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Barbra Streisand, Ed Bakey, Estelle Parsons, Heywood Hale Broun, Joe Maher ...( see more  see more... ) , Louis Zorich , Michael Sarrazin , Molly Picon , Peter Mamakos , Richard Ward , Vivian Bonnell , William Redfield

Barbra Streisand returned to amped-up comedy form (following her work in Herbert Ross's sharp, unsentimental The Owl and the Pussycat and Peter Bogdanovich's screwball homage, What's Up, Doc?) in this...( read more  read more... ) nutty 1974 feature by Peter Yates (Bullitt, Breaking Away). Playing a Brooklyn housewife so dedicated to her cabdriver husband (Michael Sarrazin) she'll do anything to help him get ahead, Streisand's character--with the impossible name of Henry--secretly borrows three thousand dollars from a loan shark so hubby can play the stock market. When an expected windfall doesn't happen, Henry becomes frantically inventive trying to raise the money to pay the shark back. Originally called July Pork Bellies (a reference to commodities futures that makes sense in the context of this story), For Pete's Sake doesn't really measure up to the aforementioned Streisand comedies, but there are certainly solid moments and individual performances to single out for praise. (Among the latter is wonderful character work by Molly Picon, Estelle Parsons, and William Redfield.) Director Yates, as has often been the case, didn't quite get his head around this sort of broad material; as comedy goes, he has proven more adept with sweeter, droller films such as Breaking Away. Despite all that, true Streisand fans will not let this get away without a look. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 86 min.

Directed by: Peter Yates

Release Date: January 1, 1974

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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001

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  • jam233
    December 8, 2009
    jam233
    Much funnier than I was expecting it to be, fast moving and very amusing. It's Barbra Streisand's film all the way, but Molly Picon has a funny supporting role. Entertaining.
  • theturdkingofohio
    April 10, 2008
    theturdkingofohio
    Barbara Streisand once farted so hard that a bubble floated out of Marc Singer's noise. Inside that orb, there was NBA great Olden Polynice and a hologram of Pat Morita. Once, the bubble popped, there was a fragrance omitted that caused the sun to go dark. Then, her reign of t...( read more)error started; first music, then movies, and finally her love of hearing orgasms. Where will the evil stop? I suspect in Oprah's dungeon.
  • sandywandy0071
    June 12, 2007
    sandywandy0071
    had some funny moments. enjoyed it
  • blueowlboy
    June 10, 2007
    blueowlboy
    Oh, dear. The moral: When you want to make a wacky farce, don't go for a gritty style of film-making.
  • morellis
    April 9, 2007
    morellis
    I can't believe I'm saying it......Barbra Streisand is adorable in this! and hilarous!
  • JediAlex
    March 26, 2007
    JediAlex
    I have to see this again; I've seen it once, but it was quite a while ago.
  • phildev
    December 31, 2006
    phildev
    Cute and funny but not Barbra's best film.
  • palaminofilly
    June 27, 2006
    palaminofilly
    It was good... you just want to slap some of the characters but I own it so it's good.

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