November 8: What’s Up, Doc?

What’s Up, Doc? (IB Tech Print)

Producer-director-cinephile Peter Bogdanovich and whipsmart screenwriters Buck Henry and David Newman & Robert Benton unleash a side-splittingly hilarious homage to the classic screwball chaos of the 1930s is an energetic & fast-moving fun-a-thon featuring igneous rocks, stolen jewels, top secret government documents, mistaken identities, and the irrepressible chemistry between a stuffy musicologist (Ryan O’Neal, never better) and a charming loose cannon (a luminous Barbra Streisand). As four identical plaid bag MacGuffins get handed off, stolen, and mixed up, comedy careens across the screen like a live action Looney Tunes, leading to a jaw-droppingly funny chase across the hilly streets of San Francisco. Plus, an incredible Madeline Kahn in her big screen debut!

“[What’s Up, Doc?] is a total smash.The script and cast are excellent; the direction and comedy staging are outstanding; and there are literally reels of pure, unadulterated and sustained laughs.” – Variety