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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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