Bedazzled
Bedazzled is a 1967 British comedy DeLuxe Color film directed and produced by Stanley Donen in Panavision format. It was written by comedian Peter Cook and starred both Cook and his comedy partner Dudley Moore. It is a comic retelling of the Faust legend, set in the Swinging London of the 1960s. The Devil (Cook) offers an unhappy young man (Moore) seven wishes in return for his soul, but twists the spirit of the wishes to frustrate the man's hopes.
Plot
Stanley Moon works as a cook in a Wimpy restaurant and is infatuated with the waitress, Margaret Spencer, but lacks confidence and is too socially inhibited to approach her. In despair at his life, he attempts suicide by hanging but is interrupted by George Spiggot, a man claiming to be the Devil. When Stanley accuses George of being delusional, he offers Stanley a "trial wish". Stanley wishes for a raspberry ice lolly, and George takes him to buy one from a nearby shop.
More details
| author | Dudley Moore Peter Cook |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Stanley Donen |
| editor | Mary Kessell Richard Marden |
| events | courtship pact with the devil |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | big city blowing a raspberry break burn claim damnation dead bodies deadly sins deal with the devil devil god hang horrify ice lolly ice pop jump lead singer meet mona lisa not only... but also pass police inspector pop singer psychedelic rock return for his soul saint peter scream seven deadly sins suicide suicide by hanging think vice squad welsh accent wimpy |
| musicBy | Dudley Moore |
| producer | Stanley Donen |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | wish fulfillment |