Candy (1968 film)
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{{Infobox Film | name = Candy
| image = Candy_movieposter.jpg
| caption = original film poster
| director = [[Christian Marquand]]
| producer = [[Robert Haggiag]]<br>[[Selig J. Seligman]]<br>[[Peter Zoref]]
| writer = [[Terry Southern]]<br>[[Mason Hoffenberg]]<br>[[Buck Henry]]
| starring = [[Ewa Aulin]]<br>[[John Astin]]<br>[[Charles Aznavour]]<br>[[Marlon Brando]]<br>[[Richard Burton]]<br>[[James Coburn]]<br>[[John Huston]]<br>[[Ringo Starr]]
| music =
| cinematography = [[Giuseppe Rotunno]]
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| released = 1968
| runtime = 124 minutes
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| 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 [[Candy (novel)|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]
[[Category:1968 films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s comedy films]]
[[Category:Sex comedy films]]
[[Category:Films based on fiction books]]
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