Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Year
1969
Running time
104 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Comedy. Drama | Friendship. Satire
Synopsis
Couples Bob & Carol Sanders and Ted & Alice Henderson are best friends. After attending a weekend self-help self-discovery session (Bob is planning on making a documentary film on the subject), Bob and Carol feel newly enlightened, and want their friends, Ted and Alice, to feel the same way. "Feel" is the operative word as they want people now to feel rather than think. The foursome each examine their feelings, and admittedly their thoughts toward their individual relationships with each other and the topic of sex when Bob admits to Carol that he had a meaningless sexual dalliance, which Carol later mentions to Ted and Alice. After pushing the sexual boundaries with others, the foursome decide they have one last boundary to cross truly to test what they consider their new enlightened state.
Awards
1969: 4 Nominations Oscar: Supporting Actor (Gould), Supporting Actress (Cannon), Cinematography, Screenplay
1969: 2 Nominations Golden Globes: Actress Musical/Comedy and Newcomer - Female (Cannon)
1970: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Actor (Gould) and Screenplay
1969: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Original Comedy Screenplay
1969: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Sup. Actress (Cannon) & Screenplay. 3 Nom.
1969: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Screenplay. 2 nominations
Critics' reviews
- "The results are pretty obnoxious and only intermittently funny, but certainly characteristic"
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