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Such Good Friends

Dyan Cannon (Actor), James Coco (Actor), Otto Preminger (Director, Producer) Rated:
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3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
IMDb6.0/10.0
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Genre Comedy
Format NTSC, Color, Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Widescreen
Contributor Dyan Cannon, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Louise Lasser, Burgess Meredith, Otto Preminger, Elaine May, James Coco, Lois Gould, Doris Roberts See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 41 minutes
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Otto Preminger (Skidoo) directs this comedy-drama based upon the novel by Lois Gould and adapted by Esther Dale (Elaine May under the pseudonym). Julie Messinger (Dyan Cannon) is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional façade. Her husband Richard (Laurence Luckinbill) checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong. The stellar cast includes James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Louise Lasser, Nina Foch, Sam Levine, Doris Roberts and Burgess Meredith.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ OLV258DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Otto Preminger
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Color, Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 41 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 17, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Louise Lasser
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Otto Preminger
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Olive
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004P2VQX4
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Elaine May, Lois Gould
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 57 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this movie!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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One of my favs from the early 70's. Dyan Cannon is my favorite actress! Love her in The Last Of Sheila!
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AAJ
3.0 out of 5 stars Such Good Friends
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2014
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I guess this movie reminds us how really good friends are. Some of the characters are interesting. I guess people deal with extreme stress differently.
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V. Risoli-Black
4.0 out of 5 stars "Such Good Friends" Fine Comedy
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2011
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With "Such Good Friends" (1971), Otto was in his element working in New York City and dealing with the viciousness of certain circles there as he had with "Laura," his breakthrough film. It is also a "woman's picture" based on the best-selling novel by Lois Gould of which was said it was one of three books at that time that deal masterfully with the plight of women, then a controversial time for the women's lib movement. (Besides "Friends," the other two books, made into motion pictures, were "Play It As It Lays" and "Diary of a Mad Housewife"). The screenplay is credited mostly to Esther Dale, a pseudonym for Elaine May, and the script is sparked with incredible humor and bold touches that remained up to Otto to keep in for controversy sake (including a nude scene for Burgess Meredith and a scene of James Coco while Dyan Cannon commits fellatio with him, among others). Dyan Cannon gives the performance of her career, even though her experience making the film was filled with accounts of her being Otto's token "whipping post" (along with Jennifer O'Neill who was "destroyed"). Dyan was said want not to ever work with Preminger again, and that "he couldn't direct his little nephew to the bathroom." Thomas Z. Shepard does the music, with a great song sung by O.C. Smith ("Suddenly It's All Tomorrow"). "Such Good Friends" is the best film of the final Preminger films. Once again, Olive Films provides a DVD saturated with color, bedroom scenes a little too dark, but acceptable.
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AKIS CHR.
5.0 out of 5 stars DYAN CANNON IS A STAR
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2012
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THE IMPORTANT DIRECTOR OTTO PREMINGER PRESENTS TO US A REALLY SOLID AND UNFORGETABLE FILM.DYAN CANNON PLAYS THE GOOD WIFE WHO IS OVERSHADOWED BY HER FAMOUS HUSBAND WHO IS A WRITER.ON THE SURFACE NOT A LOT OF THINGS SEEM TO GO WRONG UNTIL HE HAS A SIMPLE OPERATION WICH ENDS TRAGICALLY.IN BETWEEN SHE FINDS OUT THAT HE HAS BEEN CHEATING ON HER WITH VIRTUALLY EVERYONE SHE KNOWS!
SHE THEN DECIDES TO CHANGE WITH DRAMATIC AND COMICAL RESULTS.A MAGNIFICENT MOVIE THAT KEEPS YOU GLUED RIGHT TO THE END.PERFORMANCES ARE SUPERB,PICTURE QUALITY IS VERY GOOD AND DYAN CANNON GIVES THE SHOW OF HER LIFE IN MY OPPINION.SHE IS HEART-RENDING AT MOMENTS,CYNICALY FUNNY LATER ON,EMOTIONALY UNSTABLE AND UTTERLY EROTIC IN THE SCENE WHERE SHE "REVENGES"HER HUSBAND BY GOING WITH THEIR FRIEND.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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Elizabeth Berrier
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016
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Not a very good movie..
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GinFizz
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Black Comedy
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2011
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Such Good Friends seems to be a forgotten gem, directed by Otto Preminger and written by the brilliant Elaine May. Explores the true nature of marriage and friendship, mostly through the eyes of a woman, which I believe is very rare for a film of this era. It's a sad story, punctuated with absurd and hilarious interactions of a top-notch cast. My favorite scene: Burgess Meredith dancing nearly naked. Also look for a young and hunky Ken Howard.
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John Kane
3.0 out of 5 stars A joy to see this again after forty years
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016
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A joy to see this again after forty years. Still, I couldn't help wondering how it would have felt if directed by Richard Lester...
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Reb S.
4.0 out of 5 stars Such Good Friends...
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2013
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I gave this four stars because I love seeing Dyan Cannon in her early movies and she was great (I missed this part of her career because I was a kid back then, so all of these older movies are brand new to me). Had I seen this movie when it came out in theaters, I might have liked it more--because I didn't start watching dramatic movies until the 80s, I have a hard time with the lack of spelling things out that can happen in movies from the 60s and 70s--but I generally enjoyed the movie (though I have to say, I laughed and laughed during some of the hospital/coma scenes simply because the writers' knowledge of medicine, comas, hospitals was very limited (and/or things have REALLY changed in hospitals since when the movie was made!) none of it was intended to be funny, but it sure was! If you've made it to searching for this film in the first place, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, since I don't think most people would stumble upon it without actively looking for it. But if you were a child (or not even born) in the 70s or later, take the film with a grain of salt and remember that times and films were very different then. If you can do that, and if you can suspend your disbelief at the hospital scenes, then I think you'll enjoy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2017
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nice!!
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Marijose
4.0 out of 5 stars UN DRAMA Y UNA MORDAZ CRITICA A UN SISTEMA
Reviewed in Spain on October 10, 2017
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Curiosa película firmada por el gran Otto Preminger ( Laura , Anatomía de un asesinato, Éxodo, Tempestad sobre Washington, El Cardenal, Primera victoria, El hombre del brazo de oro, El rapto de Bunny Lake, La noche deseada y un largo etc. que incluye una de las mejores peliculas de Marilyn Monroe como fue "Rio sin retorno". Esta que nos ocupa creo que fue la ultima que dirigió o que al menos se estrenó en España.
Se trata de una curiosa película en la que de un modo mordaz y un tanto veladamente se expone, pero a la vez con cierta crudeza y disfrazada de un cierto toque de comedia, una despiadada crítica del mercantilizado sistema de salud norteamericano al tener que recurrir precisamente la esposa de un médico que ha entrado en coma a favores de amigos de su marido que le pasan factura económica y personal y a tener que poner en valor su belleza y generosa anatomía para poder sobrevivir y pagar las facturas clínicas. Formidable papel para la exuberante actriz Dyan Cannon (quinta y última esposa de Cary Grant) que gracias a la dirección de Premminger supo sacar de ella el partido como actriz y no sólo por su físico si no también por sus registros.
Pena de edición en DVD que no es de las originales de Paramount y se nota pero así y todo es una rareza de film que creo merece la pena.
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John Dykes
4.0 out of 5 stars Very 70s, yet very original and so funny.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2015
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First saw this 1971 film on tv in the 80s and loved it but could never remember the title and never saw it on tv since. I recently came across it by accident and obviously it now looks very 70s, but it is still a very funny film with a good original story line, good character's and fine acting.

Well worth searching it out. I had to get mine from Amazon USA, so just check that your DVD player will play a region 1/A DVD on it before ordering it.
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lewis britz
1.0 out of 5 stars A very very black comedy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2015
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This really goes under the label of 'black' comedy and is a very funny and moving film and should have had a wider audience.
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