The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

Directed by

Bryan Forbes, John Huston

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

G

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy eccentric woman in Paris leads a group of friends to confront greedy businessmen who want to tear down their neighborhood for oil. They come up with a scheme to save the city from corporate destruction.

whimsicalsatiricaltheatricalslow-pacedeccentricnostalgicfarcicaloffbeat

What happens

The Madwoman of Chaillot is a 1969 American satirical film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. It was directed by Bryan Forbes and produced by Ely A. Landau with Anthony B. Unger as associate producer. The screenplay was by Edward Anhalt, based on The Madwoman of Chaillot, Maurice Valency's adaption of La Folle de Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux. The music score was by Michael J. Lewis and the cinematography by Burnett Guffey and Claude Renoir. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ray Simm. The film stars Katharine Hepburn with Paul Henreid, Oskar Homolka, Yul Brynner, Richard Chamberlain, Edith Evans and Donald Pleasence. A musical version of the play titled Dear World with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, and starring Angela Lansbury, opened with little success on Broadway in 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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