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DVD : Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask
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: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask
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starring: Stanley Adams, Jack Barry, John Carradine, Erin Fleming, Elaine Giftos
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792846079
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792846079
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 05, 2000
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 9355
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: August 06, 1972



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Woody Allen pushes the frontiers of comedy by consolidating his madcap sensibility and wickedly funny irreverence with his developing penchant for visually arresting humor. Giving complete indulgenceto the zany eccentricity of his medium, Allen reveals himself as a filmmaker of 'wit, sophistication, and comic insight' (Cue). Allen rises to the occasion with several hysterical vignettes that probe sexuality's stickiest issues! Aphrodisiacs prove effective for a court jester (Allen) who finds the key to the Queen's (Lynn Redgrave) heartbut learns that the key to her chastitybelt might be more useful. Unnatural acts get wild and wooly when a good doctor (Gene Wilder) fallsfor a fickle sheep. Jack Barry gives fetishism 20 questions on a wacky TV show called 'What's My Perversion?' Sex-research goes under the microscope when a mad scientist (John Carradine) unleashes a monstrous, marauding breast. And the absurdity comes to a frenzied climax with Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds and Allen as sperm having second thoughts about ejaculation!

Amazon.com:
A collection of vignettes, loosely based on the book by Dr. David Rueben, written and directed by Woody Allen, Everything contains some very funny moments. It's easy to forget that the cerebral Allen excelled at the type of broad, Catskill, dirty jokes and visual gags that run amok here. It's also remarkable how dirty this 1972 movie really was--bestiality, exposure, perversion, and S&M get their moments to shine. The Woody Allen here, who appears in many of the sketches, is a portent of the seedy old Allen of Deconstructing Harry. Although the final bit, which takes place inside a man's body during a very hot date, is hilarious, most of Everything feels like the screen adaptation of a '70s bathroom joke book. Still, a must for Allen fans. --Keith Simanton



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Typical dry and senseless Woody allen humor!
This is a film that will leave a lasting impression on the viewer, but not because of it's clever writing, content and filming. It will be because of some of the most low based and stupid humor on film. There are some funny moments, but they are so few that you wonder why you even spent time watching it. This film does not show the best of Woody Allen, in fact, almost just the opposite.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Woody in and out of control
"Sex" comes during a difficult transition in Woody Allen's film career. He was veering towards laughs with more substance ("Love and Death", "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan") while trying to break away from the more traditional guffaws ("Take The Money and Run", "Bananas"). He was logically growing into the role of a serious filmmaker.
But "Everything You Always Wanted.." shows Allen's frustrations at translating jokes. Some jokes---such as a man trying to have sexual relations with a giant loaf of rye bread---are funny when said, but take the joke too far when dramatized, undermining the natural humor.
On the other hand...You've got to admire a comic mind which can conjure up such wild goings-on in this film: doctors drift into love affairs with sheep, monstrous mammaries rampage the countryside, and even Woody himself gives a tip-of-the-hat to his comic idol Bob Hope as a cowardly jester (what else would ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - An uneven collection of sketches mixing superb comedy with a dated feel
In the late 1960s one Dr David Reuben released a book entitled EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX *BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK. Woody Allen's 1972 "movie adaptation" uses the questions of Dr Reuben's question-and-answer format as the titles for 7 comedic sketches all on sexual themes. This was Allen's third conventional film, and his growing importance in Hollywood is evident from the film's all-star cast.

The opening "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?", set in medieval times, has Woody Allen as a court jester who seeks to seduce the queen. Most of the humour here consists of anachronism: the jester's jokes are too bad for even a borscht belt comedian, and the dialogue consists of Elizabethian stylings mixed with sexual terminology and crude slang from the present.

The following sketch, "What is Sodomy?", is for many viewers the very best. A New York City general practitioner (Gene Wilder) is visited by ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of Woody Allen's Funniest Films...
Before "Annie Hall," Woody Allen's comedy was very different. Rather than the mature quips that any Woody Allen fan is used to post-Annie Hall, most of the movies made before that are wacky, hilarious, and out-there bits that show (nowadays) Woody Allen's comedic range. "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*But Were Afraid to Ask" is a series of vignettes with Allen "answering" (supposedly) real questions. Usually in an unconventional, yet hilarious, way. Here is a brief synopsis of each:

1. Do Aphrodisiacs Work-Starring Allen and Lynn Redgrave, this story takes place near the Renaissance Period. Allen plays The Fool, the king's comedian who fails to impress anybody with his humor. The reason for this is, likely, because The Fool is written as a modern man placed in ancient times. Desperately wanting to have relations with The Queen (Redgrave), he gets a potion from a sorcerer before meeting his ... Read More



 

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