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S.O.B. (1981)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 3/24

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3/24: I thought I would check out S.O.B. which is based on Blake Edwards' experience with his failed film Darling Lili.

Well, it's neither funny nor interesting. Maybe the director is the problem after all. Oddly, they said if Julie Andrews bared herself, the gross might shoot up to 100 or 200 million dollars. So she did for S.O.B., yet it ultimately grossed $14.8 million against a budget of $12 million. In other words, nobody was interested in seeing her naked.

The only part that goes anywhere is the party sequence. Then again, Blake Edwards did direct The Party with Peter Sellers. That's it. Nothing else works. The final thirty minutes sucks. Tragically, it's the final film for William Holden who eventually passed out drunk, hit his head on a table, died, and wasn't discovered for days.

All in all, S.O.B. is a forgotten film because it's bad.