Eating Raoul

1982
R
1h 30m

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Buddy Comedy Dark Comedy Farce Quirky Comedy Comedy Crime

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Director
- Paul Bartel
Writers
- Paul Bartel
- Richard Blackburn
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

9.5K

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Director
- Paul Bartel
Writers
- Paul Bartel
- Richard Blackburn
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Trailer 1:36

Eating Raoul

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Storyline

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Trivia
The budget was so low that they could not afford to mock-up an ad printed in a fake newspaper for the Blands' swingers advertisement so production designer Robert Schulenberg instead designed an ad and ran it in the "L.A. Weekly," an alternative newspaper. Unlike the vast number of replies the Blands got in the movie, the real ad attracted only one response.

Goofs
(at around 1h 15 mins) When Paul throws the bug zapper, it hits the camera, causing the camera to shake up and down and go out of focus.

Quotes
Mary: At the store, can you buy a new frying pan? I'm a little squeamish about using the one we use to kill people.

Crazy credits
There is a credit for "Guest Electrician"

Connections
Featured in Precious Images (1986)

Soundtracks
Exactly Like You
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Published by Shapiro, Bernstein, and Co., Inc.
Performed by Jonathan Beres

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Featured review

Eating Raoul - * * * *

One of the greatest comedies ever made (right up there with National Lampoon's Vacation, Caddyshack, Dumb and Dumber, and Clerks) that really makes a strong statement about swingers, s&m, rape, murder, and cannibalism without becoming tasteless. This is Bartel's greatest accomplishment. A major cult hit and deservingly so.

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