Yes, Giorgio (1982)

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers:

Anne Piper (novel), Norman Steinberg

Stars:

Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luciano Pavarotti	...	Giorgio Fini
Kathryn Harrold	...	Pamela Taylor
Eddie Albert	...	Henry Pollack
Paola Borboni	...	Sister Theresa
James Hong	...	Kwan
Beulah Quo	...	Mei Ling
Norman Steinberg	...	Dr. Barmen
Rod Colbin	...	Ted Mullane
Kathryn Fuller	...	Faye Kennedy
Joseph Mascolo	...	Dominic Giordano
Karen Kondazian	...	Francesca Giordano
Leona Mitchell	...	Leona Mitchell
Kurt Adler	...	Kurt Adler
Emerson Buckley	...	Emerson Buckley
Alexander Courage	...	Conductor, Turandot

Storyline

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.

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Plot Keywords:

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Taglines:

A Glorious Uproarious Love Story.

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film got one Academy Award nomination, Best Original song, for "If We Were In Love", composed by John Williams with lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman. The song also got a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song - Motion Picture.

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Quotes

Giorgio Fini: Pamela, you are a thirsty plant. Fini can water you.
Pamela Taylor: I don't want to be watered on by Fini.

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Alternate Versions

There is one scene known to have been cut out of the film. When Giorgio has dinner with Pamela at the Copley Plaza, he dances with her and dips her. This scene is present on the color lobby cards for the film.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Best of the Worst in Movies - Part 1 (2010)

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Soundtracks

I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Lyrics by Douglass Cross
Music by George Cory
Performed by Luciano Pavarotti

User Reviews

A Great Singer, A Nice Giuy, But He Picked A Bad Film

As others have said, "No, Luciano" is a more apt title or response to this movie title. For entertainment, the great opera singer should stick to singing.....not that he's a terrible actor. It's just that this movie stinks.

The first 25 minutes were fine - a nice family movie, as it were - but after that it's nothing but a boring soap opera.

Appropriately playing a singer, Pavarotti, as "Giorgio Fini," loses his voice a few times and the doctor, "Pamela Taylor" (Kathryn Harrold) comes to the rescue. The singer then falls for the doctor, the doctor slowly falls for the singer, the two argue all the time and on and on and on it goes.

Pavarotti has a winning smile and is a likable guy. It's Harrold that spoils things and after watching her here I am not surprised she didn't become a star.

There is nice scenery in the movie to enjoy, good shots of San Francisco and Italy, at least in the first half of the film. I got bored and don't remember much about the second half of it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

24 September 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sí, Giorgio

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$2,279,543

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,279,543

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1