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Director:
Writers:
Blake Edwards (writer)
Hans Hoemburg (concept)
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Release Date:
6 May 1982 (Brazil) more
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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
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 12 nominations more
User Reviews:
The Gayest Paree Ever more (85 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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
Mike Tezcan ... Clam
Christopher Good ... Stage Manager
Matyelok Gibbs ... Cassell's Receptionist (as Matyelock Gibbs)
Jay Benedict ... Guy Langois
Olivier Pierre ... Langois' Companion
Martin Rayner ... Concierge
George Silver ... Fat Man Eating an Eclair
Joanna Dickens ... Large Lady in Restaurant
Terence Skelton ... Deviant Husband
Ina Skriver ... Simone Kallisto
Stuart Turton ... Boyfriend to Actress
Geoffrey Beevers ... Police Inspector
Sam Williams ... Chorus Boy
Simon Chandler ... Chorus Boy
Neil Cunningham ... Nightclub M.C
Vivienne Chandler ... Chambermaid
Bill Monks ... Leclou
Perry Davey ... Balancing Man
Elizabeth Vaughan ... Opera Singer in Madame Butterfly
Paddy Ward ... René, Photographer
Tim Stern ... Desk Clerk Third Rate Hotel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Alden ... Man In Hotel With Shoes (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper ... Man in Bar (uncredited)
Peter Diamond ... Man in Bar (uncredited)
Geoffrey Edwards ... Admirer at rehearsal (uncredited)

Derek Lyons ... Dancer (uncredited)
Chrissy Monk ... Dancer (uncredited)
Ralph Morse ... Saxophonist in club sequence (uncredited)

Glen Murphy ... Boxer (uncredited)
Nosher Powell ... Man In Bar (uncredited)
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Directed by
Blake Edwards 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Blake Edwards  writer
Hans Hoemburg  concept
Reinhold Schünzel  1933 script

Produced by
Tony Adams .... producer
Blake Edwards .... producer
Gerald T. Nutting .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Henry Mancini 
 
Cinematography by
Dick Bush 
 
Film Editing by
Ralph E. Winters 
 
Casting by
Mary Selway 
 
Production Design by
Rodger Maus 
 
Art Direction by
Tim Hutchinson 
William Craig Smith 
 
Set Decoration by
Harry Cordwell 
 
Costume Design by
Patricia Norris 
 
Makeup Department
Paul Engelen .... makeup artist
Harry Frampton .... makeup artist
Peter Frampton .... makeup artist
John Isaacs .... hair stylist: Miss Andrews
Joyce James .... hair stylist
Colin Jamison .... hair stylist
Bobbie Smith .... key hair stylist
 
Production Management
Denis Johnson Jr. .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Hoult .... first assistant director
Peter Kohn .... second assistant director
Paul Tivers .... second assistant director
Gerry Gavigan .... first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Andrew Ackland-Snow .... junior draughtsman
Ted Ambrose .... assistant art director
Albert Blackshaw .... construction manager
Frank Graves .... scenic artist
Bernie Hearn .... stand-by props (as Bernard Hearn)
David Lusby .... production buyer
Anthony Pratt .... sketch artist
Nick Rivers .... stand-by dressings
Bob Sherwood .... stand-by propman
Alan Tomkins .... assistant art director
Barry Wilkinson .... property master
Peter Wood .... additional scenic artist (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Roy Charman .... sound mixer
Rusty Coppleman .... sound editor
Graham V. Hartstone .... dubbing mixer
Nicolas Le Messurier .... dubbing mixer
Teddy Mason .... sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum .... chief dubbing mixer
George Rice .... sound engineer
John Salter .... boom operator
Jonathan Andrews .... playback operator (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Neil Corbould .... special effects (uncredited)
Martin Gutteridge .... special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Jimmy Harris .... special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns .... special effects (uncredited)
Graham Longhurst .... special effects (uncredited)
Bert Luxford .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Albert Whitlock .... special visual effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Peter Brace .... stunts
George Lane Cooper .... stunts (as George Cooper)
Jack Cooper .... stunts
Peter Diamond .... stunts
Joe Dunne .... stunt coordinator
Dorothy Ford .... stunts
Martin Grace .... stunts
Mark McBride .... stunts
Dinny Powell .... stunts
Greg Powell .... stunts
Nosher Powell .... stunts
Doug Robinson .... stunts
Eddie Stacey .... stunts
Rocky Taylor .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ronald Anscombe .... focus puller
David Appleby .... still photographer
George Beavis .... camera grip
Mike Heaviside .... vtr operator
Bob Kindred .... camera operator
Algernon Sucharov .... clapper loader
David Wynn-Jones .... first assistant camera
Don Brown .... video playback operator (uncredited)
John Harris .... additional camera operator (uncredited)
Chris Warren .... additional video operator (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jackie Cummins .... wardrobe mistress
Tiny Nicholls .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Editorial Department
David Beesley .... assistant editor
Geoffrey Edwards .... assistant editor
Alan Killick .... film editor: UK
Robert Pergament .... assistant editor
Ken Ross .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Howard Blake .... orchestrator
Robert Hathaway .... music editor (as Bob Hathaway)
 
Other crew
Jeremy Coote .... production runner
Kay Fenton .... continuity
Geoff Freeman .... publicist
Maggie Goodwin .... assistant choreographer
Lindsey Jones .... director of publicity
Lesley Keane .... assistant: Mr. Adams
Kevin King .... payroll accountant
Bernard Spence .... production accountant
Paddy Stone .... choreographer
Francine Taylor .... assistant: Mr. Edwards
Joyce Turner .... production assistant
Steve Dale .... production runner (uncredited)
Callum McDougall .... production runner (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
132 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
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Trivia:
Director Blake Edwards admitted in an interview that he "chickened out", and added the scene in which King Marchand (James Garner) discovers that Victoria (Julie Andrews) is indeed a woman. Originally he was to fall in love with Victoria before he was sure about her gender, hence his line "I don't care if you are a man" before he kisses her. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The reaction shots of Andre and Toddy watching Victoria during her first "Shady Dame of Seville" number have them wearing the same boutonničres they wore during her very first show, but when Toddy and Victoria arrive back at the hotel Toddy has a different colored one. more
Quotes:
Toddy: You know it's very strange. At the club I thought you were just about at the end of your rope.
Victoria: Oh, I was. I am! This is the first decent meal I've had in almost four days.
Toddy: And you can't pay for it?
Victoria: Caseé!
Toddy: [chuckling] And you want me to have dinner with you?
Victoria: I want you to have the best damn dinner you ever had. Have two! I started off with the roast chicken and I segued to boeuf bourguignon, it's anybody's guess what I could end up with.
Toddy: Oh, I'd guess about thirty days.
Victoria: If all goes well, I expect to leave here poor, but sated. I have a... a bug in my purse. At the appropriate moment it goes in my salad.
Toddy: It'll never work.
Victoria: A bug in my salad?
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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
The Gayest Paree Ever, 6 September 2008
8/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

In 1964 Blake Edwards had directed his wife Julie Andrews in her film debut The Americanization Of Emily which James Garner costars with her and Henry Mancini wrote a fine title song for the film. The film was sort of a trial run before Andrews was launched full blast by Walt Disney in Mary Poppins.

This fine team reunited 18 years later for the gender defying comedy Victor Victoria and Mancini wrote a few songs for Julie Andrews and Robert Preston and Lesley Ann Warren to do. A decade later Julie Andrews had it adapted to the Broadway stage for her.

Andrews is starving in Paris, poor as a match girl, ready to lick the spaghetti sauce off a bib when she falls in with gay performer Robert Preston who is equally on his uppers. With conventional acts, neither is getting anywhere. But when Preston gets the idea to pass Andrews off as a man who is a female impersonator, they are a success. They even pretend to be lovers to keep the masquerade going.

It all starts to unravel when visiting American gangster James Garner and his moll Lesley Ann Warren drop in to the nightclub. Andrews gets his hormones going and he's not sure why.

Going in drag is an old movie story. Everyone from Katharine Hepburn to Gabby Hayes has done it on the screen. But the questions about sexual identity and gender attraction were never so provocatively raised before until Victor Victoria.

Andrews and Preston were both in Blake Edwards immediately preceding film SOB and both had a pair of outrageous parts in that one also which I highly recommend. Andrews and Preston got rewarded with Oscar nominations, she for Best Actress and Preston for Best Supporting Actor. Julie lost to Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice and Preston lost to Lou Gossett, Jr. for an Officer And A Gentleman.

But saddest for me was Lesley Ann Warren who did a marvelous job recreating a throwback role from all those old gangster films of the Thirties. Her part was just the kind you used to see Joan Blondell or Glenda Farrell play to perfection. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to Jessica Lange for Tootsie.

In fact Victor Victoria was nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Art &Set Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay. It did win in a category that seems like it was created for the film, Best Adapted Music and Musical Score. That was a new one on me when I saw it.

Over 25 years after it was made Victor Victoria is still one fresh and naughty item. And a milestone in the mainstream for GLBT themed films.

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