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What's Up, Tiger Lily?

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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
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PG,1hr 30min
Release:
1966
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Image Entertainment
Synopsis: Woody Allen took a Japanese spy movie called Kagi No Kagi, and replaced its original dialogue with an entirely new plot. In its revised state, this film follows the adventures of agent Phil Moskowitz who is on a deadly mission to secure the recipe for the "world's greatest egg salad." However, Moskowitz, with the help of the beautiful Suki and Terri Yaki, must prevent this unique recipe from falling into the hands of the evil Shepherd Wong. The group Lovin' Spoonful recorded the majority of the songs ... Full Synopsis
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A single, sophisticated postmodern joke housing a whole lot of dumb, but often very funny gags, What's Up Tiger Lily marks Woody Allen's unlikely, but auspicious debut as a filmmaker. Redubbing a Japanese, James Bond rip-off -- and from the looks of things, not a particularly good one -- Allen fashions jokes around notions of genre, cultural assumptions, and less lofty subjects. The result is a surprisingly ... Full Review
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Phil Moskowitz
Terri Yaki
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