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Eating Raoul (1982)

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A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

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2 nominations.

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14 August 2000 | James L.
Hilariously quirky
The Basic plot: A bland couple, The Blands, composed of a wine fanatic and a shapely nurse , live in an apartment house filled with sex-pervert swingers , and when they want to go out and own a restaurant in the country ,but don't have enough money ,so they become bondage merchants who kill their clients for cash.But, Raoul, a handsome young thief, comes in and violates their plans.....

The praise: Dementedly funny,original and quirky, you really can swallow it up. The comic acting by Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Paul Bartel, and Doris the Dominatrix is perfect, and the satiric, ironic,darkly comic side is played to a luscious extent. The bondage merchant scenes are hilarious so much that I can't tell you, and the theme song adds deeply to the ironic side........Enjoy!

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Trivia

The budget was so low they could not afford to mock up an ad printed in a fake newspaper for the Blands' swingers advertisement, so production designer Robert Schulenberg instead designed an ad and ran it in the "L.A. Weekly", an alternative newspaper. Unlike the vast number of replies the Blands got in the movie, the ad in real life attracted only one response.

Quotes

Paul: Mary, if we call it the Country Kitchen, can the specialty still be the Bland Enchilada ?

Goofs

Mary is wearing one pair of shoes from when she leaves the apartment to go to the bank and a different pair when she arrives there.

Crazy Credits

There is a credit for "Guest Electrician"

Soundtracks

El Amante Triste
Music by Arlon Ober
Lyrics by Roberto Beltran
Published by Logo Music
Performed by Bruce Scott

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Crime

Details

Release Date:

24 March 1982

Language

English, Spanish

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$350,000 (estimated)

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