Dudley Moore stars in Blake Edwards's deft satire of male menopause. A successful songwriter seemingly possessed of the trappings of the good life, George Webber (Moore) is plagued by a sense of that he's losing his interest in life and sex. Despite sage advice from friend Hugh (Robert Webber) on appreciating his girlfriend, Samantha (Julie Andrews), he can't help fantasizing about his exhibitionist neighbors and becomes obsessed by the sight of his dentist's daughter after seeing the stunning woman on the way to her wedding in Beverly Hills. George follows the couple to an Acapulco hotel, where he wangles a meeting with the woman, Jenny Miles (Bo Derek), after saving the life of her husband, Sam (David Hanley). As he continues an amusingly bungling pursuit of Jenny, she makes it clear that she has a particularly generous reward in mind for his action. In Edwards's hilarious, knowing comedy of middle-aged angst, Moore splits his time between clownish pratfalls and quiet scenes of self-examination as he strives for an elusive sense of fulfillment.
In this sophisticated Blake Edwards comedy that introduced the world to Bo Derek, Dudley Moore plays an Oscar-winning songwriter troubled by middle age who becomes obsessed with a young woman--a perfect 10--when he sees her on her way to her wedding.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Letterbox - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Stars
Bo Derek: American actress, 10, ORCA, FASHION HOUSE
Julie Andrews: Oscar-winning actress/singer, MARY POPPINS
Dudley Moore: British Actor/writer/composer, ARTHUR (1981)
Robert Webber: American Actor
Dee Wallace Stone: Star, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, CUJO, HALLOWEEN (2007)
Director
Blake Edwards: American Director/Screenwriter, THE PINK PANTHER Films
Producer
Tony Adams: Producer
Blake Edwards: American Director/Screenwriter, THE PINK PANTHER Films
Screenwriter
Blake Edwards: American Director/Screenwriter, THE PINK PANTHER Films
Composer
Henry Mancini: American Songwriter/Composer, THE PINK PANTHER Theme
Editor
Ralph E. Winters: Oscar-winng American Editor
Cinematographer
Frank Stanley: American Diretor of Photography
Production Designer
Roger Maus:
Costume Designer
Patricia Edwards: Costume Designer
Review 1:
Included in the New York Times's "10 BEST FILMS OF 1979"
Source: New York Times
p.II:1 12/30/1979
Review 2:
"...Featuring frank exchanges and non-professional performances that brim with vitality, 10 is a searching examination of the plight of women in a male-dominated Islamic society..."
Source: Total Film
p.133 10/01/2002
Review 3:
"...Frequently hilarious....The movie belongs very much to [Moore]..."
Source: New York Times
p.C6 10/05/1979