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Release Date:
23 December 1952 (USA)
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The most startling and daring love story ever told! more
Plot:
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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10 nominations
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(5 articles)
Toxic Birthday Suits
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Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston
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(From FilmExperience. 2 December 2009, 7:00 AM, PST)
Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston
(From Twilight Examiner. 12 August 2009, 7:08 AM, PDT)
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The Real Deal
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| José Ferrer | ... | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | ... | Jane Avril | |
| Suzanne Flon | ... | Myriamme Hayam | |
| Claude Nollier | ... | Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Katherine Kath | ... | La Goulue | |
| Muriel Smith | ... | Aicha | |
| Mary Clare | ... | Madame Louet | |
| Walter Crisham | ... | Valentin Dessosse | |
| Lee Montague | ... | Maurice Joyant | |
| Jim Gérald | ... | Pere Cotelle (as Jim Gerald) | |
| Georges Lannes | ... | Police Sgt. Patou | |
| Harold Kasket | ... | Zidler | |
| Maureen Swanson | ... | Denise de Frontiac | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Aicha's partner | |
| Jill Bennett | ... | Sarah |
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Runtime:
119 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG |
UK:PG (video rating) |
Hungary:14 |
West Germany:16 (nf) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16156) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
Sweden:15 |
Canada:PG
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This film and Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001) won the same Academy Awards: Art Direction and Costume Design.
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Miscellaneous: When Henri Lautrec arrives at the gallery for the showing of his pictures, as he 'walks' in, his shadow on the ground clearly shows Ferrar's legs tucked behind him as he walks, (in on his knees).
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Quotes:
Jane Avril:
Henri, we heard you were dying. We simply had to come say good-bye.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dirty Work (1998)
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Soundtrack:
It's April Again
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This is one of the most interesting biographies I've ever seen on film.
Until I acquired the DVD, I never fully realized how beautiful this film looked, either. I was stunned to see how spectacular the colors were and how much it helped capture the flavor of the dance hall and the cobblestone streets of France 100 years ago.....and, of course, Tolouse-Lautrec''s great artwork. This movie is a feast for the eyes.
The DVD also offers an opportunity to do something I suggest other fans of this movie try: use the English subtitles. This way, you don't have to strain to understand the French accents, notably Colette Marchand's, and it makes this intriguing story even better.
Story-wise, it's a bit of a soap opera but one I still found fascinating, thanks mainly to Lautrec's dialog. He had some really interesting things to say, mostly in a cynical way. That cynicism, unfortunately, caught up with him in the end. Jose Ferrer captured this tortured soul about as well as any actor could expect to do. I'm sorry he didn't win an Academy Award for this performance.
Younger viewers who only saw the more recent "Moulin Rouge!" missed the real story. That movie was a farce; this is the real thing.