Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Cult Classic, Campy, Fantasy, Futuristic, Aliens, Comic Book, Racy, Erotic, Space, Satire, Animals, Robots, Escape, Betrayal, Gay/Lesbian, Exploitation
Tagline: Who seduces an angel? Who strips in space? Who conveys love by hand? Who gives up the pill? Who takes sex to outer space? Who's the girl of the 21st century? Who nearly dies of pleasure?
Plot: In this notorious film version of the popular French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest, Jane Fonda plays a sexy yet innocent space-age heroine in the year 40,000 A.D. who never gets herself into a situation that requires too much clothing. BARBARELLA opens with the titular heroine stripping down to nothing in zero gravity among strategically placed credits. From there Barbarella embarks on a mission to find a peace-threatening young scientist named Duran Duran (Milo O'Shea) by order of the president of Earth. En route, she's attacked by killer dolls, is strapped into a contraption known as the Excessive Machine, and falls in love with a blind angel. Remaining true to its comic book origins, Barbarella's adventure unfolds in a series of dramatic difficulties and unlikely solutions, making for a galloping pace and never-ending opportunities for Mario Garbuglia's hallucinatory set design to dazzle. With guest appearances by 1960s icons Anita Pallenberg, Marcel Marceau, and David Hemmings, and featuring dialogue by novelist Terry Southern, among others, BARBARELLA is not only a comic sci-fi sex romp but also a sly, tongue-in-cheek portrait of the legendary debauchery of that era.
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| Directed by |
Roger Vadim
Et Dieu... créa la femme, And God Created Woman, Liaisons dangereuses, Les |
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| Claude Brulé
Liaisons dangereuses, Les, Et mourir de plaisir, Scandale, Le |
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| Cast |
Jane Fonda
Monster-in-Law, Nine to Five, On Golden Pond |
 | David Hemmings
Gladiator, Gangs of New York, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
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Romeo and Juliet, The Verdict, The Dream Team | Marcel Marceau
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, Kinski Paganini, Shanks | | |
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| Music By |
Michel Magne
Tontons flingueurs, Les, Fantômas, Fantomas Strikes Back | |
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