Something for Everyone [Blu-ray]

Director: Harold Prince Harold Prince

Overview

Based on a novel by Harry Kressing, Something for Everyone must hold some sort of record for having the largest number of unsympathetic characters within a single film. Mercenary layabout Michael York talks himself into a footman's job at the estate of dissipated countess Angela Lansbury. In his efforts to advance himself socially and monetarily, York stops at nothing--including murder. He is eventually roasted on his own spit, courtesy of Lansbury's gross, ugly daughter Jane Carr. Guiding the debauched destinies of the characters is none other than Broadway luminary Harold Prince. The film has also been released as The Rook and Black Flowers for the Bride.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/06/2016
UPC:	0738329204938
Original Release:	1970
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:52:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael York	Konrad Ludwig
Angela Lansbury	Countess Herthe von Ornstein
Anthony Corlan	Helmuth Von Ornstein
Heidelinde Weis	Annaliese Pleschke
Eva-Maria Meineke	Mrs. Pleschke
John Gill	Mr. Pleschke
Jane Carr	Lotte von Ornstein
Despo	Bobby
Wolfried Lier	Klaus
Walter Janssen	Fr. Georg
Klaus Havenstein	Rudolph
Enzi Fuchs	Waitress
Erland Erlandson	Schoenfeld
Hans Possenbacher	Carl
Hilde Weisner	Princess Palamir
Hela Gruel	Cook
Marius Aicher	Scullery Boy
Mogens von Gadow	Station Master
James F. Hurley	General
Ernest Ziegler	Elderly Man
Erik Jelde	Bit Part

Technical Credits

John P. Flaxman	Producer
Harold Prince	Director

Editorial Reviews

Something for Everyone is definitely not a film for everyone, but those who "get it" will relish it. Hugh Wheeler's screenplay is darkly amusing, a wry excursion into the minds and activities (but pointedly not the souls) of some of the most blatantly unsympathetic characters ever put upon the screen. Many will find the characters repulsive ' and justifiably so ' but Wheeler and director Harold Prince understand their unpleasantness and use it to good advantage. Although Prince does not seem at ease working with film ' his camera is generally static and unimaginative, and the pacing of the film is too deliberate, killing many of the potentially amusing moments and muting the effectiveness of others ' he does a marvelous job with the actors. Angela Lansbury, in the kind of showy role actresses kill for, steals practically every scene she is in, making the grotesque Countess hard to resist. Michael York, in a more challenging role, turns in one of his best performances, creating a character that is convincingly charming yet bloodless, and Jane Carr is a delight as the frumpy daughter. Although Something runs out of its special something before it reaches its gruesome end, it's a unique film that bears viewing.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler