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| This upbeat poster for Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) invites us to its free-minded vagaries |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a kind of anthology of various sex-related topics, based on Dr. David Reuben's (Any Woman Can!) same-titled 1969 book, written and directed by New Yorker master filmmaker Woody Allen (Crisis in Six Scenes (2016), TV-series), including:
What is Sodomy? Gene Wilder (The Frisco Kid (1979)) is a sheep-loving man in free fall. Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching an Orgasm? Allen conjures up an homage to Italian cinema as the title issue is broached. What Are Sex Perverts? Perversions are put under the magnifying glass in a mock TV show. Are the Findings of Doctors and Clinics Who Do Sexual Research and Experiments Accurate? John Carradine (The McMasters (1970)) is a madly funny mad doctor conducting sexual experiments, and a giant tit attacks. What Happens During Ejaculation? A look into the male internal system leading up to an intercourse and ejaculation.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a crazy-funny movie full of hilarious absurd comedy. My favorite segment is the one with Carradine as a sex research doctor. The film investigates sex without taboos and serves its truths with a childlike glee concerning its topic, which is coupled with great intelligence. SPOILER Its end is blunted, but the film is great.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is unique and elevated madness. - You have to see it!
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Watch a short clip with Gene Wilder from the film here
Cost: 2 mil. $
Box office: 18 mil. $ (North America only)
= Mega-hit
[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) premiered 6 August (New York) and runs 88 minutes. Shooting took place from January - March 1972 in California. The film reached #1 in North America on its second week of release, rocking Deliverance from the honor for a week. The film became the 13th highest-grossing movie of 1972 in the US. It also seems to have been a hit abroad with 2 mil. admissions in West Germany, 1.7 mil. in France and 1 mil. in Spain. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is fresh at 89 % with a 7.3 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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