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I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name

Play trailer Poster for I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name Released Apr 14, 1967 1h 39m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A British tycoon (Orson Welles) wants back a lusty TV-ad genius (Oliver Reed) who has escaped to a literary magazine.

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Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Winner mixes kitchen-sink realism with flights of fantasy and Bergman-esque dream sequences in a spectacularly successful manner. Rated: 5/5 Jun 25, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member First ever use of the F word on screen, this British 67 flick is so telling of the times. Oliver Reed, sick of success, wants to go back to a simpler life. SEE the entire Oliver Reed film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Q4DkHD5Hw A Michael Winner directe film. [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMLsVTAZ21LRhkxSU4M-XGtx2SjtbHXDYhcPND6wWPpues5fBQLQ[/img] Reed, right Faithful left the girlfriend (he is separated) REVIEWS by those like us: 60% Quint's camera ad makes this worth the watch. Plus Orson Welles eating barely flakes! 100% Wow! Another amazing, waaay ahead of its time film. And another piece of filmmaking with editing that, in some ways, surpasses today's mise-en-scen... [img]http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/styles/15_columns/public/image/ill-never-forget-whats-is-name-1967-002-oliver-reed-carol-white-00o-28u.jpg?itok=VjjTBA5-[/img] NOTES: 1 Along with a similar scene in Charlie Bubbles (1967), this helped to bring about the end of the Production Code in the USA and its replacement with a ratings system. 2 In the United States, the film was denied a MPAA seal of approval due to a scene between Oliver Reed and Carol White which implied (but did not actually show) oral sex (Director Winner, in his audio commentary, said he considered the scene to show masturbation. 3 The film is often named as the first mainstream film to use the word "fuck" in its dialogue. Another contender is Ulysses, which was released earlier the same year. [img]http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/71/MPW-35752[/img] Jonathan Lute - Orson Welles Andrew Quint - Oliver Reed Georgina Elben - Carol White Gerald Sater - Harry Andrews Headmaster - Michael Hordern Louise Quint - Wendy Craig Nicholas - Norman Rodway Josie - Marianne Faithfull (then a pop-rock singer) Chaplain - Frank Finlay Carla - Ann Lynn Charles Maccabee - Harvey Hall Susannah - Lyn Ashley Walter - Edward Fox (Fox famous for Dirty Dozen, Day of the Jackel) Michael Cornwall - Mark Burns Kelloway - Mark Eden Young Andrew Quint - Hugo Keith-Johnston (uncredited) [img]http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/113651.1020.A.jpg[/img] Directed by Michael Winner Produced by Michael Winner Written by Peter Draper Music by Francis Lai Cinematography Otto Heller Editing by Bernard Gribble Distributed by J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (theatre) Anchor Bay Entertainment (DVD) Release dates 18 December 1967 Running time 97 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English [img]http://www.stojo.com/images/Grabs/Whatsisname%2002.jpg[/img] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite simply unmissable. Your life is not complete until you have seen the two greatest film actors of all time (Reed and Welles) face off against each other. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Quint's camera ad makes this worth the watch. Plus Orson Welles eating barely flakes! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Everyone always associates Michael Winner with making bad films. However, here is one exception to the rule. A dark satire on the alienation of modern life and the manipulation of advertising, it also has a very good cast as well, all giving good performances. It has advertising executive Andrew Quint (Oliver Reed) resigning from his job for advertising mogul Jonathan Lute (Orson Welles), Quint is bored with being a success, he wants to go in the opposite direction, back to the simple life, he also leaves his wife and child, and he leaves his three mistresses as well. So, he returns to a small magazine he used to work for before he became a success. He falls for the magazine's writer Georgina Elben (Carol White) and they begin a small romance, but nothing is simple, and Quint finds that he cannot escape his successful life so easily, especially when Jonathan Lute buys out the magazine. It is a little seen film, and it may be one of the few good films Winner has made, and it is an indictment of the manipulation of big business and how simpler lives than those with successful, busy lives can be even more difficult. It does have a very dark edge, although there is a black sense of humour in it's veins. Oh, and it allegedly the first film to have the 'f' word in it, uttered by Marianne Faithfull. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Oliver Reed et Orson Welles. C'est deja pas mal. Le film en lui-meme est un peu date par moments et les themes plutot actuels abordes sont legerement forces. Il en reste une comedie dramatique avec un sacre pesant de cynisme. Pas indispensable, mais pas a jeter non plus. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow! Another amazing, waaay ahead of its time film. And another piece of filmmaking with editing that, in some ways, surpasses today's mise-en-scene, Tarantino-esque, jump-cutting style. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A British tycoon (Orson Welles) wants back a lusty TV-ad genius (Oliver Reed) who has escaped to a literary magazine.
Director
Michael Winner
Producer
Michael Winner
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 14, 1967, Wide
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
Mono