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Director:

Alan Rudolph

Writers (WGA):

Alan Rudolph (written by) &
John Bradshaw (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

May 1988 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | History more

Plot:

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris... more | add synopsis

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations more

User Comments:

Great soundtrack, no noticeable script more (16 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Keith Carradine ... Nick Hart

Linda Fiorentino ... Rachel Stone

Wallace Shawn ... Oiseau
Geneviève Bujold ... Libby Valentin (as Genevieve Bujold)
Geraldine Chaplin ... Nathalie de Ville
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Hemingway
John Lone ... Bertram Stone
Charlélie Couture ... L'Evidence (as Charlelie Couture)
Elsa Raven ... Gertrude Stein

Ali Giron ... Alice B. Toklas
Gailard Sartain ... New York Critic
Michael Wilson ... Surrealist Poet
Robert Gould ... Blackie
Antonia Dauphin ... Babette
Véronique Bellegarde ... Laurette (as Veronique Bellegarde)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Stereo)

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Oiseau: [while observing his own faked funeral] If it weren't for me, these people would think surreal was a breakfast food! more

Soundtrack:

Really the Blues more


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1 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Great soundtrack, no noticeable script, 2 August 2001
Author: Lanwench from New Yawk City

Pretentious fluff with great music (some contemporary to the plot and some nice incidental stuff from Mark Isham). Contains a lot of posing from the stars, who do their best to enliven stiff dialogue (come on, do we REALLY think Hemingway walked around talking in spare and taciturn sentences such as he wrote?).

Did I mention the soundtrack is great? Oh, yeah. Sorry; it just really stands out in this mess.

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