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| Omar Sharif | ... | Dima | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Uncle Rudolf | |
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Brigitte Barclay | ... | Rainbow Girl |
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David Boyce | ... | Clown |
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Jane Chaplin | ... | Lady Jane |
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Brian Conway | ... | Ambulance Attendant |
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Carolyn Cortez | ... | Rainbow Girl |
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Peter Dennis | ... | Winter |
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Joanna Dickens | ... | Ambrosia |
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Berta Domínguez D. | ... | Tiger Lily |
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Edward Donovan | ... | Rolf |
| Linzi Drew | ... | Madame Rainbow | |
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A petty crook, in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
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You can just live. Or you can live it up.Parents Guide:
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19 January 1994 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Dima: [talking to a rat] Oh no. Much to good a fish for you. You're not going to believe this, but I'm even hungrier than you are.
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(uncredited)
Music by Charles Dumont
Lyrics by Michel Vaucaire
Performed by Édith Piaf
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There was a lot of hostility between Director Alejandro Jodorowsky and the producers since they refused to let him change anything in the script to fit his artistic vision. Jodorowsky looks back at this movie bitterly, having publicly disowned it. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dima: [talking to a rat] Oh no. Much to good a fish for you. You're not going to believe this, but I'm even hungrier than you are.
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The cast list during the end credits is listed in alphabetical order. However, Ian Dury is listed before Linzi Drew instead of the other way around. See more »Soundtracks
Non, je ne Regrette rien(uncredited)
Music by Charles Dumont
Lyrics by Michel Vaucaire
Performed by Édith Piaf
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This is a film which has immediate respect as a Europena art house film. Often this hides flaws which can be disastrous. This is not the case here. Peter O Toole is in it. Even at his worst laziest over the top performances he is still watchable. Some may call Alexandro Jodorowsky's piece sentimental and self indulgent. Indeed in its attempt to fulfill magical realism there are some oddities parading through this. The use of a circus as a parable for Christ's compassion and attempt to help an insane world is used for an excuse for indigence and longueurs. The rainbow girls are all very pretty models and I already knew about them from painting of Kirsten Imrie, Rachel Garley an Bridgette Barclay by th e actor Stephen Armourae who promoted this film because of its abstract arty script and the use of Tarot,as he is also a psychic. Alexandro Jodorowsky attempts here again to use imagery and animals to convey a message, this makes it memorable if somewhat obscure. The trouble is the people who need to receive his message are not going to have the patience for a Europena art house film with all its obliqueness.