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Viva Maria!
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Overview

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6.4/10   1,135 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Louis Malle (scenario and dialogue) and
Jean-Claude Carrière (scenario and dialogue)
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Release Date:
18 December 1965 (USA) more
Tagline:
Viva Fun! Viva Can-Can! Viva Adventure! Viva Strip Tease! Viva Love! Viva Boom-Boom! more
Plot:
Somewhere in Middle America, 1907: Maria II, the daugther of an Irish terrorist, meets after the dead of her father Maria I... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Cool flick! more (22 total)

Cast

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Brigitte Bardot ... Maria I
Jeanne Moreau ... Maria II
Paulette Dubost ... Mme Diogène
Claudio Brook ... The Great Rodolfo
Carlos López Moctezuma ... Rodríguez (as Carlos Lopez Moctezuma)
Poldo Bendandi ... Werther
Gregor von Rezzori ... Diogène (as Gregor Von Rezzori)
Francisco Reiguera ... Father Superior
Jonathan Eden ... Juanito Diogène
Roberto Pedret ... Pablo
José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' ... The Dictator of San Miguel (as José Ángel Espinoza)

George Hamilton ... Flores
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:122 min | France:120 min | USA:119 min
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Colour (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
This movie was the subject of one of two U.S. Supreme Court cases that led to the establishment of the MPAA Ratings Code. Upon the U.S. release of this "Viva Maria," the movie classification board of the city of Dallas, Texas, banned the movie within the city on the grounds that it was too racy. The American distributor sued - case title: "Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas (1968) - and, on 22 April 1968, won. In its ruling, the Supreme Court stated that censorship aimed at minors was okay, but censorship could not be applied to adults. On the same day, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in a second case, titled "Ginsberg v. New York (1968)," which established that 17 years of age constituted adulthood in cases of censorship. The case involved a New York City luncheonette owner named Sam Ginsberg who was caught selling a "Playboy" magazine to a 16 year old in a NYPD sting operation. The Supreme Court ruled that if the boy had been 17 years old, then Ginsberg would have done no wrong in selling him the magazine. By combining these two rulings, the Supreme Court established the precedent that adult-oriented movies were acceptable as long as "no one under 17 is admitted without parent or adult guardian." more
Goofs:
Continuity: The machine gun that cuts down the palms should have run out of ammunition. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Geburtstagskinder der Nouvelle Vague (2007) (TV) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Cool flick!, 16 February 2002
Author: LeRoyMarko from Toronto, Canada

Viva la revolucion! Fun movie, from the start to the end. Reminded me of other movies like Top Secret in some ways.

Some scenes are just hilarious: when the revolution starts, the pigeon's help, the torture chamber, the magician with the cigarettes, the curbed canon gun to shoot around the corner, and so, and so, and so...

Great laughs, but also great songs in this one. Great way to start the movie with the song about the little Irish girl and her love for dynamite. Interesting striptease scenes for the time.

So many movies about revolutionary action takes place in Mexico, seems like the perfect place to stage a revolution!

Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau are beautiful and they deliver an excellent performance.

Out of 100, I gave it 82. That's good for *** stars on a **** stars rating system.

Seen at home, in Welland, on February 12th, 2001.

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