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What a Way to Go!(Movie, 1964)

1h 51min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love
What a Way to Go!Rating: 3.7/5 (with 2929 votes)
What a Way to Go! is a 1964 American black comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke. In the film, a wealthy widow wants to donate most of her fortune to the Internal Revenue Service. She narrates her life story to her psychiatrist. Each of her past husbands found wealth and success, but met with tragic deaths. She thinks she is cursed, and she would instead prefer a "simple life" inspired by the writings of Henry David Thoreau. ()
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Awards & Nominations for What a Way to Go!

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color

About What a Way to Go!

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

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What a Way to Go! (1964) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 2:56)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Washington D.C.
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/12/1964 (World premiere: 10/12/1964)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La señora y sus maridos"
"Immer mit einem anderen"
Keywords: dark comedy
Budget: 20,000,000 USD
Revenue: 13,298,000 USD (= 66%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:16764, Added: 02/19/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024