10 (film)

10 is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, Dee Wallace -Stone and Brian Dennehy in the lead roles.

Plot

George Webber (Dudley Moore) is a well-known composer who is going through his midlife crisis. Despite maintaining a relationship with Samantha (Julie Andrews), one day he observes a bride (Bo Derek) who goes to church to get married. George is so struck by her beauty that he can no longer think of anything but her. He finds out the place where they will spend their honeymoon and follows the couple to Mexico. There he will try to meet her and have an affair with her.

Title

At one point in the film, George Webber states that on a scale of 1 to 10, the girl played by Bo Derek is an 11.

Awards

• The film didn't get any awards, but many nominations.
• Two Oscar nominations:
  • Oscar to the best soundtrack (Henry Mancini)
  • Oscar to the best song (It’s Easy to Say Mancini and Robert Wells.
• Five nominations to the Golden Globe:
  • Best musical movie or comedy.
  • Best actor in musical or comedy (Dudley Moore)
  • Best musical or comedy actress (Julie Andrews)
  • New star of the year (Bo Derek)
  • Best soundtrack (Henry Mancini).
• Edwards' script was nominated to the WGAs in the category of Best original comedy script.

Errors in the film

• You see the shadow of the helicopter that they used on the shoot at a scene where Webber/Moore drives on a road.
• In a scene Moore is in the bar with the full cup. Smile at Bo Derek and not having a little sip, then the cup is empty.