Midnight in Paris (2011)

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s everyday at midnight.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates

Won 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 101 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Owen Wilson	...	Gil
Rachel McAdams	...	Inez
Kurt Fuller	...	John
Mimi Kennedy	...	Helen
Michael Sheen	...	Paul
Nina Arianda	...	Carol
Carla Bruni	...	Museum Guide
Maurice Sonnenberg	...	Man at Wine Tasting
Thierry Hancisse	...	1920's Partygoer
Guillaume Gouix	...	1920's Partygoer
Audrey Fleurot	...	1920's Partygoer
Marie-Sohna Condé	...	1920's Partygoer (as Marie-Sohne Condé)
Yves Heck	...	Cole Porter
Alison Pill	...	Zelda Fitzgerald
Tom Hiddleston	...	F. Scott Fitzgerald

Storyline

Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along vacation on her parents' business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and thinks they should move there after they get married, but Inez does not share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gil's daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman he's about to marry.

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Plot Keywords:

american in europe | time travel romance | 1920s | love | golden age | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Spain]

Country:

Spain USA France

Language:

English French Spanish German

Release Date:

10 June 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Midnight in Paris

Filming Locations:

16 Rues des Patriarches, Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€1,048,445 (Spain), 15 May 2011, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$599,003, 22 May 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$56,816,662

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$151,119,219

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mediapro,Versátil Cinema,Gravier Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Among the expatriates depicted in this film are Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, Alice B. Toklas, Man Ray, T.S. Eliot, Djuna Barnes, Bricktop, and Cole Porter. We see a glimpse of the famous bookstore and library Shakespeare and Co., but owner Sylvia Beach is not mentioned. Other famous expatriates not mentioned include Ezra Pound, Robert McAlmon, Natalie Barney, William Carlos Williams, Bryher, Marsden Hartley, and Mina Loy. Other famous artistes we do see include Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Luis Bunuel, and Josephine Baker. From the Belle Epoch we see Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gaugin, and Edgar Degas.

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Goofs

Zelda Fitzgerald says to Gil, "You have a glazed look in your eye, stunned, stupefied, anesthetized, lobotomized..." Lobotomies were introduced in 1935.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Gil: This is unbelievable! Look at this! There's no city like this in the world. There never was.
Inez: You act like you've never been here before.
Gil: I don't get here often enough, that's the problem. Can you picture how drop dead gorgeous this city is in the rain? Imagine this town in the '20s. Paris in the '20s, in the rain. The artists and writers!
Inez: Why does every city have to be in the rain? What's wonderful about getting wet?

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Connections

Featured in Filmbarátok Podcast: Episode #1.11 (2012)

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Soundtracks

Charleston
Composed by James P. Johnson & Cecil Mack
© WB Music Corp.
© Carlin Music Publishing Canada, Inc.
On behalf of Redwood Music Ltd.
Performed by Enoch Light & The Charleston City All Stars
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

French Woody, at last!

The love between the French and the Americans has always been mixed with an element of dismissal even contempt but the love is real. Woody Allen walks that fine line in truly inspired fashion. "Midnight in Paris" is a delight. This is he first time I actually loved Owen Wilson. He is terrific as Woody's alter ego. Rachel McAdams superb. Her mean American girl is hilarious and frighteningly recognizably, so are Kurt Fuller and Mimi Kennedy as her parents. What a chillingly awful, normal pair. I loved the moment in which Owen Wilson, in a great close up, comes to accept what's happening around him. I accepted it too. Happily. Another stand out moment: the meeting with Salvador Dali, played brilliantly over the top by Adrien Brody. Highly recommended.