Barbarella

:This article is about the book, the character, and the film. For the rocket, see Barbarella (rocket).

The film

A movie adaptation was made in 1968.

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Movie - 1968

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It is famous for a sequence in which the title character performs a striptease in zero gravity during (and crucially concealed by) the opening credits.

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Striptease - Zero gravity

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Barbarella is one of the few science fiction erotica films and includes an erotic torture device that is described in the orgasmatron article.

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Science fiction erotica - Orgasmatron article

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The whole film is played in a very tongue-in-cheek manner—especially when it comes to the frequent (but non-explicit) sex scenes. The special effects look cheaply-made and unconvincing, but there is a suggestion that they are meant to look that way in order to reinforce the film's camp atmosphere.

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The film was simultaneously shot in French and English. In the French version, Fonda performs her own lines in French. In the English version, the character Pallenberg's lines are dubbed by Fenella Fielding, at least according to the region2 DVD booklet notes, although others have claimed that the voice actually belongs to Joan Greenwood. The character Marceau's lines are also dubbed into English.

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English - Fenella Fielding - DVD - Joan Greenwood

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De Laurentiis returned to camp science fiction (but without the erotica) with 1980's Flash Gordon.

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1980 - Flash Gordon

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It is rumoured that Drew Barrymore has obtained the rights to Barbarella, and is going to make a modern version. In May of 2005, sources at the website Cinescape claimed that Lindsay Lohan has signed on to play the character in a remake. http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=48836

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Drew Barrymore - May - 2005 - Website - Lindsay Lohan

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