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10 [1979]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the best comedies of the 1970s, Blake Edwards' ode to midlife crisis and the hazards of infidelity now plays like a valentine to that self-indulgent decade, and it's still as funny as it ever was. In the signature role of his career (along with Arthur), Dudley Moore plays a songwriter with a severe case of marital restlessness, and all it takes is a chance encounter with Bo Derek (in her screen debut) to jump-start his libido. Julie Andrews plays Moore's wife, who will only tolerate so much of her husband's desperate need to reaffirm his sexual vitality, while Moore pursues Derek to a tropical rendezvous. The action builds to the now-famous bedroom scene that sent everyone rushing to the music store for their own copy of Ravel's Boléro. Talk about a classical climax! --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Rauncy sex comedy with uneven and ridiculous plot
Review date: 2007-03-31 Rating: 4 out of 10
Blake Edwards' 10, proved to be a surprise at the box office, at a time when he lost his main star the gifted comic Peter Sellars who had dominated his entire set of Pink Panther movies and two others including The Crazy World of Henry Orient and The Party.
George Webber (Moore) is a pianist who has a house by the sea and has a strained relationship with his posh no-nonsense girlfriend. Webber, when in his luxurious limo, spots a young woman in a wedding dress, he is fascinated by her youth and her body..................
Edwards began searching for the perfect George Webber, which he found in Dudley Moore and his hollywood career was born out of the ashes where he became an overnight sensation.
10 is about appreciating love by attraction on a number scale and how appearances can always be depective if you don't reveal the goodness. However, despite being aided by a wonderful rarely heard piano score by Henry Macini which is a treat. The screenplay boggs down into a rauncy sex comedy supported with a silly and ridiculous car chase where Moore is given freedom for his own comedy stunts that become very tiresome very quickly. He may be the star, but it never moves forward and the idealism of 70s down and dirty sex shows the film it's true age of fast approaching three decades old.
Avoid this and if you do, prepare for some boredom. I suggest watching early Blake Edwards comedies such as the ones i have mentioned above. 10 only marked the beginning of the end of his career of a director past his peak and into the depts of mediority.
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Reviews
A classic sex comedy
Review date: 2005-11-30 Rating: 10 out of 10
Dudley moore is his usual funny self in this comedy about a songwriter / musician who is facing a mid life crisis.
Memorable moments include the telescope on his patio when it hits him and he falls down the bank. Seeing him try to get up again is a real belly laugh. Also Bo Derek in her classic scene running along the beach in slo mo. Dudley burning his feet on the sand is brilliant.
A haunting tune played by dudley in the bar "It's easy to say" is a superb piece of music brilliantly played by Moore.
I searched high and low for this piece of music and eventually found it in a Henry Mancini song book.
It's a fantastic piece to play on the piano.
All in all if you want to put your feet up on a wet sunday afternoon and have a laugh, get this and watch it.
Classic 70s kitsch and a beautiful performance
Review date: 2002-09-14 Rating: 10 out of 10
It's all too easy to look at the bottom line when thinking about Blake Edwards' '10' and to over-simplify it. Yes it is a film about mid-life crisis. Yes it does feature Dudley Moore and yes it did catapault Bo Derek to international stardom. However, what this over-simplification misses is the sheer delight this film gives if you give in to the 70s kitsch which oozes out of every frame.
From 8-track tapes to 70s swingers music, this film has a rich flavour.
Perhaps more importantly, '10' is a film about performances. Dudley Moore sat at a piano in a mexican hotel bar playing "It's Easy to Say" is mesmerizing. The fact that this was filmed live in one-take and that the tune was written by Henri Mancini should be enough to explain the quality of this film. Put Blake Edwards, Dudley Moore, a Henry Mancini tune and a piano together and you can't help but create magic.
Blake Edwards' gift is to create movies where the audience forget they are watching a movie. He relies on performance rather than cinematic trickery and the result, in the case of '10', is perhaps one of the most beautifully relaxed and easy films to watch ever created.
A pure classic to watch again and again.
See, I didn't even talk about the stunning Bo Derek...
Hilarious Yet Ridiculous
Review date: 2001-03-24 Rating: 6 out of 10
Even the title for this film does not fit into anything. Dudley Moore's character once mentions that Bo Derek's character is an '11' on a scale from 1 to 10... so why is the film called '10'!?!
Anyway, as usual, Dudley Moore provides a lot of good laughs, not only in the slapstick genre and his classic drunk scenes. And these moments are the only highlights of an otherwise outdated and therefore nowadays ridiculous film.
Sex? None.
Middle-aged crisis for Dudley Moore
Review date: 2000-11-08 Rating: 6 out of 10
Bo Derek became famous, and sales of Ravel's Bolero hit the roof when Blake Edwards' semi-biographical comedy of life made it to the screen. This video captures the often embarassing mid-life moments of George Webber (Dudley Moore)and the implications on those around him, especially his long suffering girlfriend Sam (Julie Andrews). Fans of Blake will know what they're in for, and both Moore & Andrews turn in excellent performances, to make this adult comedy a deserved winner at the box office.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Dee Wallace
Robert Webber
Julie Andrews
Bo Derek
Dudley Moore
Creators:
Dudley Moore (Primary Contributor)
Bo Derek (Primary Contributor)
Frank Stanley (Cinematographer)
Blake Edwards (Producer)
Blake Edwards (Writer)
Ralph E. Winters (Editor)
Tony Adams (Producer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 5024165814796
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 1999-06-28
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 118 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1979-10-05
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