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Actors: Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The World's Greatest Lover |
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Rainbow Studios head executive Adolph Zitz is seeking the next very handsome and charming man in a lead role for his upcoming movie "The World's Greatest Lover". Zitz is competing against rival movie production company Paramount Pictures leading man Rudolph Valentino. The casting call was at an all time high as thousand of men tried out for the role all over the country.
Rudy Hickman, a baker from Milwaukee that is known to be a nervous wreck, is one of the many competing to be Rainbow Studios next sensation. He eagerly makes his way to Hollywood along with his mild-mannered wife Annie to get ready for a test screening. Changing his his name to Valentine, that is not the only new alias Rudy takes on.
Staying at a very expensive hotel, Valentine makes a scene along with his cousin Buddy, pretending to be a chauffer to Rudy and widely screams that he'd seen a big time star. The hotel manager Tomaso Abalone, even fell for the act and treated Rudy and Annie visitation to the hotel as a big deal, as if thery were Hollywood stars. But soon enough as Rudy anxiously waiting for his test screening as an actor, Annie among many of Rudolph Valentino admirers get the chance to meet handsome star, Annie is taken aback by Valentino's charm, romantic style and runs off with him. Rudy gets the news and does just about everything- including taking on the character as the real Rudolph to win his wife's love back.
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The World's Greatest Lover |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- comedy about making a movie
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- actor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- cook
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- actor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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