Bob carol ted alice film

Perhaps even more than the wifeswapping aspects, it attempted to address the new moral issues brought about by the upheavals of the sixties. Bob and carol and ted and alice are back, and the sexual. Oct 27, 2017 a tribute for the paul mazurskydirected 1969 satirical sex comedy drama starring natalie wood, robert culp, elliot gould, dyan cannon, and more. It was a naughty, playful film about the sexual revolution or at least the glossy, hollywoodified version of it.

Documentaryfilmmaker bob sanders and his wife carol attend a grouptherapy session that serves as the backdrop for the films opening scenes. I found it really interesting and sometimes true to life, concerning the psyche of the male and female. From left, elliot gould, natalie wood, robert culp and dyan cannon in bob and carol and ted and alice. After attending an enlightened new agetype retreat.

At the beginning of the film, bob robert culp and carol sanders. When he filmed the anxiety of bob and carol and ted and alice, or the sudden changes in the life of erica jill clayburgh in an unmarried. I watched this movie one night during the summer of 1999. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. After attending an enlightened new agetype retreat, they decide to indulge in the sexual experimentation of the freelove erain particular. A tribute for the paul mazurskydirected 1969 satirical sex comedy drama starring natalie wood, robert culp, elliot gould, dyan cannon, and more.

Bob and carol and ted and alice is a hilarious and clever comedy that is also very genuine and lovable. The film was noted for its publicity a view of couples in bed together readied to experience group sex. For some curious reason, we suddenly seem compelled to tell the truth in our personal relationships. Bob and carol encourage the other couple to adopt their lifestyle, resulting in some funny and touching. Those ampersands mash his film s two couples into one undifferentiated clump. Based on the columbia pictures motion picture directed by paul mazursky and written by mazursky and larry tucker. Couples bob and carol sanders and ted and alice henderson are best friends. Not wanting to be rude, the hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among. After attending a weekend selfhelp selfdiscovery getaway, bob and carol feel newly enlightened, and. Bob and carola welltodo married couplecome away from the aforementioned retreat high on.

After going to a group therapy retreat, bob and carol start to explore a new openness in their. Grounded in four exquisite performances, the film evolves with its characters, always with an acute sense of satire, to provide a wellrounded portrait of a generation, that might as well be ours. Theyre a wouldbe group grope, four people confused about sex in 1969 as so many of. After this films release, it led to other movies dealing with wife swapping, infidelity, and other types of experimentation with interpersonal relationships inside american society. Bob and carol culp and wood are an upperclass married couple with a little too much time on their hands. Bob and carol sanders are best friends with ted and alice henderson. A lighthearted picture of middleaged love and friendship. Bob and carol and ted and alice sunday, january 20 7. After attending a weekend selfhelp selfdiscovery getaway, bob and carol feel newly enlightened, and want their friends to feel the same way. Released in 1969, the film follows the progressivelyminded bob and carol robert. The movie retains a certain appeal due to the actors excellent work.

This fall was the 50th anniversary of the film and now the new group, in new york, has turned it into a musical, bob and carol and ted and alice. It was the fifth top grossing film of 1969 and its worth mentioning that the films above it were, in order, butch cassidy and the sundance. Documentary film maker bob saunders and his wife carol attend a group therapy session that serves as the backdrop for the opening scenes of the film. This film starts with people voluntarily engaging in some kind of weird hippy self discovery retreatthe sort where youre expected to be open and honest and stare deep into the eyes of strangersand spirals into sexual freedom and boundary expanding. After this film s release, it led to other movies dealing with wife swapping, infidelity, and other types of experimentation with interpersonal relationships inside american society. Bob and carol and ted and alice isnt really about wife swapping at all, but about the epidemic of moral earnestness thats sweeping our society right now. Produced by 2 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art.

After attending a weekend selfhelp selfdiscovery session bob plans to make a documentary film on the subject, bob and carol feel newly enlightened, and want ted and alice to feel the same way. With natalie wood, robert culp, elliott gould, dyan cannon. This production contains the use of herbal cigarettes, incense and haze. The film involved sexual liberation, and featured the shortlived desire of the two title couples to engage in extramarital affairs, mateswapping and group sex, all of which would have been obviously unacceptable on u. What is comedy, after all, but tragedy seen from the outside. Natalie wood and robert culp played carol and bob, a pretentious wealthy and bored couple in southern california. After going to a group therapy retreat, bob and carol start to explore a new openness in their relationship. The genius of bob and carol and ted and alice is that it understands the peculiar nature of the moral crisis for americans in this age group, and understands that the way to consider it is in a comedy. Bitchy dyan cannon and uptight elliott gould complete the bedsharing foursome in a smash hit that once epitomized the new permissiveness. Performances are scheduled to end on march 22, 2020. The opening chords of the hallelujah chorus as they are driving toward the esalentype retreat should. For as much as bob carol emphasize and try to force openness and honestly, alice is the one character who triesand largely succeedsat staying true to herself. After the ultra sophisticated couple, bob a filmmaker and wife, carol attend a secluded therapy group only to observe they become. It was the fifth top grossing film of 1969 and its worth mentioning that the films above it were, in order, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, midnight cowboy, easy rider and hello, dolly.