Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul.
Bedazzled (2000) Online
Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil must put her own little twist on each his fantasies.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Brendan Fraser | - | Elliot |
 | Elizabeth Hurley | - | The Devil |
 | Frances O'Connor | - | Alison / Nicole |
 | Miriam Shor | - | Carol / Penthouse Hostess |
 | Orlando Jones | - | Dan / Esteban / Beach Jock / Sportscaster / African Party Guest |
 | Paul Adelstein | - | Bob / Roberto / Beach Jock / Sportscaster / Lincoln Aide |
 | Toby Huss | - | Jerry / Alejandro / Beach Jock / Sportscaster / Lance |
 | Gabriel Casseus | - | Elliot's Cellmate |
 | Brian Doyle-Murray | - | Priest |
 | Jeff Doucette | - | Desk Sergeant |
 | Aaron Lustig | - | Synedyne Supervisor |
 | Rudolf Martin | - | Raoul |
 | Julian Firth | - | John Wilkes Booth |
 | Iain Rogerson | - | Play Actor |
 | Biddy Hodson | - | Play Actor |
(at around 1h 4 mins) The mathematics homework that the Devil removes from the classroom blackboard was effectively to prove Fermat's Last Theorem - a legendary problem from 1630 that was often the subject of stories about people selling their souls to solve it. The problem was eventually solved in 1995 by Andrew Wiles and colleagues (with computer, not satanic, assistance).
According to producer Trevor Albert, the schoolgirl outfit that the Devil wore was actually owned by Elizabeth Hurley.
There is a deleted scene that can be seen on the DVD, which shows Elliot using one of his wishes to become a rock star, playing in a metal band and using a British accent. It was cut out because of images of drug use (Elliot takes a bong hit on stage and Alison tries to kill herself by swallowing pills), foul language (Elliot says a certain four-letter word a number of times), and sexual content (Elliot and Alison start to have sex right in the back room). It can be accessed on the DVD by going to the second Special Features page, highlighting the top choice, and clicking right. A devil on Elizabeth Hurley's shoulder should light up.
(at around 42 mins) The Devil's dogs in the beach scene are named Dudley and Peter, a reference to the writers and stars of the original Bedazzled (1967), Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.
In longer versions of the film, Elliot was so pathetic that preview audiences squirmed. It was decided that a little went a long way so it was trimmed down.
Elizabeth Hurley wears a total of 19 different outfits as the Devil.
(at around 1h 21 mins) The Devil mentions that on November 16, she'll have been doing her job for 6,000 years. This is a reference to Archbishop James Ussher, who in the seventeenth century calculated that the birth of the world was on Sunday, 23 October 4004 BC. According to his calculations, Adam and Eve were thrown out of Paradise on Monday, 10 November.
(at around 43 mins) When the emotionally sensitive Elliot is playing guitar for Alison, the guitar playing we hear is actually that of Harold Ramis.
(at around 1h 4 mins) The math homework that The Devil erases from the blackboard when she is the schoolteacher is Fermat's Last Theorem - Solve for n>2, x^n + y^n = z^n. It was an extremely difficult mathematical problem that was only proved conclusively in the early 1990s, after four hundred years of it stumping the most brilliant mathematical minds in the world. In fact, the theorem states that this equation does not have any solutions. Fermat originally described it in a margin too small to contain his alleged proof. Andrew Wiles did prove it using elliptic curves, a fairly modern mathematical technique.
The devil's club, DV8, is the same building used in Kaklusklubi (1999) as Lou's Diner. Bedazzled is set in San Francisco, whereas it is never specified in the movie where Fight Club is set.
(at around 16 mins) The glasses worn by the devil when she and Elliot are on the bus are similar to those worn by Peter Cook when he played the devil in the original version of Bedazzled (1967).
In the basketball game, the name on the opposing team's jerseys is Shirts.
The business card joke was also used in the original version of Bedazzled (1967), where the writing on the card was never seen.
An additional scene shot involved the rich and powerful Elliot giving Allison a diamond ring as a gift. Allison remarks that it is lovely and tosses it away. Elliot later tosses the ring into a fountain in disappointment and servants dive in to retrieve it. This seemed like overkill so it was left out.
(at around 13 mins) The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) gives Elliot (Brendan Fraser) a business card with the name the Devil on it to prove that she is in fact the Devil. It is just like Oh, God! (1977), when God (George Burns) gives Jerry Landers (John Denver) a business card with God written on it to prove he is God.
(at around 15 mins) While the Devil and Elliot are walking through the parking lot just after meeting, you can see the devil dressed in snakeskin holding a bitten red apple representing Adam and Eve.
(at around 17 mins) The black sports car that Elizabeth Hurley (the Devil) drives in the beginning of the film is a Lamborghini Diablo.
The mix of real-time and greatly sped-up shots of things such as clouds, traffic, and people in subway stations at the beginning and end of the film was previously used in the non-narrative film Baraka (1992).
Remake of the original 1967 film with the same title, in which the Devil was male.
The scene in the classroom where Elizabeth Hurley is teaching was actually shot in London, England and was a re-shoot of the same scene. However, due to Brendan Fraser had already starting work on The Mummy Returns, Fraser was only available for a day or two in-between so Director Harold Ramis and his crew had to travel to England and shoot the scene.
Originally the film was supposed to start production in 1998. However, when Ghostbusters 3 fell through, co-writer Harold Ramis agreed to direct the film and hired his writer on "Analyze This", Peter Tolan to rework Larry Gelbart's script. This however also meant relinquishing his Directing duties on "Galaxy Quest" which was about to start production and be released in 1999. Ramis would stay on the film as one of the films' producers.
Deena Appel, the film's costume designer was highly recommend by Elizabeth Hurley to Director Harold Ramis to work on the film after having worked with her on both Austin Powers films she had been in and since her character required an extensive and varied wardrobe, she felt Appel was the perfect choice.
In the Devils' (Elizabeth Hurley) office in the club, there's a painting of Adam and EVE hanging on the wall near her fireplace.
Elizabeth Hurley's character's dominant colors within the film are red and black. When she first seduces Brendan Fraser she is wearing all red in the bar in skimpy dress and a leather jumpsuit with red stilettos and in the club, then switches to a black striped suit quickly. She then wears black tall boots to offset her Blue Metermaid outfit as well as the school girl marm outfit in the classroom. She also wears an all red outfit consisting of a red chinchilla coat, tall red boots and a matching red purse that a bit of an homage to original film that takes place in the 1960's and no different than one of Appel's outfits from the original Austin Powers film. This is one amongst the other dozen or more outfits that Hurley wears during her on screen time in the film.
This is the second time that Composer David Newman worked with Director Harold Ramis. The first was "Galaxy Quest", which Ramis was supposed to direct but dropped out to re-write and direct this film in 1998. Ramis would say on that film as one of the producers of the film while officially working with Newman on this film.
The film shares the same Aspect Ratio of 2:40.1 as the original 1967 film directed by Stanley Donen which was also shot in Anamorphic Widescreen format.
Orlando Jones, Paul Adelstein, and Toby Huss all play five different roles within the film. Frances O'Connor also plays close to five different characters of her own and Miriam Shor only plays two.
The name of the fictitious NBA basketball team that Elliot's plays for as one apart of his wishes is named the "Diabolos" which is Spanish for Devils. There is no team in the NBA with that name but the NHL has one in the New Jersey Devils.
The tattoos that Elliot has when is a basketball player are that of a snake, a hawk, an iguana, an eel, two barb-wires and a hammer.
The second film feature Orlando Jones as part of the cast in 2000. The other was "The Replacements" starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.
After his talk with "God" in the jail cell, panes of white with red crosses appears in the window as Elliot looks out. Those represent many of the colors that Elizabeth Hurley wears in the film as part of her costume.
The seven wishes are based on the seven sins.
Few shots of Elliot as a basketball player were done with special effects; the most were done by using simple and well known camera effects in order to make Elliot look taller.
When Elliot asks for his second wish (the first one being McDonald's), several anachronisms are showed: Elliot is supposedly a colombian drug dealer, yet the song heard when he wakes up is a "bulería" which is a some sort of flamenco (belonging to the Spanish folklore); when Elliot meets his butler, he has a mexican accent; even when Brendan Fraser did a great work speaking his spanish lines with almost no accent, his speech is more like to a Spanish rather than a Colombian; most of the swearing in spanish is done in Spanish dialect rather than Colombian dialect.
Early in the film, Elliot is a complete nerd dressed in a Members Only Jacket, plaid shirt, sweater and a blue necktie and as each wish goes horribly wrong, his wardrobe changes along with the color scheme of solid colors to the final colors at the end of the film of dark green, navy blue and white (his long sleeve shirt is green, his blue jeans and jacket and white t-shirt)
One of Elliot's last wishes was for Alison to live a long and happy life in an act of self sacrifice which is why Elliot's soul was granted back to him by the Devil.
Gabriel Casseus who plays Brendan Fraser's cellmate in the scene where's thrown in jail is actually a human version of "God" in one of his many forms and is in the same cell exact cell that he's with Elliot for the reason of directly giving him the message of his soul not belonging to him in the first place. It belongs to "God" personally. Which would lead to Elliot's act of self sacrifice as his own personal redemption at the end of the film to regain his soul back. He's also seen playing chess against Elizabeth Hurley during the final montage of the film in the park as he catches her trying to cheat.
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