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23 December 1952 (USA)
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The most startling and daring love story ever told! more
Plot:
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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10 nominations
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(4 articles)
Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston
(From Twilight Examiner. 12 August 2009, 7:08 AM, PDT)
Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston
(From t5m.com. 12 August 2009, 3:34 AM, PDT)
(From Twilight Examiner. 12 August 2009, 7:08 AM, PDT)
Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston
(From t5m.com. 12 August 2009, 3:34 AM, PDT)
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PROFOUNDLY MOVING and BRILLIANT; Ferrer was never better!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | José Ferrer | ... | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec |
 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | ... | Jane Avril |
| Suzanne Flon | ... | Myriamme Hayam |
| Claude Nollier | ... | Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec |
| Katherine Kath | ... | La Goulue |
| Muriel Smith | ... | Aicha |
| Mary Clare | ... | Madame Louet |
| Walter Crisham | ... | Valentin Dessosse |
| Lee Montague | ... | Maurice Joyant |
| Jim Gérald | ... | Pere Cotelle (as Jim Gerald) |
| Georges Lannes | ... | Police Sgt. Patou |
| Harold Kasket | ... | Zidler |
| Maureen Swanson | ... | Denise de Frontiac |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Aicha's partner |
| Jill Bennett | ... | Sarah |
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119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG |
UK:PG (video rating) |
Hungary:14 |
West Germany:16 (nf) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16156) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
Sweden:15 |
Canada:PG
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Miscellaneous: When Henri Lautrec arrives at the gallery for the showing of his pictures, as he 'walks' in, his shadow on the ground clearly shows Ferrar's legs tucked behind him as he walks, (in on his knees).
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Jane Avril:
Have you ever had contact with a legal mind, Henri? It's beyond belief. I wasn't the vision of his dreams, I was the party of the first part. He didn't declare his love for me, he merely acknowledged that as a state of affection exists... Oh Henri, why couldn't you be tall and handsome?
Henri: Two more of these and I shall be.
[He drinks]
Jane Avril: You are the only man who has never bored me.
Henri: I am the only man who has never loved you.
Jane Avril: Henri, over there. There is the most beautiful creature. Look at those shoulders.
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Henri: Two more of these and I shall be.
[He drinks]
Jane Avril: You are the only man who has never bored me.
Henri: I am the only man who has never loved you.
Jane Avril: Henri, over there. There is the most beautiful creature. Look at those shoulders.
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Referenced in Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
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Can-Can
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With the appearance of the 2001 movie entitled "Moulin Rouge" (see review) I went back to the Jose Ferrer version to add a review of it. Note that both films are entirely different in style and purpose; to equate them is to compare apples to pineapples.
This version, so well directed by John Huston, is not a wild frenetic musical but a very touching and moving character study of the great artist Henri Toulose-Lautrec, whose legs were badly mishappen and shortened by an accident early in his life leaving him basically a midget. His frustration at his appearance, and unattractiveness to women, forever scarred his short life that was curtailed by drink and other excess. Jose Ferrer was superb as this tortured yet brilliant soul; Ferrer also played expertly Henri's powerful father descended from French nobility.
"Moulin Rouge" began with a long scene in the club itself filled with dancing, exciting music, beautiful women, good friends,and lots of drink. The sets and costumes and were colorful and beautiful. After about half an hour we follow Henri home - and we see him, alone, so short and vulnerable, walking all alone through the dark streets of Paris. The contrast was most effective. Such was the REALITY of Henri's life. The remainder of the film focused on his unsatisfactory relationship with a prostitute he befriends, along with flashbacks to his privileged wealthy childhood.
Perhaps the most emotional scene was at the end. With Henri dying in his bed his father there tells him that he is the first living artist to be honored by having his work displayed at the Louvre. As he appealed for forgiveness for his previously harsh treatment, saying "I didn't understand", all Henri's old friends from the Moulin Rouge, as spirits (or hallucinations), visited him.
Like with the fine movie about Van Gogh, "Lust for Life", this even better movie is not necessarily always true to historical fact, but it is a cinematic classic.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!