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'Ladies...forget it!'

posted 19 years ago by [email protected]
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I'd read a review of this movie way back when that made a big point of their cutting a bit of dialog: when Flint is given the rundown on the plan for women to take over the world, he replies "Ladies..." and proceeds to argue that being dealt a bum deal doesn't justify their turning the tables and becoming like their oppressors - he concludes "...now, forget it!"

So does anyone have his exact words, and know why they made this cut? I doubt putting some thoughtful point in the movie would have confused and angered contemporary viewers, but then I'm not in the movie business.

[–] hueydoc 19 years ago

At the end of the explanation by the ladies on their plan, Flint said "Ladies...(he pauses then sits)...forget it!" And then they say, in unison, "Forget it?" At that point Gen Carter comes in and takes over the operation from the women. I remember this because almost everytime this movie is shown on tv between the women's line and Carter entering the scene is where the stations cut to a commercial break.

[–] [email protected] 19 years ago

Well yeah, that's how it was when I caught it on AMC (before they had commercial breaks) and how it's always been - but the dialog I'm curious about never even made it to the theater. Flint compares the women's plan of turning the tables of domination as simply being 'the other side of the coin', adding 'if it's a slug on one side it's a slug on the other!'

The review I read also mentioned a line of dialog missing from the ending with Flint and the lady cosmonauts partying, but I can't recall that one at all. Damn brain...

[–] s007davis 18 years ago

The final line in the original version has Flint saying to the lady cosmonauts "Men and women are not brothers!" I read this in an old copy of Saturday Review which had a review of the film. I think they should have left these lines in. ILF is a more intelligent and thoughtful entry in the 1960s spy film genre than it's given credit for. I think I prefer it to "Our Man Flint"

[–] karlcharlotte-1 17 years ago

There are a number of lines missing that were included in the original script. If you are a Flint fan look for the Jack Pearl fictionalized paperbacks of the movie (generally available on ebay) for both Our Man and In Like Flint. They include likes of lines apparently put in the script by the Flint creator and writer Hal Fimberg. They show up in the novelizations as they books are based on the scripts not the movies. Great collectors items and usually not too expensive. The film had it's World premiere in Puerto Rico on March 4, 1967 as the Virgin Island sequences were shot there. Another great collectible is a copy of Jerry Goldsmith's great score released in a limited edition LP and given to those in attendence at the premiere. It has the same Orange front and back cover with the In Like Flint logo and the words Special Souvenir Album, World Premiere, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 4, 1967. Inside is the same LP (in mono)that was publicly distributed by Fox. I showed a copy to JG. He had never seen it and said he was not invited to the premiere. Go figure.

[–] Bob-45 16 years ago

VARIETY ran a very long article on this subject in 1967. Producer Saul David left 20th Century Fox to protest the cut. The missing dialogue can be found in that VARIETY article or on the book based on the screenplay.