Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

Director: Ulu Grosbard Ulu Grosbard

Overview

When an enigmatic figure named Harry Kellerman begins a campaign of character assassination against him, a rock star seeks the help of a psychiatrist in this spoof of 70s hang-ups and insecurities.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/28/2014
UPC:	0097368056145
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dustin Hoffman	Georgie Soloway
Barbara Harris	Allison
Jack Warden	Dr. Moses
Dom DeLuise	Irwin
David Burns	Leon
Betty Walker	Margot
Rose Gregorio	Gloria
Gabriel Dell	Sid
Regina Baff	Ruthie
Ed Zimmermann	Halloran
Amy Levitt	Susan
Joseph R. Sicari	Marty
Rudy Bond	Newsdealer
Walter Hyman	Flower Vendor
Robyn Millan	Samantha
Irwin	Georgie's accountant
Josip Elic	Chomsky
James Hall	Lemuel
Candy Azzara	Sally
Susan Bell	Sky Phone Operator
Walter Hyman Jr.	Danny
Sidney Armus	Marvin
Martin Greene	Uncle Louis
Shel Silverstein	Pop Group Leader,Composer

Technical Credits

Herb Gardner

Ulu Grosbard	Director,Producer
Herb Gardner	Screenwriter,Producer
Dick Smith	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

"Give me an overdose of anything," Dustin Hoffman says in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, and that, more or less, sums up an audience's reaction to this uneven, but fitfully, fascinating film. The movie keeps promising to take the audience to an interesting, unusual level, but never follows through on its promises, frustrating one into wishing that the director and writer had chosen one path to take and followed it through. The attempts to mix reality and fantasy just don't work, although there are some individually satisfying sequences. The writers provide some juicy lines here and there and the framework of an interesting character study, but they don't flesh it out enough to make it worthwhile. Hoffman's performance is technically assured though sometimes self-conscious and overly mannered, but he makes the most of his big scenes. There's also solid support from Jack Warden, Gabriel Dell, and David Burns, but by far the best performance comes from the mesmerizing Barbara Harris, whose audition scene is priceless. A quirky, unique actress, Harris almost always enlivens any film in which she appears; her touching yet hilarious vulnerability provides a much-needed anchor for Kellerman.