What a Way To Go (1964)
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Paul Newman Shirley MacLaine Robert Mitchum
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| This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she's crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich. |
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Editor's Note
A classic of 60's film decadence, WHAT A WAY TO GO stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow four times over who is left with more money than she knows what to do with. When she signs an unsolicited, multimillion-dollar check over to the IRS, however, officials in high places begin to doubt her sanity, and send her to a psychiatrist. As her story unfolds in the doctor's office, her motivations become clear. A young Louisa, encouraged to marry for money, instead chose to marry for love. Sadly, after her new husband had a small taste of success, he pursued it endlessly, and ultimately greed lead him to an early demise. His three successors follow suit. In an attempt to avoid the same fate, Louisa now desires to rid herself of her wealth and return to her original simplicity. With an all-star cast including Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings, and Margaret Dumont, this over-the-top comedy is a study in excessive mise en scene, and MacLaine is resplendent in Edith Head costumes and brilliant Technicolor.
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Cast & Crew
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Dean Martin |
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Dick Van Dyke |
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Gene Kelly |
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Paul Newman |
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Robert Cummings |
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Robert Mitchum |
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Shirley MacLaine |
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Arthur Jacobs - Producer |
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Gwen Davis - Writer |
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J. Lee Thompson - Director |
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Leon Shamroy - Cinematographer |
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Marjorie Fowler - Editor |
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Nelson Riddle - Musical Score |
Awards
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Oscar (1965) |
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Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss, Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color |
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Edith Head, Moss Mabry, Nominee, Best Costume Design, Color |
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British Academy Awards (1965) |
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Shirley MacLaine, Nominee, Best Foreign Actress |
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