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Barbarella (1968) 5.8
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people. Director:Roger VadimWriters:Jean-Claude Forest (comic "Barbarella"), Claude Brulé (collaborating writer), 7 more credits » |
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After an in-flight anti-gravity striptease (masked by the film's opening titles), Barbarella, a 41st century astronaut, lands on the planet Lythion and sets out to find the evil Durand Durand in the city of Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Exessive Machine, a genuine sex organ on which an accomplished artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who, in her dream chamber, can make her fantasies take form, and a group of ladies smoking a giant hookah which, via a poor victim struggling in its glass globe, dispenses Essance of Man. You can't help but be impressed by the special effects crew and the various ways that were found to tear off what few clothes our heroine seemed to possess. Based on the popular French comic strip. Written by alfiehitchie
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 October 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy See more »Filming Locations:
Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, ItalyBox Office
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$9,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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videophone: Stand by for a message from Dianthus, President of Earth and Rotating Premier of the Sun System.
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Dean plans a date for himself and Rory that includes a 7:30 showing of Barbarella. See more »
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Barbarella's captured mole machine and her encounter with a robot belonging to a deceased rebel that has sexual relations with her are both omitted from the film, although pretty much everything else is very faithful to the comic. See more »Goofs
After Barbarella faints from being attacked by the "tooth dolls," several wounds on her legs and arms are visible. When she gets into the iceboat immediately after being rescued, the wounds have disappeared. See more »Quotes
[first lines]videophone: Stand by for a message from Dianthus, President of Earth and Rotating Premier of the Sun System.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, the letters in the words move around in an attempt to obscure Barbarella's nudity. See more »Connections
Referenced in Gilmore Girls: Hammers and Veils (2001)Dean plans a date for himself and Rory that includes a 7:30 showing of Barbarella. See more »
If you're looking for a quality science fantasy experience, you will probably be disappointed in BARBARELLA, which tells a typical story of an intergallactic astronaught who is sent on a mission to save a brilliant scientist from the clutches of an evil force that threatens to destroy the universe.
On her quest she finds daunting foes, unexpected comrades and twists and turns like any good superhero story should have. The only problem is that her world is made up of Christmas lights, cellophane and balsa wood, and it's all held together with scotch tape.
However what some might consider schlock entertainment, I saw it as pure camp all the way, with some hysterical situations and outrageous costumes draped over not-so-difficult-to-look-at actors (especially our babe-o-naught Ms. Fonda), and to top off the cake we have an icing of infectious music by comedic composer Charles Fox (9 to 5, Foul Play) and singer/songwriter Bob Crewe.
This is pure candy all the way so don't expect any nutrition here, but if you let it happen instead of looking for more, you may find yourself inspired to watch it again and again, when you don't feel like using any brain cells in this dimension.