自父亲葬礼后，三兄弟已有一年互不往来。老大弗朗西斯（欧文·威尔逊 Owen Wilson 饰）计划了一次周密的印度旅行，并告诉弟弟们这是为了找回自我和彼此间的亲情。虽然不热衷这次旅行，试图摆脱各自糟糕生活的老二彼得（艾德里安·布洛迪 Adrien Brody 饰）和老三杰克（詹森·舒瓦兹曼 Jason Schwartzman 饰）还是同意了弗朗西斯的计划。兄弟三人搭乘豪华列车展开了笑料百出的穿越印度之旅，并从沿途各地收集奇怪的纪念品。终于在勾搭完女列车员、放跑作为纪念品买回的眼镜蛇和在列车上大打出手后，他们被忍无可忍的列车长连同所有行李一起扔下了车。虽然一切脱离了弗朗西斯的控制，但这计划外的变故却令兄弟三人更为接近这次旅行的真正目的……本片曾入围第64届威尼斯电影节主竞赛单元。
Dear Brigitte is one of the funniest comedies from the 1960s, about a tone-deaf, color-blind boy genius with one interest: Brigitte Bardot. James Stewart plays professor Robert Leaf, a typical college professor (when speaking of college professors typical means liberal, but this was 40 years ago and labels change). Leaf teaches poetry, lives in a houseboat in San Francisco, vocally opposes nuclear power and progress in general. He has an original way to make the family stick together - family concerts. His daughter calls him square. Leaf's 8-year old son Erasmus is played by Billy Mumy (Sammy the Way Out Seal, Lost In Space, Bless The Beasts & Children, Three Wishes). Leaf hopes to find artistic genius of some sort in his only son, and nurtures him in music, painting, literature, etc. But Leaf is disappointed, to put it mildly, when it turns out Erasmus has a gift for math, can out-think the colleges newest computer, instantly compute horse-race winners. I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but Erasmus had been writing to Bardot regularly, and after the family comes to depend on his ability, his love-sickness causes a mental block. Glynis Johns (Father's Delicate Condition, The Cabinet of Caligari, Mary Poppins) plays Leaf's wife. Ed Wynn (Requiem For A Heavyweight, Mary Poppins) is a neighbor / captain / narrator. Other cast include Fabian, Cindy Carol, John Williams, Jesse White, Jack Kruschen, and James Brolin in an early bit part. Brigitte Bardot appears at the end.
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劳伦·巴考尔初登银幕跟当时红透半边天的汉弗莱·鲍嘉共结片缘的代表作，后来二人假戏真做变成夫妻。本片的风格近似《北非谍影》，以二战为背景。原著小说是海明威作品中较弱的一部，由另一著名小说家威廉·福克纳参与编剧。但导演霍华德·霍克斯把他拍得相当风趣幽默，并将浪漫爱情与紧张的冒险气氛一炉共冶，全片对白精警，男女主角的对手 戏碰撞出迷人的火花，成为一部具有魅力的娱乐杰作。鲍嘉饰演一艘专门接待游客海钓的游艇船主，本来生活优越。后来前往旅馆收账时遇到神秘性感的女扒手巴考尔，顿时心猿意马。在一连串事件发生之后，鲍嘉决定冒险将巴考尔和法国地下分子运送到美国去……