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The World of Henry Orient

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While trying to seduce a married woman (Paula Prentiss), egotistical concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is interrupted by two precocious schoolgirls, Valerie (Tippy Walker) and Marian (Merrie Spaeth). At first he thinks nothing of it, but as he sees them more often, he becomes convinced they're spies for his lover's husband. The girls, meanwhile, have found out who he is, and Valerie insists she's in love. She starts a scrapbook, which her mother finds and, of course, misconstrues.

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) I love this film. Funnily, I don't think you could make this film today. Jan 25, 2020 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …with impressive location work on NYC streets, and a bygone, innocent flavour, The World of Henry Orient offers a jolt of old-fashioned nostalgia that was fading even in 1964… Rated: 3/5 Jul 7, 2022 Full Review Nathanael Hood The Retro Set ...one of the warmest, most delightful, and honest portrayals of female adolescence in cinema. Rated: 8/10 Dec 28, 2018 Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing A memorable picture in which youthful exuberance believably gives way to the bracing pain of parental betrayal and dashed expectations. Rated: 3/4 Aug 8, 2015 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An immensely enjoyable film. Rated: A Dec 1, 2006 Full Review Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Rated: 3/5 Jul 29, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Two young teenage girls in New York City develop a crush on a concert pianist and follow him around, to the latter's dismay. The pianist is a womanizer who even fools around with married women; and the girls themselves have their own domestic problems. One has divorced parents and lives with one of them; the other has parents who are still married but her mother is both unfaithful to her husband and indifferent to her daughter. As might be expected, pianist and mother meet and complications ensue. The story is based on a novel of the same name, which itself was based on a real-life teen's obsession with Tony Bennett. The adults are technically the stars, but the teenage girls are the real ones, and you are interested in what they do and what happens to them. Recommended. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review steve d Nowhere near as amusing as they think it is. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review aristidis m Was just good/ok, nothing special, sorry. :( Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorites from George Roy Hill. A classic that lives in a New York now long forgotten. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorites of the era. Always loved George Roy Hill movies, and this is one of his most underrated. Peter Sellers is hilarious, but the young girls steal the show. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review kevin w As curious a work as ever I've seen (barring those deliberately so), this involves the friendship of two well off teenage girls in Manhattan. They run around town, quite literally, jumping over trash cans and fire hydrants, gossiping and playing pretend, all while romantically fantasizing about a concert pianist (Peter Sellers). This concert pianist is a womanizing cad who's specialty is married women, who haphazardly ensnares the mom of one of the young ladies. Complications ensue. For being the title character Sellers is really only playing a supporting role, and it's one he's unclear on. His accent is all over the map (which is really the only reason to see this film). The rest is a family drama/coming-of-age/buddy movie, and not too interesting a one at that. Have I mentioned the creepy upskirt shots of the girls yet...? Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis While trying to seduce a married woman (Paula Prentiss), egotistical concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is interrupted by two precocious schoolgirls, Valerie (Tippy Walker) and Marian (Merrie Spaeth). At first he thinks nothing of it, but as he sees them more often, he becomes convinced they're spies for his lover's husband. The girls, meanwhile, have found out who he is, and Valerie insists she's in love. She starts a scrapbook, which her mother finds and, of course, misconstrues.
Director
George Roy Hill
Producer
Jerome Hellman
Screenwriter
Nora Johnson, Nunnally Johnson
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Pan Arts Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 19, 1964, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 20, 2017
Runtime
1h 46m
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