Overview
Release Date:
10 October 1968 (USA)
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Tagline:
Who seduces an angel? Who strips in space? Who conveys love by hand? Who gives up the pill? Who takes sex to outer space? Who's the girl of the 21st century? Who nearly dies of pleasure?
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Plot:
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
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Awards:
1 nomination
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User Comments:
The greatest psychedelic science fiction sex comedy ever made!
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Also Known As:
Barbarella (USA)
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy (USA) (promotional title)
Barbarella (Argentina) (Spain) [es]Barbarela (Portugal) [pt]Barbarella (Greece) [el]Barbarella (Austria) [de]Barbarella (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]Barbarella (Finland) [fi]Barbarella - Królowa galaktyki (Poland) [pl]Barbarella, la Venus del espacio (Spain) [es]Barbarella, rumpigen og den sorte tyran (Denmark) [da]
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Runtime:
98 min
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Goofs:
Continuity: There is an inconsistency in the manner in which Barbarella and the President salute each other. When the Earth President greets Barbarella, he raises his left hand palm outward. Barbarella responds with her right hand palm outward. When the President farewells her, he does so with his right hand palm outward, and Barbarella responds with her right hand palm outward as well.
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Quotes:
Barbarella:
A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.
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Soundtrack:
Barbarella
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I first saw 'Barbarella' on TV as a small child in the 1970s and along with 'The Omega Man', 'One Million Years B.C.', and 'Jason and the Argonauts' the movie blew my tiny little mind! I think my interest in cult and bizarre began from seeing this classic slice of 1960s psychedelic trash for the first time. This is one of the silliest movies ever made, but still one of the most entertaining. Jane Fonda, then at the peak of her sex kitten period (history lesson - this was before "radical Jane" and "corporate Jane"), has never looked lovelier than in this movie, and manages to really pull off Barbarella's wide-eyed innocence. Anita Pallenberg (co-star of 'Performance' and then Keith Richards' "old lady") is stunning as The Great Tyrant, even if her voice is dubbed, and her handful of scenes with Fonda are unforgettable. The rest of the eclectic supporting cast includes cult favourites John Phillip Law ('Diabolik') as Pygar, the blind angel, David Hemmings ('Profondo Rosso') as Dildano a revolutionary, and Milo O'Shea ('Theatre Of Blood') as renegade Earth scientist Duran Duran. 'Barbarella' contains some of the most striking and surreal images of the 1960s (the doll attack scene is one of my all time favourites!), and is definitely one of the most bizarre science fiction movies ever made. Like many of the 1960s more excessive movies it is a real love it or hate it proposition. I love it of course, and think it, Russ Meyer's 'Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!', and Roger Corman's 'The Trip' are the three greatest 1960s trash classics. This is simply absolutely essential viewing for all 1960s buffs, science fiction or otherwise. Long live 'Barbarella'!