Eating Raoul
"A tasty comedy of bad manners."
(1982)
Director: Paul Bartel
Writer: Paul Bartel
Genre: Yuppies vs. Swingers
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Plot Synopsis:
Asexual yuppie couple, Paul and Mary, dream of opening a restaurant in Valencia one day. The only thing that stands between them and their dreams is cold, hard cash. Enter the swingers in the building, who carry chunks of change, but expect nasty sex in return. What's a couple to do except kill them for their cash? Enter petty thief Raoul, who's willing to take the bodies off their hands for free. Wonder what's going to happen to Raoul?
Favorite Moments:
- Paul & Mary trying to decide between Chez Bland or Paul & Mary's Country Kitchen ("But can we still serve The Bland Enchilada?")
- "Do you realize we've made $1,000 in two days, tax free, just by killing people?"
- The ever-practical Raoul: "You killed two people for less than $1,000? Seems like a lot of work for not much money."
- Susan Saiger as the sweet, down-to-earth dominatrix.
- Buck Henry's cameo as the lecherous bank manager ("If I could just poke around in your safety deposit box...")
- Adorable swinger Doris (Edie McClurg): "Moose is into voyerism and I'm into exhibitionism. We both like B&D, but we don't like S&M. We met at the A&P!"
- Night of the Comet preunion between Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran!
- Future cameo by Paul and Mary Bland in Chopping Mall (starring Kelli Maroney, from
Night of the Comet)
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