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A housewife tries to finance her cab-driving husband's education.A housewife tries to finance her cab-driving husband's education.A housewife tries to finance her cab-driving husband's education.
Joseph Maher
- Mr. Coates
- (as Joe Maher)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaBarbra Streisand met former romantic partner/companion Jon Peters on this film who was was the production's hairdresser. Peters made and styled the wigs Streisand used for this movie.
- GoofsWhen Pete pulls Henry into the bathtub with him after the awful family dinner, it is clear that he is wearing briefs.
- Quotes
Helen Robbins: You're just jealous.
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins: Of what am I supposed to be jealous?
Helen Robbins: You're jealous because Fred has money and can buy me nice things.
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins: He should buy you electrolysis, Helen, so the Brotherhood-of-TV-Dealers won't think ol' Fred is shacked up with some fat-ass grizzly bear!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
- SoundtracksFor Pete's Sake (Don't Let Him Down)
Music by Artie Butler
Lyrics by Mark Lindsay
Performed by Barbra Streisand
Featured review
gets wackier and funnier
Pete (Michael Sarrazin) and Henrietta Robins (Barbra Streisand) are a Brooklyn couple with money problems. Cab driver Pete hears a tip on pork bellies from his dispatcher and the couple decides to buy the futures. Nobody is willing to lend them the money and Henrietta goes to a loan shark in secret. When the debt comes due, she has to work in increasingly weirder jobs while hiding it from her husband.
It starts poor. Henry is not particularly that appealing. The pork bellies McGuffin does not taste good. I didn't like this movie at first and didn't know where it was going. Then it starts to get edgier and then it gets weirder. The silliness gets funny. Streisand is able to do stupid comedy and she eventually gets there. The movie should start silly and forget about the pork bellies. Pete is a bit of wet blanket but he does get into a funny screwball situation with a judge. This is good for a few giggles in the second half.
It starts poor. Henry is not particularly that appealing. The pork bellies McGuffin does not taste good. I didn't like this movie at first and didn't know where it was going. Then it starts to get edgier and then it gets weirder. The silliness gets funny. Streisand is able to do stupid comedy and she eventually gets there. The movie should start silly and forget about the pork bellies. Pete is a bit of wet blanket but he does get into a funny screwball situation with a judge. This is good for a few giggles in the second half.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- July Pork Bellies
- Filming locations
- 125 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York, USA(The building where Henrietta and Pete live. Possibly the interior apartment scenes were filmed there as well.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,715,697
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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