What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 American International Pictures.
Starring: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, The Lovin' Spoonful
Featuring: Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tadao Nakamaru
Directors: Woody Allen & Senkichi Taniguchi
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Woody Allen's directoral debut, and the only movie where he did not have creative control established beforehand. The Lovin' Spoonful's musical numbers were added to the movie during post-production, against Allen's wishes.
Allen took two Japanese spy films from the International Secret Police series, A Barrel of Gunpowder, and Key of Keys, and overdubbed them with original dialogue in English. He also added new scenes while rearranging the order of the existing ones for humorous effect.
The newly dubbed plot surrounds secret agent Phil Moskowitz, who is ordered to find a secret egg salad recipe that had been stolen from theGrand Exalted High Majah of Raspur, a non-existant but real-sounding country. The plot itself is just an excuse to use sight gags and puns found within the original Japanese movies.
Highly recommended.
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