S.O.B. **** (1981, Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson) – Classic Movie Review 8293

Writer-director Blake Edwards takes his revenge on Hollywood in his 1981 black farce S.O.B. about a film producer’s ploy to turn a flop into a hit: get Julie Andrews to bare her breasts!

S.O.B. is splendidly nasty and funny too, with a choice cast – William Holden in his last film, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Larry Hagman, Shelley Winters, Loretta Swit, Robert Loggia and Rosanna Arquette – relishing their opportunities.

Mulligan plays Felix Farmer, a producer whose $30 million musical is greeted as a flop, plummeting his career into the trash can. Oily studio boss David Blackman (Vaughn) schemes to re-cut his film contrary to contract, but, in the middle of an orgy, Mulligan decides to reshoot the film as a porno, in which its family-friendly star Sally Miles (Julie Andrews) takes her top off.

Also in the cast are Marisa Berenson, Larry Storch, Gene Nelson, Joe Penney, Craig Stevens, Jennifer Edwards and Corbin Bernsen.

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