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Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
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- TriviaThe scene involving a topless Sue Ane Langdon and Sir Sean Connery near the beginning was the subject of a photo feature in Playboy Magazine.
- GoofsWhen Miss Walnicki exits the office, she pushes the door out and away from her, but as she steps over the threshold, the door is behind her, inside the office.
- Quotes
Samson Shillitoe: [to Knocker] I can't write poetry in jail. I've tried!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinema: Alguns Cortes - Censura III (2015)
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Sean Connery Shows His Versatility
This nicely done adaptation of Eliot Baker's comedic novel (screenplay by the author himself) displays Sean Connery at his versatile finest. In the midst of his "Bond" persona (two years after "Goldfinger") Connery gives a brilliant, anti-typical performance as Samson, a poet to whom art is everything, and the polite fictions and civilities of society nothing. As a man, he is rude, crude, sexist and insensitive to the feelings of everyone, including himself. He is a monster in the mode of Gully Jimson [ "A Horse's Mouth" (1958)] or the real-life Dylan Thomas. A genius whose talent is little recognized, the poet reacts violently to the humdrum restraints of a culture that considers genius anti-social. That underlying tension, and his penchant for enjoying every attractive woman who happens to be in the vicinity, get him classified as a psychotic and put on the fast-track schedule for a pre-frontal lobotomy. Connery's talent and charm save this very funny movie from the somewhat offensive obnoxiousness of its hero, and clinch its optimistic argument about the ultimate triumph of artistic greatness. Also, don't miss the lovely performance by Coleen Dewhurst as a psychiatrist-seductress.
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- Pem-3
- Aug 30, 1998
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- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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