I found a lot to like about oc and stiggs, but more than anything i love altmans style. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing o. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. I truly wish it would get issued on dvd but i realize the chances of this are remote. And, while i loved the liberal trashing of the extreme rightwing conservative neighbor, the movie was quite meanspirited at times. Altmans bestknown films include mash, the long goodbye, and california split. C and stiggs dvd provides a fascinating glimpse into the psychology of failure. An unparalleled achievement in transgressive studio filmmaking that somehow maintains its reputation as the most maligned film of altmans most maligned decade, o. In melvin van peebles in which he appeared included o. This offbeat, episodic comedy from robert altman features teenage characters based on a short story from national lampoon magazine. Oc and stiggs 1987 directed by robert altman starring. In a film armed with vicious satire and hilarious surprises, suburbia will never be the same. Being a big fan of the late robert altmans work, my goal is to see every film he made in his career. Staring paul dooley, dennis hopper, ray walston and jane curtin.
The movie departs from its source material in some noticeable ways. Presented by the chicago film society click here to purchase advance tickets. In what can only be described as a dramatic change of pace, robert altman directed this raunchy teen comedy based on the antics of two characters featured in a series of stories published in the national lampoon. Apparently, the director viewed the film version of o. An unparalleled achievement in transgressive studio filmmaking that mgm shelved for years, o. And stiggs bouncing along in the gila monster to the tune of public domain sanford and son while altman focuses on the ganbonese flag on the back.
You are browsing the website, which contains photos and videos of nude celebrities. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. One of the titles that i had heard come up over the years was o. Actors are praised even if you dont like my work, you gotta give it up for lovable old ray walston, my main home slice paul dooley, and the divine miss jane curtin. Jenkins and stiggs neill barry, who have made it their lifes mission to harass boorish. The best bingeworthy tv shows and movies to watch on netflix in may. With the comedy identity crisis 1989, he ended a 16year hiatus from screen directing, and he later wrote and directed le conte du ventre plein 2000. Watching the movie removed from its cultural moment, you can see why it would get lost in the shuffle, since it fails so completely at what it is. In the end i relented i purchased the sure thing on the same day and i was not dissapointed. In this ninepart series, the pink smoke will be plumbing the murky depths of the filmography of legendary director robert altman, a master of le cinema who in his wildly inconsistent career created not only some legendarily awful movies, but at least a dozen films overlooked and halfremembered even by his admirers.
A great film for all ages, exept perhaps the very young and the elderly. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Oc and stiggs were essentially leopold and loeb in the stories, and manncarroll realized no mainstream studio would distribute a version close to the original stories. Its a comedy and romance movie with a less than average imdb audience rating of 5. Being fairly uncool and self involved in the early 80s, i hadnt read any of the national lampoon magazines at the time, so i was completely unaware of the antics or existence of oliver cromwell o. When the october 1982 issue arrived, it contained first person account of fictional characters oc and stiggs titled the utterly monstrous mindroasting summer of o. Ogilvie and mark stiggs, or the fact that a movie, titled o. The rambling story, complete with charts, pictures, and other visual aids, is a cross between huckleberry finn and fear and loathing in las vegas. Its notion of american artificiality runs so deep that the film begins and ends at a. And if you didnt think it possible for two scottsdale marxist rebels to have a transcontinental social conscious, the final shot of the film is o. Rent robert altman movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Its for people who want to see movies they havent seen before made by filmmakers who dont give a fuck what anyone thinks. Halfhearted defenses are offered theres some good stuff in this movie, honestly there is.
I know from experience how bad bad altman can be, so i expected the worst. The story centers on the trials and travails suffered by the. Based on two characters published in national lampoon, the film. Its still as funny as ever, and if you like sex and the city, the oc and stiggs probably isnt for you, but cynthia nixon is in it anyway. Based on a series of articles in national lampoon magazine, o. Its a movie for people who dont need movies to fit a certain genre, to be high art or low art, to make a lick of sense. Needless to say, altmans finished film, a carnival ride through suburban arizona lacking in both clearcut jokes and a clearcut. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
And stiggs is an utterly monstrous, mindroasting explosive device ready to detonate in the face of anybody who dares to look its way. Set in arizona, the film follows the exploits of two mischievous high school dorks, o. Perhaps its because i came in with bottomofthebarrel expectations for a movie ive heard absolutely nothing good about, but i found myself enjoying o. I was a subscriber of national lampoon back in the 70s and 8os. I never did alot of research on the movie and didnt exactly know what year it was released. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. As i recall, oc and stiggs were based on the characters hock and wickheiser in an earlier short story by mann or carroll who go on a similar rampage. Oglevey and mark stiggs were recurring characters in national lampoon magazine, reaching their pinnacle in october 1982, when natlamp dedicated an entire issue to their epic tale, the utterly monstrous, mindroasting summer of o. The difference is that anderson approached his deconstruction of sophomoric adam sandler movies as a huge fan while. In the days before the internet, young cinephiles like myself relied on.