Pillow Talk DVD

Advantages: Cast, script, most things really
Disadvantages: A bit slow at times

Pillow Talk is a wonderful romantic comedy which has hardly aged a bit in the decades since its release. Remade a couple of years ago into the excellent Down With Love, this one can still hold its head up high (and though I personally still like the latter film more, I know that many prefer the original.) Jan Morrow (Doris Day) is a highly successful career woman, who is unfortunate in that she has to share a party phone line with playboy Brad Allen ...
...All in all, Pillow Talk is an extremely enjoyable film thanks to a witty script and an enthusiastic cast. Hudson and Day are terrific whether sparring or wooing, and their phone encounters contain some sparkling dialogue. Tony Randall as the rich wannabe husband who can't understand is very funny, particularly when taking great delight in Brad's failures (though he does turn out to be sort of a good friend in the end!) His performance is not all ... Read review

Advantages: takes you to a fantasy world
Disadvantages: none that i can think of really

...tall, dark and handsome. Pillow Talk is on of my faves with Doris Day and the delectable Rock Hudson (6ft 6in of oppurtunity doesnt come along often on of the lines i the film). the story is about a interior designer who shares a phone line with a song writer who is a carefree bachelor who has a differnet woman for every hour of the day, who in a chance meeting after having clashed on the phone realises that he would like to get to know the other ...
...that if she knew who he was he comes up with an alter ego to win her over. As the film goes on you get to know more about all the characters in the film from Rock Hudson's Brad Allen and his alter ego Rex Stetson and Doris Day's Jan Morrow. Also I would recommend looking out for Jan Morrows maid Alma this is a great character and you also get to see her have a little romance in her life to. This is a great film about a carefree bachelor who stays ... Read review