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Release Date:
6 May 1982 (Brazil)
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Tagline:
The disguise surprise comedy of the year!
Plot:
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 10 wins
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12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
'Pink Panther' Producer Tony Adams Dead at 52
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A Great 1962 Movie -- Made in 1982
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julie Andrews | ... | Victoria Grant |
 | James Garner | ... | King Marchand |
 | Robert Preston | ... | Carole "Toddy" Todd |
 | Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Norma Cassady |
| Alex Karras | ... | 'Squash' Bernstein |
 | John Rhys-Davies | ... | Andre Cassell |
| Graham Stark | ... | Waiter |
| Peter Arne | ... | Labisse |
| Herb Tanney | ... | Charles Bovin (as Sherloque Tanney) |
| Michael Robbins | ... | Manager of Victoria's hotel |
| Norman Chancer | ... | Sal Andratti |
| David Gant | ... | Restaurant Manager |
| Maria Charles | ... | Madame President |
| Malcolm Jamieson | ... | Richard DiNardo |
| John Cassady | ... | Juke |
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Runtime:
132 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Iceland:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Peru:14 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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Lorimar was originally supposed to produce the film, but after seeing that it would cost $20 million, they turned the rights over to MGM.
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Continuity: The reaction shots of Andre and Toddy watching Victoria during her first "Shady Dame of Seville" number have them wearing the same boutonnières they wore during her very first show, but when Toddy and Victoria arrive back at the hotel Toddy has a different colored one.
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Quotes:
Victoria:
Oh, what happened?
Manager of Victoria's hotel: You made a certain offer to me which I could not refuse, and then you pretended to faint.
Victoria: Don't be ridiculous, I never *pretend* to faint...
[the manager begins half carrying Victoria to her bed]
Victoria: What are you doing?
Manager of Victoria's hotel: I am, uh, helping you to stand up!
Victoria: That's funny, I thought I *was* standing up!
Manager of Victoria's hotel: Maybe you'd like to lie down!
Victoria: You're confusing me!
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Manager of Victoria's hotel: You made a certain offer to me which I could not refuse, and then you pretended to faint.
Victoria: Don't be ridiculous, I never *pretend* to faint...
[the manager begins half carrying Victoria to her bed]
Victoria: What are you doing?
Manager of Victoria's hotel: I am, uh, helping you to stand up!
Victoria: That's funny, I thought I *was* standing up!
Manager of Victoria's hotel: Maybe you'd like to lie down!
Victoria: You're confusing me!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
You And Me
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Despite all of its gender-bending commentary on sexuality, both hetero- and homo-, "Victor/Victoria" looked and sounded in 1982 (year of "ET" and "The Road Warrior") as if it were made in 1962 -- and that was a good thing. Blake Edwards' trademark ability to combine lush romanticism with immitable slapstick comedy was here matched by a wonderful score by his longtime collaborator Henry Mancini, "Voila!" -- we're back in the early sixties again. (It didn't hurt that stars Julie Andrews and James Garner were hottest in the sixties, and had acted together in 1964's "The Americanization of Emily.")
Robert Preston, "The Music Man" of late fifties Broadway and 1962 screen fame, further added an element of early sixties nostalgia -- with the twist that he here used his booming vocal tones in the service of a delightfully out and comfortable gay man. Preston was one of two hot contenders for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year. The winner was Lou Gossett, Jr. for his Drill Instructor in "An Officer And A Gentleman."
Rounding out the great cast are Lesley Ann Warren (sexy and very funny) in an Oscar-nominated role as Garner's mob moll floozie, and Alex Karras, continually funny as Garner's softhearted ox of a bodyguard. (Karras gets a classic Blake Edwards slapstick routine trapped in the freezing snow outside a Paris hotel, getting big laughs out of the simple line: "You've got heat? That's good.")
And be sure to keep a lookout for "Sherloque Tanney" as the French private detective on Victor/Victoria's trail. Tanney was Blake Edwards dentist, and appeared in almost every Blake Edwards film from "Darling Lili" (1970) on. Other than his corpse in "SOB," (1981), the French detective is possibly Dr. Tanney's greatest role on the screen. Tanney, too, gets to anchor several great trademark Blake Edwards slapstick routines.
Oh, and there's music, too. Enough music for a Broadway musical (which is what "Victor/Victoria" became), and with a sad and wistful Mancini title tune (reprised in the film by Andrews) that reminds one a bit of "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses." Just like in the early sixties.