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DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 6, 2005
Budget USD 2,500,000
Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox
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Other Titles
• A Guide for the Married Man
• Leitfaden für Seitensprünge (1967)
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Genre: Comedy, Farce, Infidelity, Betrayal, Marriage, Deception
Plot: Gene Kelly's light-footed comedy is a guide to the psyche of the suburban male, circa the mid-1960s. Walter Matthau is Paul Manning, a happily married father of one who is nonetheless intrigued by his pal Ed's many extramarital affairs. In a series of lessons and parables, Ed gives Paul a crash course in how to have the perfect affair while still being considerate of one's wife. Paul is fascinated and eager, but Ed urges caution so as to perfect the technique. When he thinks Paul is ready, Ed makes him do a "trial run," with Ed standing in for the hypothetical girl. Paul passes with flying colors, and when Ed gives him the go-ahead, a likely candidate seems to fall into his lap--literally. The movie is peppered with vignettes of Ed's cautionary tales, featuring cameos from countless Hollywood stars. Matthau is his usual brilliantly dry comic self in this tongue-in-cheek exploration of infidelity and marriage.
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Gene Kelly
Hello, Dolly!, The Cheyenne Social Club, Gigot |
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The Cheyenne Social Club, Tickle Me, The Screaming Woman | Robert Morse
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Loved One, The Cardinal | Aline Towne
Send Me No Flowers, Julie, Radar Men From the Moon | Claire Kelly
Party Girl, Ask Any Girl, Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? | |
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| Music By |
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Schindler's List |
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