Forget Paris (1995)

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in ... See full summary »

Director:

Billy Crystal

Writers:

Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz,

Stars:

Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Billy Crystal	...	Mickey Gordon
Debra Winger	...	Ellen Andrews Gordon
Joe Mantegna	...	Andy
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Liz
Richard Masur	...	Craig
Julie Kavner	...	Lucy
William Hickey	...	Arthur
Robert Costanzo	...	Waiter
John Spencer	...	Jack
Tom Wright	...	Tommy
Cathy Moriarty	...	Lois
Johnny Williams	...	Lou
Marv Albert	...	Marv Albert
Bill Walton	...	Bill Walton
Charles Barkley	...	Himself

Storyline

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches. The story is told in flashback by their friends at a restaurant waiting for them to arrive.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | referee | flashback | restaurant | pigeon | 

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Taglines:

A comedy about love... after marriage.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, including some sex-related dialogue

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Olvídate de París

Filming Locations:

Market Square Arena - 300 E. Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$33,194,500 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castle Rock Entertainment, Face Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Debra Winger did not have another leading role after appearing in this film until 2001.

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Goofs

In the scene depicting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's farewell-in-Detroit game, there's an NBC Sports banner in the middle of the scorers table. Kareem's final season was 1988-89, NBC did not start broadcasting the NBA until the 1990-91 season.

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Quotes

Mickey: [discussing the bridge from "An American in Paris", Mickey sings a line from the movie] "It's very clear..."
Ellen: Patton.

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Crazy Credits

At one point Billy Crystal's father-in-law moves in with them and drives him crazy by singing the Toyota slogan, "You asked for it...you got it" but he does it just like the commercial. At the end of the credits the father-in-law is reading the paper at the table while Billy Crystal is having breakfast. The father in law starts the slogan but waits about half a minute before finally finishing the line.

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Crimson Tide/A Little Princess/The Perez Family/The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill/Swimming with Sharks (1995)

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Soundtracks

"For All We Know"
Written by J. Fred Coots and Sam Lewis
Performed by Billie Holiday
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

This comedy has its sad moments but even in tragedy this movie can be very funny

Multi talented Billy Crystal directed and wrote the screen play with Lowell Ganz. This comedy has its sad moments but even in tragedy this movie can be very funny. The cast in superb. Mickey Gordon, played by Crystal is a referee (When Harry met Sally, The Princess Bride) who has to go to Paris because his father wanted to be buried in France. The airline mishandled the corpse of his father. By the way this is a Tort in the US he could have gotten a lot of money because of that. He then meets Ellen Andrews, Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentlemen, Terms of Endearment) who works for the airline. The story is told in a very creative fashion using a group of friends which meets in a restaurant and each tells part of the story. It starts with one couple and more friends keep coming and they do not know whether Mickey and Elle will show up and whether they are still together. Nice story telling! Just look at the names: Joe Mantegna (Up Close & Personal) is Andy; Cynthia Stevenson is Liz, Richard Masur (none other than the director of SAG himself) is Craig; Julie Kavner (Jake's Women, This is my Life) is Lucy who is on diet; William Hickey (I) is Arthur; Robert Costanzo, is the witty waiter his very funny lines; John Spencer (I) is Jack; Tom Wright (I) is Tommy; Cathy Moriarty is Lois; Johnny Williams (I) is Lou. Then there are all the athletes one can come up with. The Lady who plays the organ is so stuffy and funny! She loves to live in Paris, but she has follow her husband who is always traveling. I have seem this happen to many people.They tried to compromise but it does not work at all. Her father comes to live with them and that created more tension. Funny lines: " you asked for it, you got it Toyota!".

My favorite scenes: them driving around Paris; the bird glued to her face; when she shows up at the game and at the restaurant. I liked the movie. The music is nice. It made me laugh. I recommend it, it is an enjoyable movie.