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$19.98
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Format: VHS
Sep 1991
Not Rated
Recording Mode: Stereo
Sound: HiFi, Stereo
Closed Captioned
131 min.
UPC: 086162101632 |
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Details
Movie Description
Frank Sinatra and Shirley Maclaine star in this extravagant reproduction of the Cole Porter stage musical about 1890s Paris. Loosely adapted from the original, the film follows the efforts of French lawyer François Durnais (Sinatra) to prevent the police from closing down the club owned by his girlfriend, Simone Pistache (Maclaine), because the venue features the prohibited cancan dance. Although Durnais has the support of Judge Paul Barriere (Maurice Chevalier), policeman Phillippe Forrestier (Louis Jourdan) is determined to raid the place. On a reconnaissance mission, the resolute cop falls head over heels for Pistache, who isn't interested but sees in Forrestier an opportunity to force Durnais' hand into marriage. Among these Machiavellian machinations stands a bevy of fine Cole Porter songs and some excellent dance routines, including a performance of the cancan in front of a French judicial inquiry. Sinatra and MacLaine add their prodigious charisma and flair to director Walter Lang's lively Parisian romp.
Synopsis
This loose adaptation of the stage musical depicts the attempts of a cafe owner to introduce the sexy title dance to the denizens of Paris. Crusading moralists and an unsympathetic legal system stand in the way of the heroine and her lawyer boyfriend and the whole damn thing stands in the way of Cole Porter's music.
Film Notes
The FoxVideo laserdisc #1016 is partially letterboxed. Musical numbers are presented in their original widescreen format, while the rest of the film has been altered to fill the TV screen.
Shot in Todd-AO, a widescreen process; color by Technicolor.
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