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Amnesia Major 
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Mister Buddwing (1966) |
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An amnesiac
searches for his identity via a number of women. |
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James Garner
struggles with the role but he's such an amiable |
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actor we
accept him. Mr Buddwing who has invented his name |
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having lost
his own finds himself calling after woman who he |
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thinks he
recognises as part of his life. Quite sensibly he only |
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calls after
attractive women like Jean Simmons, Suzanne |
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Pleshette
and Katherine Ross. Maybe he hasn't lost his memory |
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but gained
some testerone. One woman he picks up, Pleshette, |
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takes him
home hoping a bowl of food and a long leash will keep |
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him there.
Another ,Simmons, picks him up as the lost piece in a |
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scavenger
hunt. Her basket complete she begins to philosophise. |
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Throw in a
newspaper headline which reads "Dangerous Mental |
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Patient
Escapes" and we become curious about the film's |
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message. But
very soon Mr. Buddwing's search for identity has |
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run off the
edge of the screen. |
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From the
novel by Evan Hunter who wrote "The Birds" screenplay. |
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Notes
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