YouTube to the rescue during the wife’s two hour of soaps, Emmerdale followed by Coronation St, EastEnders, and a final dollop of Coronation St with a film for me to watch on the Laptop. One I have not seen in a while which is good.
What film could that be? Well it is a title of a Tom Jones song but not "Delilah". It just happens to be one of my favourites, “What's New Pussycat” which is also the title of the film.
The film introduces us to a notorious womanizer, fashion editor Michael James (Peter O'Toole), who women find irresistible. He decides to seek help with his problem his inability to commit to a relationship. He enlists the help of psychiatrist Dr. Fassbinder (Peter Sellers), who doesn’t seem to be without his own problems. Michael tells him he is desperate to remain faithful to his fiancé Carole (Romy Schneider) in a world of beautiful woman. Dr. Fassbinder is infatuated with a patient, Capucine (Renée Lefebvre) who as a secret longing for Mr James herself leading to complications.
Also in the film is Woody Allen as Victor Shakapopulis playing Michael’s friend. He is attracted to Carole, and is concerned he can't attract women, even though he is an "undresser" at a striptease club. With her parents about to visit, she puts Michael on the spot demanding they either marry or break up. He decides on one more dalliance and while visiting Victor at the strip club, he falls for Liz Bien (Paula Prentiss), a beautiful stripper given to casual suicide attempts, but she is only interested in reading her poetry to him.
However, he soon becomes involved with Capucine, whose cold exterior hides a passionate woman. In an attempt to make Michael jealous Carole encourages the hapless Victor. After Michael and Carole spend an enjoyable evening with Carole's parents, they decides at last to marry and settle down.
When Michael books into a quaint hideaway hotel in the French countryside catastrophe happens when all his love interests turn up and just about everybody else. On the way to the hotel a somewhat mad parachutist, Rita (Ursula Andress), lands in Michael’s car, lucky man. With everyone in the hotel it soon becomes like a British farce with a climactic chase in and out of the bedrooms, doors slamming with woman in various stages of undress. There is also a mad go-kart chase before the happy ending marriage.
Its a very funny film, well I liked it anyway.
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