Bo Derek John Derek twice re-edited the film in an effort to sell it to major studios. The film remained unreleased until 1981, at which time it received negative notices. Collins and John Derek married on June 10, 1976; she was 19 and he 49. By that time Derek had given his young wife a so-called Hollywood makeover: she had bleached her hair blonde and adopted the name Bo Derek. In 1977 director Michael Anderson cast Derek in a small role in his horror film "Orca - The Killer Whale" (1977), in which Derek has her leg bitten off by the title
What Is a Man Without a Moustache? in New York City on May 25, 2006. At the 53rd Pula Film Festival, the film won the Golden Gate of Pula award as the audience's favourite. At the same festival, Cvitešić won the Golden Arena award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Tamara Obrovac won the award for Best Music Score. In addition to winning at Pula, Cvitešić also won the Best Actress Award at the 11th Sarajevo Film Festival. "What Is a Man Without a Moustache?" received generally positive reviews from critics. As of March 9, 2010, aggregate review website Metacritic registered a normalized rating of