Bedazzled (1967)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

It is a performances centric movie

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Soberb British humor made by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore,this movie l watched in 2011 for the first time and l found it weird but funny mainly if compare to American remake,the movie is a little dated by now but still shines,clever and social criticism on sixties,Peter Cook is a misleading Devil who make a agreement with poor unhappy man called Moon (Dudley Moore) who was in love to a girl,seven wishes in exchange of his soul,but each wish end up in a nightmare....the Devil deceive the foolish man every time...really fantastic black humor comedy helped by unmistakable British accent...in time a little appearance of the astonishing Raquel Welch as Lust...Gorgeous ever!!!

I'm not that familiar with the works of these comedians and I'm not going to find out more but this movie's pretty good. It's a funny, silly movie with funny, silly dialogues and a funny, silly plot, though it's pretty dated. There are some jokes that work and then the rest that kind of makes you go "heh". The story is interesting enough though, and I especially like how the wish sequences are kept short and to the point. Main guy asks for something, things go well for two seconds, then he finds out how the devil screwed it up again, lives with it for a while for the hell of it and then back to square one. Then yet another wish with a stupid obvious loophole. Meanwhile the devil causes all kinds of annoying stuff, being called while you're in the bath, working on parking meters, we've all seen mediocre stand-up comedy. It's all very kind comedy, except for some unexpected stabs to politics. They mock religion enough to make the fanatics angry (I mean they DO mention it), but it's all good and harmless. Oh and Raquel Welch is in this looking all good, but she gets so little screen time it should be a crime. I enjoyed the viewing, but it isn't sensationally good.

I had seen the Brendan Fraser/Elizabeth Hurley version long before this original from director Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain) and written by the two leading actors. It is exactly the same premise, a guy - Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore) - wants to be with a girl - Margaret Spencer (Eleanor Bron) - and along comes The Devil, aka George Spiggott (Peter Cook), and the guy signs a contract for seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Throughout the film Stanley becomes articulate intellectual, a wealthy industrialist, a brief rock star, has an affair, a fly on the wall and a nun, oh, and gets an ice lolly. In the end though, instead of the Devil demanding he makes a final wish and it isn't for himself, Stanley uses them all, and the Devil simply turns nice to get God to take him back into Heaven. Also starring a pretty brief Raquel Welch as Lilian Lust, Alba as Vanity, Robert Russell as Anger; Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage as Envy, Parnell McGarry as Gluttony, Danièle Noël as Avarice, Howard Goorney as Sloth, Michael Bates as Insp. Reg Clarke, Bernard Spear as Irving Moses, Robin Hawdon as Randolph, Michael Trubshawe as Lord Dowdy, Evelyn Moore as Mrs. Wisby, Charles Lloyd Pack as Vicar and Lockwood West as St. Peter. In my opinion, this isn't as good as the much more lively and modern remake, this just feels too 60's, it seems much more chatty, and there was not much to laugh at. Cook is not as fun as the sexy interpretation by Hurley, Moore is not as concerned as Fraser, I think Welch would been a very seductive Devil, probably more so than Hurley, but if you like old fashioned comedy, this is worth seeing, at least once. Okay!

Besides the deft humor (some of it is best appreciated by those who are familiar with Britain of the '60s or the UK in general) there is entertaining music (written by Dudley Moore), some plot twists, and most surprisingly a moral message that can be taken away along with the humor and the music.The 2000 Bedazzled is quite different and more uneven.Oh, and there's Raquel Welch as Lust. Not exactly playing against type.The cast is uniformly excellent. For some reason this film is rarely seen on television and it is not easily found in video stores in either tape or DVD form.