What's New Pussycat? (1965) on Netflix
Women keep falling for Michael James, the editor of a Paris fashion magazine. Engaged to Carole Werner, he will not give up his womanizing and turns to Dr. Fritz Fassbender for help.
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Plot summary
Michael James is the British editor of a fashion magazine in Paris. He loves Carole Werner, a teacher, and her parents would like the two of them to marry, but he is not ready to give up his womanizing. Other women are drawn to him too, among them Liz Bien, an exotic dancer, and Rita, a parachutist who lands in his car. Michael consults Dr. Fritz Fassbender, an Austrian therapist who pursues his own patient Renée Lefebvre, and she longs for Michael. Carole turns to Michael's friend Victor Shakapopulis.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about What's New Pussycat? (1965)
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- Warren Beatty, the film's original lead, threatened to quit the production as Woody Allen's role kept growing, but his standing in Hollywood had fallen so far that Feldman let him go and gave the part to Peter O'Toole. Beatty later admitted, "I diva'ed my way out of the movie."
- Groucho Marx was set to play Dr. Fassbender, but at Peter O'Toole's insistence he was replaced by Peter Sellers.
- The title came from producer Charles K. Feldman overhearing Warren Beatty, his original choice for the lead, answering the phone to a girlfriend with "what's up pussycat".
- Woody Allen took $30,000 from Feldman to write the script only on condition that he could also appear in the film.
