A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
José Ferrer
- Leopold
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Sandy Biano
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Caitlin O'Heaney
- Dolores Farrar
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJosé Ferrer found himself the object of a practical joke while making this film. Dustin Hoffman visited the set while made up as Dorothy Michaels in the film Tootsie (1982), and proceeded to make sexual advances on Ferrer, who politely refused--but was completely unaware that Hoffman was not in fact a woman.
- GoofsAbout thirteen minutes into the movie, a crew member is visible crouched by a tree, as a deer runs through the woods.
- SoundtracksSymphony No. 3 (Scottish) in A Minor
Written by Felix Mendelssohn (as Mendelssohn)
Performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (as New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
Courtesy of CBS Records
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Sweet, if lesser, Woody Allen
Cute and charming, if not really much more.
Gordon Willis's photography is nowhere near as amazing as his earlier collaborations with Woody, and the film doesn't have any wildly funny moments.
But the writing is witty, and the acting solid if not triumphant. It just doesn't feel like a Woody Allen film somehow. More like a nice, solid, unassuming French farce.
That's not a bad thing, and this film is still better than 99% of what comes out of Hollywood, with a sweeter, more upbeat tone than usual for Allen. It's just coming on the heels of masterpieces like 'Annie Hall', 'Manhattan', and 'Stardust Memories', and just before other great films like 'Zelig' and 'Purple Rose of Cairo', it can't help but pale a bit in comparison.
Gordon Willis's photography is nowhere near as amazing as his earlier collaborations with Woody, and the film doesn't have any wildly funny moments.
But the writing is witty, and the acting solid if not triumphant. It just doesn't feel like a Woody Allen film somehow. More like a nice, solid, unassuming French farce.
That's not a bad thing, and this film is still better than 99% of what comes out of Hollywood, with a sweeter, more upbeat tone than usual for Allen. It's just coming on the heels of masterpieces like 'Annie Hall', 'Manhattan', and 'Stardust Memories', and just before other great films like 'Zelig' and 'Purple Rose of Cairo', it can't help but pale a bit in comparison.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,077,269
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,514,478
- Jul 18, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $9,077,269
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Sound mix
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By what name was A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) officially released in Canada in English?
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