Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
"He chose you, honey! From all the women in the world to be the mother of his only living son!"
Executive Producer Bob Evans' brought ROSEMARY'S BABY to PARAMOUNT at exactly the right moment. This box office smash rescued the nearly bankrupt company from oblivion. With Evans now at the helm, PARAMOUNT led what in retrospect has been called "Hollywood's second Golden Age."As directed by Roman Polanski, this remains one of the finest motion pictures of its kind.SYNOPSIS-- Rosemary Woodhouse is betrayed by a desperate-for-success husband, impregnated by Old Nick himself (although she believes it's a dream) and watched over carefully during gestation by an eccentric witch who sickens her with disgusting herb potions. Once Rosemary understands what's happening, she can't get any outside help. It's the most frightening story without blood, gore and special effects that you'll ever see. Highest recommendation!Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.(8.1) Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Mia Farrow/John Cassavettes/Ruth Gordon/Sidney Blackmer/Maurice Evans/Ralph Bellamy/Patsy Kelly/Elisha Cook Jr./Charles Grodin/Phil Leeds/Hope SummersMISCELLENIA--Mia Farrow's husband, Frank Sinatra delivered divorce papers to her while she was shooting this movie. Mia sings the opening theme, and yes, that's her actually eating raw chicken liver!The woman seen briefly who looks like the widow of John Kennedy is Patricia Ann Conway, a Jackie lookalike.Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski) is a guest at Rosemary's "no one under 60" party. One year after this film's release, a pregnant Sharon and four others were murdered by members of the Manson family.When Rosemary starts questioning events, she phones the actor who had mysteriously gone blind, a sudden tragedy that gave her husband his big career break. The voice on the line is that of Mia Farrow's friend, Tony Curtis. She didn't know who it was and you can see in her eyes an "I know that voice" look.While Rosemary calls Dr. Hill from a phone booth, a man lurks ominously nearby with his back to the camera. He turns, smiles at the girl and she feels safe enough to exit the booth. That bit player was the movie's producer, William Castle.Charles Grodin (Dr. Hill) debuted here. His next role was Capt. Aarfy Aardvark inCATCH-22(1970), then Grodin starred in Neil Simon'sHEARTBREAK KID(1972).Sidney Blackmer (Roman Castevet) was a radio singer in the 1920s. He also won a Tony for his portrayal of Teddy Roosevelt and had minor roles in two Shirley Temple films,THE LITTLE COLONEL(1935) andHEIDI(1937).Ruth Gordon's (Minnie Castevet) first credited role was Mary Todd inABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS(1940). She had a stop-and-start Hollywood career and is best known for co-starring inHAROLD AND MAUDE(1971).Patsy Kelly (Laura-Louise) bravely came out of the closet in the early 1940s, which sabotaged her career until the television era.Hope Summers (Mrs. Gilmore) was the original Mrs. Butterworth, the talking maple syrup bottle.Phil Leeds (Dr. Shand) was a ballpark peanut vendor as a youth and a Borscht Belt comic. He got blacklisted as Communist during the early 1950s.George Savalas (brother of Telly) is one of the workmen renovating the Woodhouse's apartment.Exteriors were shot at The Dakota. Famous tenants of this 1890s apartment complex include Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, Leonard Bernstein, Jason Robards, Zero Mostel, José Ferrer, Lauren Bacall, Jack Palance and John Lennon and Yoko One. John was murdered in December 1980 right outside one of this building's entrances.