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2. The music is an awful Mingus-variant on that "waah-waah oom-pah jazz" that telegraphs punchlines and tries to compell audience reaction like a laugh track. The same thing happened in Belushi's "Neighbors."

3. The motivation for characters seems to shift from scene to scene. Other than being physically attractive, what on earth ties these two together other than the director's orders. Okay, she sorta kinda wants to rebel, and he sorta kinda enjoys wiggin' out for her. Or it's the sex. Or it's .. okay .. whatever .. nevermind.

4. I get the sense that the "cliched-societal-and-class restraints of 1962" were a bit different from the "cliched-societal-and-class restraints of 1966" -- and that tiny time warp threw the production off a bit.

5. Warner's dialogue with his mother when she tucks him in is my favorite, and is the most genuine moment in the movie, and is completely out of place with everything else.

6. All that said -- I'lll bet there's a decent period piece of a movie to be re-made here.

Morgan!
It's a super movie. Great acting, great directing, and a great story.

Class Warfare on the Bedroom Front
Underneath the zany gorilla suit, the automotive hijinks and the wacky pratfalls, this is at heart a love story about a rich society girl who can't help loving a penniless artist from the wrong side of the tracks. I fell in love with this movie when it first came out, and revisiting it nearly 40 years later is like heaven. The black & white print here is flawless, and the fantasy scenes mixing Tarzan footage, period nature films and Morgan's reveries are clever beyond their time. Jazz legend Johnny Dankworth provides an unusual soundtrack of woodwinds in a very Guiffresque style which has worn the years well. The movie contains several of the most memorable scenes ever committed to film, and the artful blending of fantasy and reality leads to an ending which is completely open to interpretation.

The heart wants what the heart wants. This is a very life-positive movie.