What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
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| Directed by | George Seaton |
| Produced by | George Seaton |
| Written by |
Robert Pirosh George Seaton |
| Based on | novel "I Am Thinking of My Darling" by Vincent McHugh |
| Starring |
George Peppard Mary Tyler Moore Jeanne Arnold Dom DeLuise Gillian Spencer |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Cinematography | Ernesto Caparrós |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? is the title of a 1968 comedy film, starring George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Jeanne Arnold, Dom DeLuise and Gillian Spencer.
A box office disappointment, it was directed by George Seaton, whose next film, Airport, would become the second highest-grossing film of 1970.
The film has never been released on video or DVD.
Pete (George Peppard) is a former advertising executive living a Beatnik–Bohemian life in a loft in New York City. Since living in the commune, Pete has turned into a cynical, misanthropic artist. The members of the commune are seemingly aimless, indolent or melancholy while waiting for the world to end; one member (Gillian Spencer) lives her life in a burlap sack, with only her bare feet protruding.
One day, a wayward toucan arrives at the loft. The toucan, which stowed away on a Greek banana boat from South America, carries a unique and highly contagious virus. The virus causes intense feelings of giddiness, happiness, and kindness in anyone affected by it.
Pete and the members of his loft all catch the virus and in an outbreak of euphoria, suddenly sense a purpose in their lives. They keep the toucan, nicknaming it "Amigo". They then decide to spread the virus to as many people as they can in New York City. Pete's girlfriend Liz (Mary Tyler Moore) doesn't know it, but she is the only loft member immune to the virus. Pete, also not knowing that Liz is immune, plans to trick her into getting infected. He pretends to be the nihilist German philosopher leader of a doomsday cult, popular in the commune, and convinces Liz to let him kiss her. She remains physically immune, but psychosomatic symptoms take over and she responds in kind.
The virus is quickly spread across New York City. Rude telephone clerks are suddenly polite and understanding. Those immune to the virus are also nice, as almost everyone else acts nice to them. Pete shaves, puts on his suit, and returns to his job as an advertising executive. Pete insists, however, all the ads be honest, which gets him fired.
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