david bryce comment nearby be exceptionally well write and informative a almost say everything i feel about darling lili . this massive musical be so peculiar and over blown and over produce and must have cause rupture at paramount in 1970. it cost 22 million dollar . that be simply irresponsible . darling lili must have be greenlit from a board meeting that say hey we get that pink panther guy and that sound of music gal . let get this too and hand over a blank cheque . the result be a hybrid of gigi and zeppelin and half a sixpence and some mgm 40 song and dance number of a style ( daisy and boater . ) so hopelessly old fashion a to be like musical porridge and and mata hari dramatics . the production be colossal and lush and breathtaking to view and but the rest represent the ridiculous romance and julie look befuddle and hudson already dead and the mistimed comedy and and the astoundingly boring song deaden this spectacular film into be irritate . lili be like a twee 1940s mega musical with some vulgar bit to spice it up . star . release the year before sadly crash and now be be finally appreciate for the excellent film be genuinely be . and andrews look sublime and mature and especially in the last half hour . but lili be poppins and dolly frilly and i believe really kill off the mega musical binge of the 60 . and make andrew look like poppins again . which i believe be not edwards intention . paramount must have collectively faint when they saw this represent and with another $ 20 million festering in catch 22 and and $ 12 million in on a clear day and $ 25 million in paint your wagon . they have a financial abyss of cleopatra proportion with $ 77 million tie into 4 film with very uncertain future . maybe they should have ask seer daisy gamble from on a clear day . lili be very popular on immediate first release in australia and ran in 70mm cinema for month but it fail once out in the sub and the stick and only ever surface after that on one night stand with on a clear day a a sunday night double . thank god paramount have their simple $ 1million ( yes and one million dollar ) film love story and that $ 4 million dollar gangster pic the godfather also ready to recover all the $ 77 million in just the next two year . for just $ 5m . incredible .