What a Way to Go! (1964)

  • What a Way to Go! (1964)
  • What a Way to Go! (1964)
  • What a Way to Go! (1964)
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What a Way to Go! Cast

 

On-Screen Couples

Paul Newman and Shirley MacLaine Paul Newman (as Larry Flint) with Shirley MacLaine (as Louisa May Foster)

 

Movie Highlights

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Awards

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Academy Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)

Best Costume Design, Color Academy Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)

Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)

Comedy Performance, Male Laurel Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)

Best Actor Locarno International Film Festival [1964] (Won/Nominated: Won)
Plot Summary

This lavishly produced, big-budget comedy (it cost $20 million in 1964 dollars) stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow who is worth $200 million dollars. However, she`s convinced that her fortune is cursed, and she wants to give all her money to t...
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What A Cast!... What A Past!... What A Show!...

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Singles

I Think that You and I Should Get Acquainted

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Trivia

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Quotes
  • Larry Flint: The Louvre - It`s the garbage pail of the arts.
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  • Frank Sinatra was the first choice to play Rod Anderson. When Darryl F. Zanuck balked at his salary demand, Robert Mitchum agreed to play the role at no fee for tax purposes.
  • Initially intended as a vehicle for Marilyn Monroe. Producer Arthur P. Jacobs was Monroe`s publicist, and J. Lee Thompson was on her list of approved directors.
  • The last film of Tom Conway.
  • The set used as Luisa and Pinky Benson`s Hollywood mansion was originally used as the home for the Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin characters in the unfinished film "Something`s Got To Give".
  • This would be the final film for Margaret Dumont.
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