Bedazzled Page #3

Synopsis: Stanley is a short order cook, infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works at Wimpy Bar with him. Despondent, he prepares to end it all when he meets George Spiggott AKA the Devil. Selling his soul for 7 wishes, Stanley tries to make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for. He also meets the seven deadly sins who try and advise him.
Director(s): Stanley Donen
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
1967
103 min
1,058 Views


How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.

Watch it, that's all.

This is the, uh, Club Room.

It's, uh, quite nicely decorated

and painted. Early Hitler.

Now, what about my

little proposition?

All I want from you is something you

probably don't even realize you have.

I'm talking about your soul.

My soul?

Yes.

Like you collect moths...

I collect souls.

I'd like to add yours

to my collection.

What are you doing?

Just a bit of routine mischief.

Now, then, what about your soul?

Well, uh, I don't know where it

is or how to get hold of it.

Exactly.

And all I want from you is the exclusive

global and universal rights to it.

But if you took it

out, wouldn't it hurt?

It's a painless operation.

And afterwards, you

won't feel a thing.

Besides, it's been no earthly

good to you, has it?

Like to look at the contract?

Yes, please.

There we are.

Your soul's rather like your appendix...

totally expendable.

There was a time when it

did have a function...

but nowadays the vast majority

of people never use it.

Looks a bit complicated.

It's a standard contract.

Gives you seven wishes in accordance

with the mystic rules of life...

seven days of the week, seven deadly sins,

seven seas, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Look, if you're not interested...

I'm sure there's thousands of others

who'd jump at the opportunity.

No, it's just a bit

sudden, that's all.

Read it through on your own time.

"I, Stanley Moon...

"hereinafter and in the hereafter...

to be known as the damned..."

The damned?

It's a form of words. Legal jargon.

"Do warrant that I am the

sole owner of my soul."

But what about Margaret? Do you promise

that I'll have her all to myself?

Sign that...

and Margaret Spencer...

will be yours.

"Dear Miss Spencer, this

is just to say cheerio.

"Yours sincerely, Stanley Moon.

P.S. I leave you my

collection of moths."

Just how well did you know Mr. Moon?

Not at all, really.

I used to see him at Wimpy's.

Well, it does seem that, of all the people

in his life, you were the closest to him.

Why else would he leave you that note?

I suppose that must be true.

How awful.

Have you any idea why he

contemplated this rash act?

Can't say, really.

At work he always seems

so calm and quiet.

Sorry to be so blunt,

Miss Spencer...

but are you sure you're not concealing your

relationship with the would-be deceased?

Wasn't a relationship.

I scarcely knew the man.

What are you doing all

that measuring for?

Eh? Oh, we always do

this, Miss Spencer.

You'd be amazed how

often it pays off.

Now, did you say anything

that might have upset him?

Can you remember your

exact last words to him?

I think it was...

"Wimpy Burgers twice, one M.R.,

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Peter Cook

Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, satirist, writer and comedian. Cook is widely regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was closely associated with the anti-establishment comedy that emerged in the United Kingdom and United States in the late 1950s. Called "the father of modern satire" by The Guardian, in 2005, Cook was ranked number one in the Comedians' Comedian, a poll of over 300 comics, comedy writers, producers, and directors throughout the English-speaking world. more…

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