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	\| name = The Bobo		\| name = The Bobo
	\| image = ~~The_Bobo_starring_Peter_Sellers_and_Britt_Ekland~~.~~png~~		\| image = The Bobo Theatrical release poster.jpg
	\| caption = Theatrical release poster		\| caption = Theatrical release poster
	\| director = [[Robert Parrish]]<br/>[[Peter Sellers]] (uncredited)		\| director = [[Robert Parrish]]<br/>[[Peter Sellers]] (uncredited)
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	\| editing = [[John Jympson]]<br/>Pamela Tomling		\| editing = [[John Jympson]]<br/>Pamela Tomling
	\| distributor = [[Warner-Pathé Distributors]] (UK)<br/>[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (USA)		\| distributor = [[Warner-Pathé Distributors]] (UK)<br/>[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (USA)
	\| released = {{Film date\|1967\|9\|28\|U.S.\|ref1=<ref>[http://www.themovienetwork.com/moviedb/movie/the-bobo-1967/profile The Bobo profile]themovienetwork.com {{dead link\|date=April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-1OMO/the-bobo/\|title=The Bobo (1967), a film by Robert Parrish; starring Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques and Ferdy Mayne\|publisher=}}</ref>\|df=y}}		\| released = {{Film date\|1967\|09\|28\|U.S.\|ref1=<ref>[http://www.themovienetwork.com/moviedb/movie/the-bobo-1967/profile The Bobo profile]themovienetwork.com {{dead link\|date=April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-1OMO/the-bobo/\|title=The Bobo (1967), a film by Robert Parrish; starring Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques and Ferdy Mayne\|publisher=}}</ref>\|df=y}}
	\| runtime = 103 minutes		\| runtime = 103 minutes
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom

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	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
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	Singing [[Bullfighter\|matador]] Juan Bautista is offered a break by a theater manager if he will seduce the beautiful Olimpia. He does so, in part by singing her a beautiful song about the "girl from Barcelona". Once she has succumbed to his advances, she finds out his deception. She and a female relative find a way to get him in a bathtub of blue dye and he is turned dark blue in revenge.		Singing [[Bullfighter\|matador]] Juan Bautista is offered a break by a theater manager if he will seduce the beautiful Olimpia. He does so, in part by singing her a beautiful song about the "girl from Barcelona". Once she has succumbed to his advances, she finds out his deception. She and a female relative find a way to get him in a bathtub of blue dye and he is turned dark blue in revenge.

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	The film was based on the 1959 novel ''Olimpia'' by Burt Cole. ''[[New York Times\|The New York Times]]'' wrote that "the author does have an ability to see with imagination and occasionally literary artistry. What he lacks ... is not flamboyance, but a story with substance."<ref>Results Much Cheaper: Olimpia. By Burt Cole. 152 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. Mitgang, Herbert. ''The New York Times'' 12 July 1959: BR22.</ref>		The film was based on the 1959 novel ''Olimpia'' by Burt Cole. ''[[New York Times\|The New York Times]]'' wrote that "the author does have an ability to see with imagination and occasionally literary artistry. What he lacks ... is not flamboyance, but a story with substance."<ref>Results Much Cheaper: Olimpia. By Burt Cole. 152 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. Mitgang, Herbert. ''The New York Times'' 12 July 1959: BR22.</ref>

	In 1961 it was announced that David R. Schwartz had written a theatre adaptation titled ''The Bobo'', with former [[Moss Hart]] assistant Joseph Hyman slated to produce,<ref>Lucille Ball Ill; 'Wildcat' Halted, ''The New York Times'' 7 February 1961: 39.</ref> [[Norman Jewison]] to direct and [[Diane Cilento]] and [[Shelley Berman]] to star. Jewison said: "It's not a slick comedy. It's a little different and much fresher."<ref>Romantic Comedy Planned for Fall. ''The New York Times'' 17 April 1961: 36.</ref> In 1962, Caroline Swan was named as producer,<ref>Carol Channing Signed ror Play: Musical Star Gets Lead in 'King's Mare,' a Comedy. By Sam Zolotow. ''The New York Times'' 23 May 1962: 38.</ref> but the play never materialised.~~{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}~~		In 1961 it was announced that David R. Schwartz had written a theatre adaptation titled ''The Bobo'', with former [[Moss Hart]] assistant Joseph Hyman slated to produce,<ref>Lucille Ball Ill; 'Wildcat' Halted, ''The New York Times'' 7 February 1961: 39.</ref> [[Norman Jewison]] to direct and [[Diane Cilento]] and [[Shelley Berman]] to star. Jewison said: "It's not a slick comedy. It's a little different and much fresher."<ref>Romantic Comedy Planned for Fall. ''The New York Times'' 17 April 1961: 36.</ref> In 1962, Caroline Swan was named as producer,<ref>Carol Channing Signed ror Play: Musical Star Gets Lead in 'King's Mare,' a Comedy. By Sam Zolotow. ''The New York Times'' 23 May 1962: 38.</ref> but the play never materialised.

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	* [https://www.reelstreets.com/films/bobo-the/ ''The Bobo''] then-and-now location photographs at [https://www.reelstreets.com/ ReelStreets]		* [https://www.reelstreets.com/films/bobo-the/ ''The Bobo''] then-and-now location photographs at [https://www.reelstreets.com/ ReelStreets]

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{{Short description|1967 British film by Robert Parrish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Bobo
| image = The_Bobo_starring_Peter_Sellers_and_Britt_Ekland.png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Robert Parrish]] [[Peter Sellers]] (uncredited)
| producer = [[Jerry Gershwin]] [[Elliott Kastner]]
| writer = David R. Schwartz
| based_on = {{based on|Play|David R. Schwartz}} {{based on|Novel ''Olimpia''|Burt Cole}}
| starring = Peter Sellers [[Britt Ekland]] [[Rossano Brazzi]] [[Adolfo Celi]]
| music = [[Francis Lai]]
| cinematography = [[Gerry Turpin]]
| editing = [[John Jympson]] Pamela Tomling
| distributor = [[Warner-Pathé Distributors]] (UK) [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (USA)
| released = {{Film date|1967|9|28|U.S.|ref1=<ref>[http://www.themovienetwork.com/moviedb/movie/the-bobo-1967/profile The Bobo profile]themovienetwork.com {{dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-1OMO/the-bobo/|title=The Bobo (1967), a film by Robert Parrish; starring Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques and Ferdy Mayne|publisher=}}</ref>|df=y}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = $3 million<ref>Hannan, Brian (2016). ''Coming Back to a Theater Near You: A History of Hollywood Reissues, 1914-2014''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 178, {{ISBN|978-1-4766-2389-4}}.</ref> or £1.117 million<ref name="money">Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p. 360</ref>
| gross =
}}

'''''The Bobo''''' is a 1967 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Robert Parrish]] and starring [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Britt Ekland]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Bobo |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150018056 |access-date=27 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It is based on the 1959 novel ''Olimpia'' by Burt Cole, also known as Thomas Dixon.

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=September 2022}}
Singing [[Bullfighter|matador]] Juan Bautista is offered a break by a theater manager if he will seduce the beautiful Olimpia. He does so, in part by singing her a beautiful song about the "girl from Barcelona". Once she has succumbed to his advances, she finds out his deception. She and a female relative find a way to get him in a bathtub of blue dye and he is turned dark blue in revenge.

== Cast ==
* [[Peter Sellers]] as Juan Bautista
* [[Britt Ekland]] as Olimpia Segura
* [[Rossano Brazzi]] as Carlos Matabosch
* [[Adolfo Celi]] as Francisco Carbonell
* [[Hattie Jacques]] as Trinity Martinez
* [[Ferdy Mayne]] as Silvestre Flores
* [[Kenneth Griffith]] as Pepe Gamazo
* [[Al Lettieri]] as Eugenio Gomez
* [[Marne Maitland]] as Luis Castillo
* [[John Wells (satirist)|John Wells]] as Pompadour Major Domo
* [[Don Lurio]] as Ramon Gonzales
* [[Antonia Santiago Amador|Antonia Santiago Amador (''La Chana'')]] as flamenco dancer

== Production ==
=== Original novel and play ===
The film was based on the 1959 novel ''Olimpia'' by Burt Cole. ''[[New York Times|The New York Times]]'' wrote that "the author does have an ability to see with imagination and occasionally literary artistry. What he lacks ... is not flamboyance, but a story with substance."<ref>Results Much Cheaper: Olimpia. By Burt Cole. 152 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. Mitgang, Herbert. ''The New York Times'' 12 July 1959: BR22.</ref>

In 1961 it was announced that David R. Schwartz had written a theatre adaptation titled ''The Bobo'', with former [[Moss Hart]] assistant Joseph Hyman slated to produce,<ref>Lucille Ball Ill; 'Wildcat' Halted, ''The New York Times'' 7 February 1961: 39.</ref> [[Norman Jewison]] to direct and [[Diane Cilento]] and [[Shelley Berman]] to star. Jewison said: "It's not a slick comedy. It's a little different and much fresher."<ref>Romantic Comedy Planned for Fall. ''The New York Times'' 17 April 1961: 36.</ref> In 1962, Caroline Swan was named as producer,<ref>Carol Channing Signed ror Play: Musical Star Gets Lead in 'King's Mare,' a Comedy. By Sam Zolotow. ''The New York Times'' 23 May 1962: 38.</ref> but the play never materialised.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

=== Development ===
In August 1962, [[George Cukor]] announced that he would produce a film based on the book to star [[Ava Gardner]].<ref>Cinerama Plans 2 More Theatres. By Eugene Archer. ''The New York Times'' 25 Aug 1962: 11.</ref>

In May 1966, it was announced that film rights to the play were owned by the team of [[Eliot Kastner]] and [[Jerry Gershwin]], who had recently produced ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]'' and ''[[Kaleidoscope (1966 film)|Kaleidescope]]'' for Warner Bros. They signed a deal with [[Peter Sellers]] to star in the film and possibly direct it.<ref>Coming Up: 'Bobo' Sellers: About Movies By [[A.H. Weiler]]. ''The New York Times'' 22 May 1966: 129.</ref> In August 1966, it was announced that Sellers' wife [[Britt Ekland]] would appear in the film as the first of a five-film contract with Gershwin.<ref>Top Role for Candy Bergen. Martin, Betty. ''Los Angeles Times'' 9 August 1966: c9.</ref> Eventually, Sellers decided not to direct and [[Robert Parrish]] took the job.

=== Shooting ===
Filming took place in Italy and [[Barcelona]] in August 1966<ref>Movie Call Sheet: Team to Produce 14 Films. Martin, Betty. ''Los Angeles Times'' 30 November 1966: D16.</ref> and at [[Cinecittà Studios]], Rome. It was a difficult shoot, as Sellers and Ekland were having marital problems and Sellers' mother died during filming. Sellers insisted on directing some of the film.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A Sellers' Market for Comedy: A Sellers' Market for Comedy|last=Champlin|first= Charles|newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date=14 May 1967|page= c1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mrstrangelovebio00siko_0/page/260 260–264]|title=Mr. Strangelove|url=https://archive.org/details/mrstrangelovebio00siko_0|url-access=registration|first=Ed |last=Sikov|year=2002|publisher=Hyperion| isbn=9780786866649 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Hollywood doesn't live here anymore|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywooddoesntl00robe|url-access=registration|last=Parrish|first= Robert|year=1988|publisher=Toronto Little, Brown| isbn=9780316692588 }}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
"Imagine," the song heard with the titles, was written by [[Francis Lai]], with lyrics by [[Sammy Cahn]]. It was released as a single by [[Stan Kenton]] and His Orchestra, by [[Dana Valery]] as a B-side to "You" and by [[John Gary]] as a B-side to "Cold", all in 1967.<ref>Billboard - 2 September 1967 - Page 43 Francis Lai, composer of "A Man and a Woman," has come up with another melodical score in Peter Sellers ... With Sammy Cahn's lyrics, the Mexican-oriented music includes vocals and instrumental of the title song, "Imagine" and "The Blue Matador."</ref><ref>The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures 0520209702 1997 Songs: "Imagine," "The Song of the Blue Matador" Francis Lai, Sammy Cahn</ref>

== Critical reception ==
In a contemporary review ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: <blockquote>A remarkably unfunny comedy. Peter Sellers gives an equivocal performance as the mongrel hero – part clown, part singer, part lover – that leaves one constantly aware of the discrepancy between the intended effect and the one actually achieved. When his redrimmed eyes stare soulfully out from a cerulean face, we sense that we are meant to be moved – as by [[Buster Keaton|Keaton]] or [[Charlie Chaplin|Chaplin]] – but are merely embarrassed; and the same is true – though this time an analogy with [[Jerry Lewis]] would be more appropriate – of the scene where his singing, which a little earlier had made both us and the impresario wince, is supposed to touch Olimpia's granite heart. But in context his performance acquires an almost heroic stature. Kenneth Griffith – embodying the film's fundamental principle that additional sibilants are all it takes to establish a Spanish atmosphere – is conspicuously bad, and Britt Ekland, whom Robert Parrish relies upon almost entirely to provide the visual interest, provides very little else. Only John Wells, as the poovy Maitre d'Hotel in Louis XV costume, emerges with his professional reputation undamaged. The photography is remarkable for the poor lighting of the studio exteriors and for a repetitive shot of Olimpia's admirers taken through the distorting lens of the peep-hole on her apartment door. Nonetheless, the scene in which she all but makes love to her new Maserati is not without interest.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1967 |title=The Bobo |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305821081/BDA75949ACE4CCBPQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=34 |issue=396 |pages=138 |via=ProQuest}}</ref></blockquote>In another contemporary review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', critic [[Bosley Crowther]] wrote: "[A]fter sitting dutifully through it, I can tell you what a bobo is. It's a booboo – and that goes not only for the title character, played by a strangely lackluster Mr. Sellers, but also for the film. It's amazing how labored and unfunny is the screenplay of this pseudocomic tale."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=1967-09-29 |title=Screen: 'The Bobo,' With Peter Sellers, Begins Run |page=53 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

[[Richard Schickel]] wrote in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'': "There comes a time in the life of every screen comedian when he urgently feels the need to have the adjective '[[Charlie Chaplin|Chaplinesque]]' applied to his work. It is a dangerous moment, with the pitfall of pretentiousness yawning on one side, sentimentality on the other and all the psychological hazards of overreaching buzzing in the back of the mind. It is a pleasure to report that Peter Sellers – that excellent fellow – has not only endured this trial, but has mostly prevailed over it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16621/The-Bobo/articles.html|title=The Bobo (1967) - Articles - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0061414|The Bobo}}
* {{AllMovie title|6455|The Bobo}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=16621}}
* {{AFI film|22454}}
* [https://www.reelstreets.com/films/bobo-the/ ''The Bobo''] then-and-now location photographs at [https://www.reelstreets.com/ ReelStreets]

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