farmer, a big-time producer who suffers a nervous breakdown after his big-budget, wholesome family film starring his actress-singer wife bombs at the box office. The desperate Farmer hits upon a desperate scheme: He'll buy the film from the studio, re-shoot several scenes to include R-rated material, then re-release the movie himself. But things don't go entirely according to plan...

A film-within-a-film: a fading movie producer has a plan for a successful movie: get a actress famous for her wholesome image to appear in the nude on the screen.... much like this film itself.

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