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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Woody Allen |
| Stars: |
Woody Allen |
| Actors: |
Lynn Redgrave |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Spoof · Short Stories · Racy · Essential Cinema · Fantasy |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
027616210630 |
| Release Date: |
1972 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 28min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 28min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (July 05, 2000)
UPC: 027616850188 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 28min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Woody Allen |
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Professional Reviews
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(07/01/2006, p.108, Andy Webster): "This delirious anthology of sketches based on questions in David Reuben's best-seller includes contributions by Burt Reynolds, Lynn Redgrave, and Tony Randall." |
| More Information |
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Ostensibly based on the famous non-fiction bestseller by David Reuben, EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK is a series of comedic sketches from writer-director-actor Woody Allen. All seven segments of the film are posed as questions taken directly from Reuben's book, but act mostly as satirical springboards for Allen's comic genius. They take many forms, from a scenario on medieval adultery to a mad scientist-monster movie parody to a send-up of Italian sex films. <br> <br> Like many of Allen's early films, the humor in EVERYTHING...combines both quick-witted verbal quips (bearing the influence of Groucho Marx) and outright physical slapstick, but also shows Allen evolving as a filmmaker after his previous two films, BANANAS and TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN. Although it seems the logical extension of the scattered plotting of those earlier films, the segmentation of the film allowed Allen to experiment as a filmmaker: the clean and clinical appearance of the famous final se... |
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