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The Big Cube

  • 19691969
  • PGPG
  • 1h 38m
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4.3/10
753
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Lana Turner, George Chakiris, Karin Mossberg, and Regina Torné in The Big Cube (1969)
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A former actress clashes with her wealthy and spoiled stepdaughter over their inheritance after the death of their protector.A former actress clashes with her wealthy and spoiled stepdaughter over their inheritance after the death of their protector.A former actress clashes with her wealthy and spoiled stepdaughter over their inheritance after the death of their protector.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
753
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    • Tito Davison
    • William Douglas Lansford(screenplay by)
    • Tito Davison(story by)
    • Edmundo Báez(story by)
  • Stars
    • Lana Turner
    • George Chakiris
    • Richard Egan
    • Tito Davison
    • William Douglas Lansford(screenplay by)
    • Tito Davison(story by)
    • Edmundo Báez(story by)
  • Stars
    • Lana Turner
    • George Chakiris
    • Richard Egan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
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    Lana Turner
    Lana Turner
    • Adriana Roman
    George Chakiris
    George Chakiris
    • Johnny Allen
    Richard Egan
    Richard Egan
    • Frederick Lansdale
    Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy
    • Charles Winthrop
    • (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
    Karin Mossberg
    Karin Mossberg
    • Lisa Winthrop
    Pamela Rodgers
    Pamela Rodgers
    • Bibi
    Carlos East
    Carlos East
    • Lalo
    Augusto Benedico
    Augusto Benedico
    • Dr. Lorenz
    Víctor Junco
    Víctor Junco
    • Delacroix
    • (as Victor Junco)
    Norma Herrera
    • Stella
    Pedro Galván
    • University Dean
    • (as Pedro Galvan)
    The Finks
    • The Finks
    Regina Torné
    Regina Torné
    • Queen Bee
    • (as Regina Torne)
    Ricardo Adalid
    • Justice of the Peace
    • (uncredited)
    Javier Batiz
    Javier Batiz
      Carolina Cortázar
        Felipe de Flores
        • Reporter
        • (uncredited)
        Rogelio Guerra
        Rogelio Guerra
        • David Brandt - Queen Bee's Bodyguard
        • (uncredited)
          • Tito Davison
          • William Douglas Lansford(screenplay by)
          • Tito Davison(story by)
          • Edmundo Báez(story by)
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        • Trivia
          The Winthrop car is a 1968 Chrysler Imperial Convertible; fewer than 500 of these rolled out of the factory that year, ranking it as one of the rarest and most rarely seen passenger vehicles of that era.
        • Quotes

          Bibi: Sweetness, baby. Float with the tide, that's my bag. This is a pop art world, baby!

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          Lean on Me
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        5/10
        Douglas Sirk Meets Roger Corman at Churobusco
        Man, what a mess.

        Yes, another example of old-line Hollywood attempting to deal with the pop culture youthquake of the late 1960's, and failing miserably. This thing lurches back and forth between a Douglas Sirk like melodrama and an LSD exploitation film. Jarring changes in pacing and tone abound. Even the accompanying background score shifts disturbingly from string-drenched light orchestral goop to fuzz-laden rock and roll freak-out.

        Somehow I get the feeling that both Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert yanked a lot out of this film for their own delirious happening, "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," released a couple years later. Fans of that craziness should be right at home here.

        Lana Turner overacts appropriately here, and I am not going to blame any of the actors here (except for Mossberg -- this was her last film credit, probably appropriately), but I will take the writer, director, and the entire crew to task for their dubious contributions.

        The fact that this film was actually produced in Mexico with a Mexican crew (though all American actors and shot in English) tells you a lot of the background. The set design has the over-the-top qualities of Mexican production design has in spades. The homes of the wealthy main characters are drenched in overdone luxurious furnishings. The freaky psychedelic club overflows with more colored lights and oil projection lamps than Bill Graham's storage room. The fashions worn are of the most extreme examples available at that time. These were clothes that might actually be worn by real people you might see on the street (maybe if you lived in Beverly Hills) but, just barely.

        The Swedish accent of lead actress Karin Mossberg also throws another off-kilter element into the highly unbelievable proceedings. Explained away by the fact that she's been in boarding school in Switzerland for years, the fact that she looks nothing like the actor portraying her father is another example of the ongoing cognitive dissonance that makes this film a laugh riot. (I would also like to point out the ironic fact, that she did not recognize LSD laced into a sugar cube when exposed to it, due to the fact that she had been sheltered all these years in a boarding school in Switzerland. This conveniently ignores the historical fact that LSD was discovered by Dr. Albert Hoffman in a laboratory...wait for it....wait for it....in Switzerland).

        To sum up, if you are ready for a ride into high camp, a film that screams to even the most submissive viewer, "Don't take me seriously," then you will be in a heaven of arranged artificiality. If you liked "The Trip," or "Skidoo" or "Beyond The Valley of the Dolls," and can appreciate all of them on the level of laughing at the fact that anyone could possibly take this kind of foolishness seriously, then you will have a riot of a time with this film.
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        • Jul 25, 2010

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        • Release date
          • April 30, 1969 (United States)
          • Mexico
          • United States
          • Spanish
          • English
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        • Filming locations
          • Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
        • Production companies
          • Francisco Diez Barroso
          • Producciones Anco
          • Warner Bros./Seven Arts
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        • 1 hour 38 minutes

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