Product: The Owl and the Pussycat [VHS] (1970)
Rating: 1.0
Restore the cuts
I echo the sentiments of previous reviews. I saw this movie at a sneak preview at Loews' State Theater in New York, and George Segal attended. I later saw it again after its official release, and there were no cuts. Barbra's bare bosom had already been shadowed out, but the funniest line in the movie, when Barbra uttered the "F" word, was there. It was still there when Cinemax aired the movie in the 90s. With all of the blood, gore, horror, and sexual aberration that we've been exposed to on the screen, what is offensive about Ms. Streisand using the vernacular for copulation? Some reviewers have blamed Streisand for the current emasculated version that I was suckered into buying, after being mislead. Not true; Barbra has no power over this particular film. It was produced by Ray Stark for Columbia, and Columbia is the villain of this story. At least give potential buyers the choice of which version they'd like to see! My advice is do NOT buy the castrated edition of The Owl and the Pussycat.