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La classe américaine

  • TV Movie
  • 1993
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
2.8K
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La classe américaine (1993)
ParodyComedy

George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "cr*ppy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Amér... Read allGeorge Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "cr*ppy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the na... Read allGeorge Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "cr*ppy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the narration of what is arguably the greatest story ever told.

  • Directors
    • Michel Hazanavicius
    • Dominique Mézerette
  • Writers
    • Michel Hazanavicius
    • Dominique Mézerette
  • Stars
    • John Wayne
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Lana Turner
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Michel Hazanavicius
      • Dominique Mézerette
    • Writers
      • Michel Hazanavicius
      • Dominique Mézerette
    • Stars
      • John Wayne
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Lana Turner
    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    John Wayne
    John Wayne
    • George Abitbol
    • (archive footage)
    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • José
    • (archive footage)
    Lana Turner
    Lana Turner
    • Isabelle
    • (archive footage)
    Jason Robards
    Jason Robards
    • Le patron du journal
    • (archive footage)
    Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman
    • Peter
    • (archive footage)
    Robert Redford
    Robert Redford
    • Steven
    • (archive footage)
    Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    • Dave
    • (archive footage)
    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Martin Balsam
    Martin Balsam
    • Callaghan
    • (archive footage)
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Hugues
    • (archive footage)
    Ricky Nelson
    Ricky Nelson
    • L'ami de George
    • (archive footage)
    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Indian Chief
    • (archive footage)
    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    • Jacques
    • (archive footage)
    Dean Martin
    Dean Martin
    • Dino
    • (archive footage)
    Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley
    • The Fucking Freak
    • (archive footage)
    Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    • Franky
    • (archive footage)
    Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman
    • Un homme du futur
    • (archive footage)
    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Frederic
    • (archive footage)
    • Directors
      • Michel Hazanavicius
      • Dominique Mézerette
    • Writers
      • Michel Hazanavicius
      • Dominique Mézerette
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The project started when Warner agreed to leave the French TV channel Canal+ to use its 4000-movies catalog free of charge and rights for a month (except some of them, like Clint Eastwood's ones). The directors Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette, who already did two short movies using the same way, enjoyed very much that decision and they picked their choice amongst the whole bunch of flicks. The whole job was done in six months.
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      Edited from The Crimson Pirate (1952)

    User reviews9

    Featured review
    10/10

    Wonder why it is not better known in France and Switzerland ?!

    For French people and well-understanding French speaking people an absolute must see !

    As said in the comment's title, I wonder why it's not well/better known...

    Why not, really ?

    It's hilarious, delirious, and with some quiet inoffensive slang...

    So that any grown-up person who is a movies lover could almost laugh all along the movie.

    The French dialogue fits completely to the expressive attitude of the actors,

    with even the lips movements which could make us think it is not an invented one, but the real original English lines...

    With plenty ironic light trashy permutations of the original English dialogues and meaning of the scenes.

    Without knowing the movies in which the different parts have been taken and assembled,

    for sure the fun can't be the same... :-(

    I define myself as a wide-open movie lover, from classic to martial arts (except horror :-),

    and especially comedies but I never heard about this fantastic one before yesterday,

    as someone mentioned it on a computer info's sharing site, to my great surprise.

    Read straight afterward the excellent reviews here on the site...

    Could find it and watched it in the evening...

    What a pleasure ! So many laughs ! Just perfect !

    For comedy lovers : a must see !!!

    Unfortunately and for once the Anglo-American speaking audience will miss this one... :-)

    *** a film is never really good unless the camera is an eyes in the head of a poet Orson Welles ***
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    • Release date
      • December 31, 1993 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • YouTube - Video
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Американское путешествие
    • Production companies
      • Dune
      • Canal+
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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