Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad | |
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Directed by | Richard Quine |
Written by | Ian Bernard |
Based on | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (play) by Arthur L. Kopit |
Produced by | Stanley Rubin Ray Stark |
Starring | Rosalind Russell Robert Morse Barbara Harris Hugh Griffith Jonathan Winters |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. Geoffrey Unsworth |
Edited by | Warren Low David Wages |
Music by | Neal Hefti |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.175 million [1] or $3.5 million [2] |
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad is a 1967 American black comedy film directed by Richard Quine, based on the 1962 play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition by Arthur L. Kopit. The screenplay was written by Ian Bernard. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse and Barbara Harris; Harris was the only main cast member who had also appeared in the original, Off-Broadway production of the play.
Described by Kopit as a "farce in three scenes", the story involves an overbearing mother who travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean, bringing along her son and her deceased husband, preserved and in his casket.
Although filming was completed by July, 1965, the movie was shelved for re-editing and the shooting of additional scenes after it was poorly received during previews. New scenes were directed by Alexander Mackendrick. An entirely new music score was added also. The film was released in February, 1967. [2]
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