S.O.B. (1981)

R   |    |  Comedy, Drama

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A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

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Awards

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Another 1 win & 3 nominations.

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8 April 2016 | SnoopyStyle
6
| scattered but biting satire
Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a highly successful producer. He goes crazy when his latest release is a colossal bomb. The star is his wife Sally Miles (Julie Andrews) with a squeaky clean G-rated image. She wants a divorce but her team talks her out of it. Felix snaps out of it and buys Sally's next movie intending to turn it into an erotic musical. Sally is angry at Felix for using all of their money and reluctantly takes the risk of doing a nudie. It becomes a highly sought after property.

It's a bit scattered in the beginning following a lot of characters. The heart of this is a dark biting satire. The comedy isn't always the funniest but it takes really sharp jabs at Hollywood. I was starting to really like this movie and then it takes a turn into Weekend at Bernie's territories. I love Blake Edwards taking dark comedic turns on Hollywood but some of it doesn't work.

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Trivia

Final on screen feature film appearance (there were subsequent feature film roles, but they were voice-only) of Byron Kane, who portrayed the Funeral Home Owner.

Quotes

Felix Farmer: But we blew it, we didn't grab 'em. Why?... Do you know why? I'll tell you why. Because dying fathers and lying mothers are a dime a dozen these days! Home and family have become civilization's antiques - along with the flag, Sunday school, Girl ...
Felix Farmer: ...

Goofs

When the nurse enters the hospital room to give Polly Reed a shot, something falls off the tray she's carrying.

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Polly Wolly Doodle
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Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Comedy | Drama

Details

Release Date:

1 July 1981

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Santa Monica, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$14,867,086

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