A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
José Ferrer
- Leopold
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Sandy Biano
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Caitlin O'Heaney
- Dolores Farrar
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJosé Ferrer found himself the object of a practical joke while making this film. Dustin Hoffman visited the set while made up as Dorothy Michaels in the film Tootsie (1982), and proceeded to make sexual advances on Ferrer, who politely refused--but was completely unaware that Hoffman was not in fact a woman.
- GoofsAbout thirteen minutes into the movie, a crew member is visible crouched by a tree, as a deer runs through the woods.
- SoundtracksSymphony No. 3 (Scottish) in A Minor
Written by Felix Mendelssohn (as Mendelssohn)
Performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (as New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
Courtesy of CBS Records
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Woody's Comic Valentine to Ingmar Bergman and his first film with Mia Farrow
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY was Woody Allen's amusing variation on the Ingmar Bergman classic SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT, which had been previously re-worked as a Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim called A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. This film is about three couples in turn of the century who gather at one of their country homes for the weekend and it is clear at the beginning of the story that these three couples are hopelessly mismatched and we see the very human foibles that split up and mix up these three couples during this memorable weekend in the country. Woody and Mary Steenburgen plays the hosts for the weekend, a seemingly happily married couple whose happiness is clearly surface deep. Tony Roberts plays a womanizing physician and Woody's best pal who arrives for the weekend with his nurse (Julia Hagerty). In her first screen pairing with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow plays a former flame of Woody's who has arrived with her much older fiancée (Jose Ferrer) who she is scheduled to marry on Monday. Watching these three couples fuss and fumble all over each other in an attempt to be with the person they really want to be with is what makes this charming period comedy work. As always in Woody's films, music is crucial in setting the mood and Woody has chosen some classic Mendelsohhn pieces that set the perfect mood for the piece. The performances are uniformly fine, with Roberts a standout. Not one of Woody's better known films, but if you'd like to see where his relationship with Mia began, take a look.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,077,269
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,514,478
- Jul 18, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $9,077,269
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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By what name was A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) officially released in Canada in English?
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