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
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
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	Geoffrey Unsworth; Charles Lawton Jr.(Uncredited)
Edited by	Warren Low; David Wages
Music by	Neal Hefti
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1967;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.175 million or $3.5 million

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Although filming was completed by July, 1965, the movie was shelved for re-editing and the shooting of additional scenes after it was poorly received during previews. New scenes were directed by Alexander Mackendrick. An entirely new music score was added also. The film was released in February, 1967.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Dick, Bernard F. "Engulfed: the death of Paramount Pictures and the birth of corporate Hollywood" (p. 105). The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2001). ISBN 0-8131-2202-3.
^ ^a ^b 'Oh Dad, Poor Dad' Film Going Back Into Closet Till Next Year By VINCENT CANBY. New York Times 27 Aug 1966: 18.

External links[edit]

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad at IMDb

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[1] Dick, Bernard F. "Engulfed: the death of Paramount Pictures and the birth of corporate Hollywood" (p. 105). The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2001). ISBN 0-8131-2202-3.

[new-2] 'Oh Dad, Poor Dad' Film Going Back Into Closet Till Next Year By VINCENT CANBY. New York Times 27 Aug 1966: 18.

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