Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

HotToastyRag I didn't figure it out until a third of the way through this movie, but Bedtime Story is the original version of the beloved comedy and subsequent Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! The two movies are so incredibly similar, from the writing to the acting, that no matter which one you watch first, you'll be in for a hilarious evening. There's really only one little difference, and while I prefer the way the original was written, the remake is still very cute.David Niven, as studly as ever, is a conman who preys on rich American women. He pretends to be a royal prince desperately in need of money to free his enslaved people, and after a seduction, the women gladly surrender their jewelry and checkbooks. Marlon Brando, not particularly studly, also cons women in giving him money-for his nonexistent sick grandmother who needs an operation. The characters are introduced separately to the audience, and each set of scenes is totally hilarious. When they finally reunite on the screen, there's a side-splittingly funny battle of the wits as they try to top each other in the con game. I could tell you more of the plot, but there's really no need. The first fifteen minutes is funny enough on its own to make you want to watch the entire rest of the movie. Stanley Shapiro's-the Oscar-winning writer of Pillow Talk-and Paul Henning's script is quick, witty, clever, and charming. I highly recommend watching Bedtime Story, or Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, whenever you need a good laugh. You'll be laughing for days.

bobthomp Great movie. Is this public domain? Who owns the rights? There must be a reason this never made it to DVD. The DVD that's out there was made from a VHS tape. But the movie shows Brando could do comedy. Of course if you are familiar with Niven you know he had a natural comedic gift. Please, someone put this out in high def. I think I actually bought the paperback book that came out when this movie first came out. I'll have to check my bookshelf. I was watching Send Me No Flowers the other night. I know it was remade but I think it's time for another version. Rock Hudson was great. And also another remake of My Favorite Wife. Didn't like the 60's remake.

dale.launer@gte.net I saw it in the late '60's on TV when I was home from school. Years later I became a screenwriter and got a call from David Bowie's production company. He and Mick jagger wanted to do a movie together and hoped I would write it. I suggested doing a remake of Bedtime Story with Bowie as Lawrence Jamison and Mick as Freddy.They were both interested, the studio (UA) was interested, but the movie had been made at Universal and there was no way they could get the rights. A number of other studios were interested, but couldn't wrestle the right away from Universal.Turns out no had bothered to do a copyright search. I did. Turns out the rights had reverted back to the original writer/producer Stanley Shapiro. We met at the Pink Turtle (a coffee shop at what was the Beverly Wilshire) and did a deal on a napkin.The original title was King of Hill. Since Stanley was the man behind the Doris Day/Rock Hudson/Cary Grant movies - he decided to write (with Maurice Richlin - who went on to pen the original Pink Panther) a movie where Cary Grant and Rock Hudson would compete for Doris Day.Apparently, Cary had asked Rock to do a movie with him, but Rock had turned him down. So Cary didn't want to do a movie with Rock. And Doris wouldn't do the movie without the both of them. Hence it was re-cast with Niven, Brando and Shirley Jones.Stanely said this movie didn't do all that well in its original run. He felt that the movie fell flat in the south because of Brando championing civil rights.Thought I do prefer my ending, but this is nevertheless a very charming movie. Which is why I tried to preserve as much as the original as possible. Hey, if ain't broke, don't fix it. And certainly don't change it.

catcha22 Being the basis for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," I couldn't help watching this one. I had the bad fortune of seeing the remake first, however, and they are scene-by-scene identical up until the last bits. I think that I liked "Bedtime Story" more, however. Marlon Brando did a much better job than Steve Martin did 25 years later. David Niven played the part better too. "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" twisted the end of the movie and set it up for a sequel, but that never came through. I like it fine, anyway, just how it is.