Barbarella (1968)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Jean-Claude Forest (comic "Barbarella") and
Claude Brulé (collaborating writer) ...
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Release Date:

10 October 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Fantasy

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?

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.

Plot Keywords:

Planet | President | Torture | Astronaut | Sex

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jane Fonda	...	Barbarella
John Phillip Law	...	Pygar
Anita Pallenberg	...	The Great Tyrant
Milo O'Shea	...	Concierge / Durand-Durand
Marcel Marceau	...	Professor Ping
Claude Dauphin	...	President of Earth
Véronique Vendell	...	Captain Moon (as Veronique Vendell)
Giancarlo Cobelli
Serge Marquand	...	Captain Sun
Nino Musco
Franco Gulà
Catherine Chevallier	...	Stomoxys
Marie Therese Chevallier	...	Glossina
Umberto Di Grazia
David Hemmings	...	Dildano
Ugo Tognazzi	...	Mark Hand
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Honey Autumn	...	Bald handmaiden at Sogovian court (uncredited)
Loriana Bartella	...	(uncredited)
Marina Bartella	...	(uncredited)
Diane Bond	...	(uncredited)
Carla Cassola	...	(uncredited)
Tania de Paolis	...	(uncredited)
Sadre Girodani	...	(uncredited)
Gara Granda	...	Girl (uncredited)
Joan Greenwood	...	The Great Tyrant (voice) (uncredited)
Beatrice Lanscat	...	(uncredited)
Katiuska Lanvin	...	(uncredited)
Janet McLeod	...	Girl in Sogo (uncredited)
Gabriella Morganti	...	(uncredited)
María Teresa Orsini	...	Suicide Girl (uncredited)
Talitha Pol	...	Pipe-smoking girl (uncredited)
Fred Robsahm	...	Dildanos assistant (uncredited)
Antonio Sabato	...	Jean-Paul (uncredited)
Kitty Swan	...	Girl in Sogo (uncredited)
Silvana Venturelli	...	(uncredited)
Barbara Winer	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Vadim

Writing credits
Jean-Claude Forest		comic "Barbarella" (as Jean Claude Forest) and
Claude Brulé		collaborating writer (as Claude Brule)
Terry Southern		(screenplay) and
Roger Vadim		(screenplay)
Vittorio Bonicelli		(writer) and
Clement Biddle Wood		(writer) and
Brian Degas		(writer) and
Tudor Gates		(writer) and
Jean-Claude Forest		(writer) (as Jean Claude Forest)

Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis	....	producer

Original Music by
Michel Magne
James Campbell		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Claude Renoir

Film Editing by
Victoria Mercanton

Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia

Costume Design by
Jacques Fonteray
Paco Rabanne		(as Paco Rabane)

Production Management
Guy Luongo	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alberto Cardone	....	second unit director
Carlo Lastricati	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Umberto Campagna	....	assistant art director
Jean-Claude Forest	....	artistic consultant (as Jean Claude Forest)

Sound Department
David Hildyard	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Gérard Cogan	....	special animation effects (as Gerard Cogan)
Augie Lohman	....	special effects supervisor (as August Lohman)
Thierry Vincens-Fargo	....	special animation effects

Visual Effects by
Charles Staffell	....	optical effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Wladimir Ivanov	....	camera operator: second unit (as Vladimir Ivanov)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gloria Musetta	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Gloria Mussetta)

Music Department
Bob Crewe	....	music supervisor
Charles Fox	....	conductor
The Glitterhouse	....	music performers: songs
Michel Magne	....	conductor (uncredited)

Other crew
Maurice Binder	....	title designer
Suzanne Durrenberger	....	continuity (as Suzanne Durramberger)
Lucilla Mussini	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Chuck Painter	....	unit publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
• Marianne Productions

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Fotomat (Drive-Thru Movies) Video (1979) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Fusion Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Paramount Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Argentina Video Home (????) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Atlas Copco  compressed air for special effects
• Ditta Maggi  wigs
• Le Terrain Vague  best seller "Barbarella" published by
• Rocchetti  wigs
• Sartoria Farani S.t.L.  costume house
• The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra  music performed by

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]

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) (cut US version) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Approved | USA:PG (re-rating) (1977) (cut) | West Germany:16 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Trivia:

Barbarella's costume was inspired by designer Paco Rabanne

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.

Quotes:

Barbarella: A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones (#4.16)" (1979)

Soundtrack:

Barbarella

The greatest psychedelic science fiction sex comedy ever made!

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'!