What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Woody Allen
Senkichi Taniguchi

Writers:

Woody Allen (writer)
Julie Bennett (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

2 November 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

WOODY ALLEN STRIKES BACK!

Plot:

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.

Plot Keywords:

Recipe | Government Agent | Peeping Tom | Flamethrower | Eye Chart

Cast

Tatsuya Mihashi	...	Phil Moscowitz (archive footage)
Akiko Wakabayashi	...	Suki Yaki (archive footage)
Mie Hama	...	Teri Yaki (archive footage)
John Sebastian	...	Himself (as The Lovin' Spoonful)
Tadao Nakamaru	...	Shepherd Wong (archive footage)
Susumu Kurobe	...	Wing Fat (archive footage)
Sachio Sakai	...	Hoodlum (archive footage) (as A No Star Cast)
Eisei Amamoto	...	Cobra Man (archive footage)
Tetsu Nakamura	...	Foreign Minister (archive footage) (as A No Star Cast)
Osman Yusuf	...	Gambler (archive footage) (as A No Star Cast)
Woody Allen	...	Himself / Dub Voice / Projectionist
Zal Yanovsky	...	Himself (as The Lovin' Spoonful)
Joe Butler	...	Himself (as The Lovin' Spoonful)
Steve Boone	...	Himself (as The Lovin' Spoonful)
Frank Buxton	...	Dub Voice (voice)
Louise Lasser	...	Dubbed voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Len Maxwell	...	Dubbed Voice
Kumi Mizuno	...	Phil's Date (archive footage)
Mickey Rose	...	Voice
China Lee	...	Dancer in credits (uncredited)

Directed by
Woody Allen
Senkichi Taniguchi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Woody Allen		writer
Julie Bennett		writer
Frank Buxton		writer
Louise Lasser		writer
Len Maxwell		writer
Mickey Rose		writer
Bryan Wilson		writer

Produced by
Woody Allen	....	associate producer

Original Music by
The Lovin' Spoonful

Cinematography by
Kazuo Yamada

Film Editing by
Richard Krown

Music Department
Jack Lewis	....	music editor
The Lovin' Spoonful	....	music performers
Fred Weinberg	....	music score engineer

Other crew
Phill Norman	....	titles

Production Companies

• Benedict Pictures Corp.
• National Recording Studios
• Toho Company

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• Focus F. Dists Ltd. (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2002) (Australia) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Manga Films (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Murakami-Wolf Productions  titles

Also Known As:

Che fai, rubi? (Italy) [it]
El número uno (Spain) (TV title) [es]
Jak sie masz, koteczku? (Poland) [pl]
Lily la tigresa (Spain) (video title) [es]
Lily la tigresse (France) [fr]
Operation Tiger Lily (Sweden) [sv]
Què passa, Lliri Tigrat? (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Qué pasa, Tiger Lily? (Argentina) [es]
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (West Germany) [de]

Runtime:

80 min | Spain:76 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | Argentina:Atp | France:U | USA:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Company:

Benedict Pictures Corp.

Trivia:

Woody Allen and a group of friends only did 60 minutes of dialogue for the movie. An additional 19 minutes was recorded using an actor mimicking Allen, plus footage of The Lovin' Spoonful. These additions were made without Allen's consultation.

Quotes:

Phil Moscowitz: Nothing much to report... oh, somebody tried to shoot me during the credits.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Iron Fist Pillage (2001) (V)

Oh come on you bunch of sourpusses!

It's not "Manhattan", it's not "Sleeper" and it's not "Small Time Crooks" but it's funny, it's wacky in that 60's way and it's not the bad stinker of a movie people here think it is. Watch it with a some friends or some beer (or both) and just enjoy it. Sour grapes because Woody did what a lot of film nerds want to do? And the whole "Saracen pigs! Saxon dogs! Roman cow!" when Phil Moskowitz karate chops villains is a precursor to Austin Powers' "judo chop". This movie is a one off, and a pretty good one off as well.

"Loooooooooooove has found meeeeeeeeeeeeee, and I have found the waaaaaaaaaaay!"