{"id":3425,"date":"2007-07-02T17:18:54","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2020-11-24T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T07:00:35","slug":"tiger-makes-out-the-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3425","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Makes Out, The (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;To live in this world, one has to be what one is: primitive, savage, a creature of the jungle!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Tiger-Makes-Out-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Tiger-Makes-Out-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Tiger-Makes-Out-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Tiger-Makes-Out-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Tiger-Makes-Out-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn embittered postman (Eli Wallach) plots to kidnap a beautiful young woman as a statement to the world. Instead, he accidentally kidnaps an unhappily married housewife (Anne Jackson) who has dreams of re-entering college, and can relate to Wallach&#8217;s frustration.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Eli Wallach Films<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nEli Wallach shines in this delightful black comedy, based on a one-act play (&#8220;The Tiger&#8221;) by Murray Schisgal. Director Arthur Hiller maintains a fast pace throughout, and does an excellent job opening up the play to include New York settings. The performances all around are wonderful (it&#8217;s too bad Jackson, Wallach&#8217;s real-life wife, never became a big film star &#8212; she&#8217;s wonderfully droll here), and there are countless laugh-out-loud moments. Unfortunately, however, the fact that Wallach&#8217;s character is essentially a rapist on the prowl for female &#8220;meat&#8221; adds an unsavory tinge to the entire affair; while the comedic tone of the film makes it clear that he&#8217;ll never succeed in his goal, it&#8217;s nonetheless disturbing to try to empathize with a protagonist who has rape on his mind. <\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Could this be the first cinematic portrayal of someone &#8220;going postal&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eli Wallach as the cynical, existential postman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Wallach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Wallach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3424\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anne Jackson as Gloria Fiske<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Anne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Anne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3420\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ben&#8217;s upstairs neighbor (Bibi Osterwald) concerning herself with appearances while her leg is stuck through the floor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Neighbor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Neighbor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3421\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gloria&#8217;s bizarre meeting with a university admissions director (played by Charles Nelson Reilly)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Reilly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Reilly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3422\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good use of New York settings<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/NewYork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/NewYork.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3423\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Murray Schisgal&#8217;s irreverant screenplay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s highly recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0062369\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/27552\/the-tiger-makes-out#articles-reviews?articleId=220897\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To live in this world, one has to be what one is: primitive, savage, a creature of the jungle!&#8221; Synopsis: An embittered postman (Eli Wallach) plots to kidnap a beautiful young woman as a statement to the world. Instead, he accidentally kidnaps an unhappily married housewife (Anne Jackson) who has dreams of re-entering college, and can relate to Wallach&#8217;s frustration. Genres: Black Comedy Eli Wallach Films Kidnapping New York City Play Adaptations Review: Eli Wallach shines in this delightful black&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3425\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54339,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions\/54339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}