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Release Date:
30 June 1957 (USA)
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Love is a game any number can play... especially in the afternoon... more
Plot:
Director Billy Wilder salutes his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a middle-aged playboy...
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
Another 3 wins
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1 nomination
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(5 articles)
Audrey Hepburn Film Series: Charade, My Fair Lady
(From Alternative Film Guide. 24 October 2009, 12:04 AM, PDT)
Brothers & Sisters (4.04) "From France With Love" Recap
(From AfterElton.com. 19 October 2009, 9:56 AM, PDT)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 24 October 2009, 12:04 AM, PDT)
Brothers & Sisters (4.04) "From France With Love" Recap
(From AfterElton.com. 19 October 2009, 9:56 AM, PDT)
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One romantic movie I love
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gary Cooper | ... | Frank Flannagan |
 | Audrey Hepburn | ... | Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl |
 | Maurice Chevalier | ... | Claude Chavasse |
 | John McGiver | ... | Monsieur X |
| Van Doude | ... | Michel |
| Lise Bourdin | ... | Madame X |
| Olga Valéry | ... | Hotel guest with dog (as Olga Valery) |
| The Gypsies | ... | Themselves |
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130 min | Spain:125 min (cut version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (re-rating) (2006) |
Australia:G (TV rating) |
USA:Approved (certificate #18536) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
Australia:PG
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Gary Cooper was very pleased with his performance and was very disappointed that the majority of critics thought him miscast due to his age. Indeed, the film's box office failure was largely attributed to him being considered too old to play Audrey Hepburn's lover. In April 1958 he had a full facelift, but the procedure was largely unsuccessful.
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Revealing mistakes: When Ariane returns one of her father's files to a locked safe and opens it by banging it with her fist, a thin wire used to pull open the safe is visible.
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Ariane Chavasse:
Working on a new case?
Claude Chavasse: A client from Brussels. His wife ran away to Paris with the chauffeur. I have to find them; the husband wants his car back.
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Claude Chavasse: A client from Brussels. His wife ran away to Paris with the chauffeur. I have to find them; the husband wants his car back.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Because I Said So (2007)
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Soundtrack:
L'ame Des Počtes
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I am not a fan of romantic movies but there are a small handful that I love and by far the one I love most (of the less bigger scale types like "Gone With the Wind") is "Love in the Afternoon". I love the story, the camerawork and especially the lead players...Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn. I love these two so much that it's hard to put another great screen couple above them. They make the whole story come alive in their own way. Coop with his dry but lovable wit and charming good looks, and Audrey with her universal charm, wholesomeness and great beauty. I have read in the book "The Complete Films of Audrey Hepburn" that Cary Grant and Yul Brynner were the first two choices to play Coop's part. Thank God that neither were able to. Coop as the character of Frank Flannagan makes the film more romantic and his ever-popular sweet-guy, no-airs-of-any-kind persona makes the film less stuffy than it would with Grant or Brynner. Audrey of course is the perfect Ariane and they shine together in each other's arms. Call it a cliche but that comment fits this film perfectly. See it if you're in the mood for good, romantic farce.