Monday, April 07, 2008

I Dream of Jeannie: Richest Astronaut in the World (1966) (TV)

Synopsis [spoilers]: Tony has Roger over at his house for some work together. Roger tells him that he has searched Jeannie all over and can't find her anywhere. Tony must leave for a short amount of time, and tells Roger to wait for him there. When Roger is alone in the house, he opens Jeannie's bottle and inadvertently makes her go out. His amazement is so big that he passes out twice. When he comes to, he decides to steal Jeannie's bottle and become her new master. He starts living like a millionaire and surrounds himself with lots of beautiful young women. Tony begs him to return the bottle but he refuses to do it. Jeannie is also displeased -- she has never worked so much; she also misses Tony. Tony finally comes up with a solution: he reports Roger's luxurious lifestyle to Dr. Bellows, and insinuates that Roger might be selling state secrets to foreign countries. Roger, when confronted by Dr. Bellows, is unable to explain his sudden wealth, and is faced with the prospect of prison or death. Tony says he will help him if he returns the bottle to him. Roger agrees and Tony commands Jeannie to erase all memories and material evidence from the period when he was Jeannie's master. Roger is relieved at first, but is subsequently sorry that he returned the bottle when he could have ordered that trick himself if he had known it was possible.

Saw it dubbed in Portuguese.

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