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Bobby Deerfield

  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
4.4K
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Bobby Deerfield (1977)
A famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
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Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
4.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sydney Pollack
  • Writers
    • Alvin Sargent(screenplay)
    • Erich Maria Remarque(novel "Heaven Has No Favorites")
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Marthe Keller
    • Anny Duperey
  • Director
    • Sydney Pollack
  • Writers
    • Alvin Sargent(screenplay)
    • Erich Maria Remarque(novel "Heaven Has No Favorites")
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Marthe Keller
    • Anny Duperey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 44User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Bobby Deerfield: Risk
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    Bobby Deerfield: Collision On The Track
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    Photos65

    Al Pacino and Marthe Keller in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    José Carlos Pace in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Sydney Pollack and Jackie Stewart in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Al Pacino in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Marthe Keller in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Al Pacino and Marthe Keller in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    José Carlos Pace in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Al Pacino and Marthe Keller in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Jackie Stewart and Bernie Ecclestone in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Al Pacino and Marthe Keller in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Al Pacino and Marthe Keller in Bobby Deerfield (1977)
    Al Pacino in Bobby Deerfield (1977)

    Top cast

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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Bobby
    Marthe Keller
    Marthe Keller
    • Lillian
    Anny Duperey
    Anny Duperey
    • Lydia
    Walter McGinn
    Walter McGinn
    • The Brother
    Van Doude
    Van Doude
    • The Flutist
    Gérard Hernandez
    • Carlos Del Montanaro
    Stephan Meldegg
    • Karl Holtzmann
    Norm Nielsen
    • The Magician
    • (as Norm Nielson)
    Romolo Valli
    Romolo Valli
    • Uncle Luigi
    Jaime Sánchez
    Jaime Sánchez
    • Delvecchio
    • (as Jaime Sanchez)
    Mickey Knox
    Mickey Knox
    • Tourist
    Dorothy James
    • Tourist
    Guido Alberti
    • Priest In The Garden
    Monique Lejeune
    • Catherine Modave
    Steve Gadler
    • Bertrand Modave
    Aurora Maris
    • Woman In The Gas Station
    Maurice Vallier
    • Priest
    Antonino Faà di Bruno
    • Vincenzo
    • (as Antonio Faa'Di Bruno)
    • Director
      • Sydney Pollack
    • Writers
      • Alvin Sargent(screenplay)
      • Erich Maria Remarque(novel "Heaven Has No Favorites")
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Al Pacino didn't know how to drive a car prior to this film. He had to take driving lessons before he was able to drive in the race car scenes.
    • Quotes

      Lillian Morelli: You're such a turtle!

      Bobby Deerfield: Turtle?

      [she nods]

      Bobby Deerfield: Nobody's ever called me that before. A turtle.

      Lillian Morelli: Perhaps you are the world's fastest turtle, but just the same, you are a ...

      Lillian Morelli, Bobby Deerfield: turtle!

    • Crazy credits
      In the countries where Warner Bros. distributed, as well as on the U.S. Warner Bros. VHS release, only the Warner Bros. logo appears at the beginning followed by the opening titles, the Columbia logo appears after the end credits.
    • Alternate versions
      25 minutes of the film were cut for the network TV showings; premium movie channels (such as Cinemax) show the complete 124 min version.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Special Show: The Doctors Are In (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Red Sails In The Sunset
      Music by Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams)

      Words by Jimmy Kennedy

      Sung by Al Pacino

    User reviews44

    Review
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    Featured review
    7/10
    Heaven Has No Favorites
    When Bobby Deerfield was marketed in the USA it was sold to the public as a racing picture like Grand Prix or Le Mans. I well remember the advertisements for it. The European racing scene however is only a background for an Erich Maria Remarque novel on which the film is based. It is a very typical Remarque story about doomed people.

    Remarque was one of the most pessimistic of 20th century writers. His best known work however usually has a war background. He spent his entire life trying to out do his first great success All Quiet On The Western Front. Such other work as Three Comrades and Arch of Triumph which were also filmed had a war background or post or pre-war if you will.

    The novel Bobby Deerfield is based on Heaven Has No Favorites and came out in 1961 and its protagonist was not an American. My guess is that in order to film it and insure box office the protagonist was changed to an American and a rising American star was cast. Al Pacino plays the title role, an American driver on the European circuit who is self involved in his career. In fact he goes visiting another injured driver, not out of any tremendous concern for him, but to find out information about the crash because he's driving the exact same type of car.

    While at the hospital he meets Marthe Keller who leaves the hospital with him. She's a terminal tuberculosis patient and she wants to experience a little of life before it's too late. His kind of risk taking profession appeals to her. It takes a while, but the two develop a relationship.

    Which was paralleled in real life between Al Pacino and Marthe Keller and that certainly helped the film a lot. Keller joins Ingrid Bergman from Arch of Triumph and Margaret Sullavan in Three Comrades as yet another of Remarque's doomed heroines. And like in war Pacino's in a job where his number can come up any time.

    The film was shot on location in France. Sydney Pollack showed some of the style he did while making that other Oscar winning romantic film Out of Africa. The French countryside is captured beautifully.

    Still I think it was bad for American audiences to expect another Grand Prix in Bobby Deerfield. There was enough racing scenes in the film to satisfy racing fans, maybe. But make no mistake, this is a tender romantic story and a good one.
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    • Dec 19, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1977 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • France
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 夕陽之戀
    • Filming locations
      • Circuit de Magny-Cours, Nevers, Nièvre, France(car racing scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
      • First Artists
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,300,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,300,000
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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