In this notorious film version of the popular French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest, Jane Fonda plays a sexy yet innocent space-age heroine in the year 40,000 A.D. who never gets herself into a situation that requires too much clothing. BARBARELLA opens with the titular heroine stripping down to nothing in zero gravity among strategically placed credits. From there Barbarella embarks on a mission to find a peace-threatening young scientist named Duran Duran (Milo O'Shea) by order of the president of Earth. En route, she's attacked by killer dolls, is strapped into a contraption known as the Excessive Machine, and falls in love with a blind angel.

Remaining true to its comic book origins, Barbarella's adventure unfolds in a series of dramatic difficulties and unlikely solutions, making for a galloping pace and never-ending opportunities for Mario Garbuglia's hallucinatory set design to dazzle. With guest appearances by 1960s icons Anita Pallenberg, Marcel Marceau, and David Hemmings, and featuring dialogue by novelist Terry Southern, among others, BARBARELLA is not only a comic sci-fi sex romp but also a sly, tongue-in-cheek portrait of the legendary debauchery of that era.

Theatrical release: October 10, 1968.

The 1980s rock group Duran Duran took their name from the eponymous villain in BARBARELLA.

Interestingly enough, Fonda was married to director Roger Vadim at the time of production.

Excerpt: "I'll do things to you that are beyond all known philosophies. Wait untill I get my devices!"--Duran Duran (Milo O'Shea) to Barbarella (Jane Fonda).

DVD Features:

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Jane Fonda: Oscar-winning American actress, KLUTE, ON GOLDEN POND
John Phillip Law: American actor, BARBARELLA, THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD
David Hemmings: British actor/director
Milo O'Shea: 
Marcel Marceau: French Mime, SILENT MOVIE (1976)
Anita Pallenberg: Actress/"Performance"
Claude Dauphin: French Actor
Veronique Vendell: 
Giancarlo Cobelli: OPERA SINGER
Serge Marquand: ACTOR\"BIG RED ONE"
Ugo Tognazzi: Italian Actor/Director

Roger Vadim: French Director/Screenwriter

Dino De Laurentiis: 

Vittorio Bonicelli: Italian Screenwriter
Claude Brule: French Screenwriter
Tudor Gates: BRITISH SCREENWRITER
Terry Southern: American Screenwriter/Novelist
Roger Vadim: French Director/Screenwriter
Clement Biddle Wood: SCREENWRITER

Victoria Mercanton: Editor