Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (film)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad | |
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Directed by | Richard Quine |
Written by | Ian Bernard |
Based on | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (play) by Arthur L. Kopit |
Produced by | Stanley Rubin Ray Stark |
Starring | Rosalind Russell Robert Morse Barbara Harris Hugh Griffith Jonathan Winters |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. Geoffrey Unsworth |
Edited by | Warren Low David Wages |
Music by | Neal Hefti |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.175 million[1] or $3.5 million[2] |
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad is a 1967 American black comedy film directed by Richard Quine, based on the 1962 play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition by Arthur L. Kopit. The screenplay was written by Ian Bernard. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse and Barbara Harris; Harris was the only main cast member who had also appeared in the original, Off-Broadway production of the play.
Plot[]
Described by Kopit as a "farce in three scenes", the story involves an overbearing mother who travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean, bringing along her son and her deceased husband, preserved and in his casket.
Cast[]
- Rosalind Russell as Madame Rosepettle
- Robert Morse as Jonathan
- Barbara Harris as Rosalie
- Hugh Griffith as Commodore Roseabove
- Jonathan Winters as Dad (Narrator)
- Lionel Jeffries as Airport Commander
- Cyril Delevanti as Hawkins
- Hiram Sherman as Breckenduff
- George Kirby as Moses
- Janis Hansen as The Other Woman
Production[]
Filming was completed by July 1965. However it was decided to re-edit the movie entirely and add new scenes after previews. New scenes were directed by Alexander Mackendrick. An entirely new music score was added too.[2]
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- English-language films
- 1967 films
- 1960s black comedy films
- American black comedy films
- American films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Richard Quine
- Films scored by Neal Hefti
- Films set in the Caribbean
- Films set on islands
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1967 comedy films
- 1967 drama films
- 1960s comedy film stubs