Bedazzled
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Short description
Bedazzled is a British comedy in which Stanley Moon, a shy and self-doubting cook at a fast-food restaurant, falls hopelessly in love with Margaret, a waitress he works with. After a failed attempt to end his life, Stanley meets a stranger, George Spiggott, who turns out to be the Devil. George offers him a contract: his soul in exchange for seven wishes, with the promise of winning Margaret over. Each wish, however, goes badly wrong, whether Stanley is remade as an intellectual, a rock star or a wealthy industrialist. Woven into the story are the seven deadly sins, who work alongside George and offer Stanley their own unhelpful counsel.
The film was directed and produced by Stanley Donen, from a screenplay by Peter Cook. It was released in 1967 and runs 103 minutes. It is the tenth of the sixteen films Donen directed, coming between Arabesque and Two for the Road. The cast is led by Peter Cook as George Spiggot, Dudley Moore as Stanley Moon and Eleanor Bron as Margaret, with Raquel Welch among the credited players; twenty-seven cast members appear in all. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.2 out of 10 from 180 votes, indicating a modest but steady level of viewer interest over the decades.
What's left behind the scenes
- According to one article in the weekly magazine *New Yorker*, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a title for the film. Peter Cook (1937-1995) suggested naming it *Raquel Welch*, which greatly surprised the producers. Initially, they couldn't understand why they would name a film after an actress who appeared on screen for only a few minutes. Cook explained that because cinemas display the names of leading actors in large type for films being shown, the inscription would read: *Peter Cook and Dudley Moore – starring Raquel Welch*. The producers rejected the idea.
- Raquel Welch appeared in practically all of the film's promotional materials, although she is on screen for approximately 7 minutes in the film itself.
- At the time the film was released, blasphemy was considered a common law crime in the United Kingdom, so there were concerns that some religious groups would perceive the film as offensive. Director Stanley Donen (1924-2019) defended his creation as best he could. He even sought support from some religious authorities, and they confirmed his rightness. After that, all objections to the film's release were removed. By 2005, the definition of blasphemy in the United Kingdom had become less strict, and when censors were again asked to evaluate the film from a professional point of view, the only problem turned out to be scenes with Stanley's suicide attempts, but these problems were solved by simply changing the film's rating from 'PG' (parental guidance suggested) to '12' (suitable for children aged 12 and over).
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