The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) movie review - Sneak Previews Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel
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- This is the original review of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas by Siskel & Ebert on "Sneak Previews" in 1982. All of the segments pertaining to the movie have been included.
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I was laid up with a knee injury in the summer of '82 and saw a lot of movies. Some were good ("ET"), some I enjoyed ("Annie), and some that were just God awful ("Summer Lovers", Grease II"). What I remembered about this one was the scene of the football players dancing around in their jock straps and Charles Durning stopping the show with "A Little Sidestep").
In 1982, it was hard to sell a movie like *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* and not just to Siskel & Ebert. The very word "Whorehouse" was considered objectionable in certain parts of the United States. Universal was thus forced to call it *The Best Little Cathouse in Texas* in some print ads. Depending on the area, TV ads for the film were either censored or banned outright. In Detroit, the announcer for WXYZ-TV's *Now Showing* segment made a clicking noise during his reading of the film's title, mainly to get the offending word off of the television set. And finally, Dolly Parton did interviews in which she referred to the film as *The Best Little Chicken House in Texas.*
[Migrated from the "Musicians Acting" compilation video.]
I agree that there is almost no relationship between Parton and Reynolds; I don't think we even ever see them kiss. There is zero sex in the movie; if there was, I think it would have gotten an NC-17 rating. I think it had a PG-13 rating, which given its subject, was amazing for the time. I didn't think it was That bad, however.
There were cute moments in it.
@@maskedmarvyl4774 Actually, the film was rated R from the beginning. [The PG-13 rating was first introduced in 1984.]
@@maskedmarvyl4774 Nc-17 rating didn't come out til 90s. Burt and Dolly kiss at the very end of the movie.
One of my favorite movie musicals. I loved it. I disagree with their review.
In 1982, Universal-International and Studio Canal were presented the Miller/Milkis/Boyett production of King and Masterson's "The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" with Academy Award nominees Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton and Charles Durning. This was Colin
Higgins' third and final American picture as both writer and director. He died in 1989. During the early 1990's and beyond, this
successful musical adaptation became the fourth highest grossing picture of all time in the history of both MCA/Universal and
Studio Canal. The Grammy Award nominated soundtrack album was available on MCA Nashville cassettes and compact discs,
featuring Dolly Parton's lovely ballad, "I Will Always Love You." After all many musical adaptations were soon come and go, but
this picture simply stays with you. And thanks to Colin Higgins and his team of collaborators, they got it at both MCA/Universal
and Studio Canal, after two wonderful years in the making. That was the last American picture produced by Miller/Milkis/Boyett,
a company had shut down two years later in June of 1984. A Universal-International Release. (c)1982, 1993, 1997 Universal
Pictures Limited. Rated R. Enjoy!
I liked it. Thought it's a good movie Burt and Dolly were great together. One of two musicals I that summer the other being Annie.
I agree that the movie was not as good as it should have been. I have no doubt that Burt and Dolly could have been magic together if the filmmakers just let them be. That being said, there is one memorable song from this, at least to me, and that is "Hard Candy Christmas."
They cross the 180 line several times in that second clip. It's hard to tell where anyone is standing/looking.
The other musical I liked was Annie and this one in summer 82
I wonder if they could have combined them?
"Little Orphan Annie's Best Little Whorehouse".....
Annie is light years ahead in superiority. This film is crap.
@@ryzo5764 It was producer Ray Stark, whose superior credits such as "West Side Story,"
"Funny Girl" and its sequel, "Funny Lady" worked closely with director John Huston
and writer Carol Sobieski to bring "Annie" at Columbia Pictures in 1982. The cast and
crew work well and became the most successful musical film in the 1981-1982
summer season in Columbia's history. They were light years ahead in superiority.
This film is fun for both families and kids, nominated for two Oscars in 1983, including
one for Ralph Burns' adaptation score.
There is a certain snobbery attached to any successful Broadway production. "They could never make a movie of it." You'd think a couple of Second City journalists would have known how to answer such embedded "showism".
But these two even went so far as to turn a blind eye on this movie's complete rebuild of _Oklahoma._ Rodgers and Hammerstein should have lived to see the interstate rivalry addressed undressed.
The boys missed the mark on BLWIT... Still funny today! Not sure how they screwed anything up, as it kept most of the play, the essential characters and plot points. I can remember the songs 40 years later!!!!
With the exception of one clunker song, this movie is a lot of fun. Thanks for posting.
curious which you consider the clunker?
@@bobsmith-qu2oq the song the football players sing. I fast forward through that song now. I don’t need to hear it anymore. The rest of the movie is top-notch.
Dolly looks great in black lingerie!
She's sexy and hot!
Boy did they get it wrong. No memorable songs? “I will always love you” became an iconic tune often copied by many other artists. They were “disappointed” the movie wasn’t dirty enough? The only scene they ‘enjoyed’ was when Dolly’s character gave Burt’s character a pair of underwear? Seriously? The movie continues to be watched by new generations while these sicko cinema snobs are long gone. 😂
The song was very popular on the MCA Nashville label. In 1983, it was nominated for an Grammy Award for best original song.
Fabulous stage musical destroyed.
Loud, ambnoxious, annoying. The music scene is horriable. Jarring. The camera is so zoomed its rediculous. Corny and cringey film. Some of the worst derivative crap from Hollywood
It's Colin Higgins' final American picture and he did a damn good job getting everything right after two years in the making, according to Ray Stark, presenter/financier, StudioCanal who spoke in September of 2003. In fact
StudioCanal owns Rastar, RKO, Carolco, DDLC, Brooksfilms, EMI and more, all of which it became the
biggest library of both television and features. It entertained audiences and fans around the world.