Candy (1968 film)

Infobox Film | name = Candy


caption = original film poster
director = Christian Marquand
producer = Robert Haggiag
Selig J. Seligman
Peter Zoref
writer = Terry Southern
Mason Hoffenberg
Buck Henry
starring = Ewa Aulin
John Astin
Charles Aznavour
Marlon Brando
Richard Burton
James Coburn
John Huston
Ringo Starr
music =
cinematography = Giuseppe Rotunno
editing =
distributor =
released = 1968
runtime = 124 minutes
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:86557
imdb_id = 0062776:"This article is on the 1968 film. For the 2006 film, see Candy (2006 film)""Candy" is a 1968 film directed by Christian Marquand. Based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, it starred Ringo Starr, Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Anita Pallenberg and Florinda Bolkan also appear in small parts.

Plot

The opening sequence shows Candy (Ewa Aulin) descending to Earth from outer space. In the next scene, she is in school, where her father (John Astin) is also her teacher. She attends a poetry recital by eccentric poet MacPhisto (Richard Burton), who offers her a ride home in his limousine. At her home, MacPhisto gets increasingly drunk and continues to recite poems, inspiring Candy and the Mexican gardener Emanuel (Ringo Starr) to have sex. After this scandal, the family decides to send her off to a private school, and she embarks on a psychedelic journey during which she meets a number of strange people, including a sex starved military general (Walter Matthau), a doctor who performs public operations (James Coburn), a hunchback (Charles Aznavour) and a fake Indian guru (Marlon Brando).

The story bears a marked similarity to Voltaire's "Candide", including its naïve protagonist (switched from male to female), its penchant for exploring human sexuality, the protagonist's far-reaching travels, and her attempt to find some basic Good in humanity among all its charlatans and hypocrites. Whereas Candide is generally taken advantage of for a variety of reasons/uses, however, Candy herself is almost always sought after for her sexual appeal. This comes closer to the portrayal of Cunégonde, the heroine of Voltaire's novel.

See also

* Candy (novel)

External links

* [http://www.geocities.jp/candy1969/index.html Scene-by-scene screen captures]
*imdb title|id=0062776|title=Candy
* [http://www.badmovies.org/movies/candy/ Synopsis, Review, and Screen Shots at Badmoview.org]