L'animal (1977)

Director:

Claude Zidi

Writers:

Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Michel Audiard (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 October 1977 (France)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A movie about a good-for-nothing stuntman called Mike Gaucher who can't do one single job without something going wrong...

Plot Keywords:

Stuntman | Acrophobia | Stunt | Film In Film | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Mike Gaucher et Bruno Ferrari
Raquel Welch	...	Jane Gardner
Dany Saval	...	Doris
Raymond Gérôme	...	Le comte de Saint-Prix
Jane Birkin	...	La vedette féminine
Johnny Hallyday	...	La vedette masculine
Yves Mourousi	...	Himself
Charles Gérard	...	Hyacinthe
Claude Chabrol	...	Le metteur en scène
Mario David	...	Santos, le Gitan
Henri Génès	...	Camille, le patron du bistrot
Julien Guiomar	...	Fechner
Aldo Maccione	...	Sergio Campanese
Jacques Alric	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Henri Attal	...	Un assistant

Also Known As:

Stuntwoman
The Animal

Runtime:

100 min | USA:91 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:AL (orginal rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

116 - Lido de Paris, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8, Paris, France

Company:

Cerito Films

Trivia:

After a couple of under performing movies (by Belmondo's high standards anyway), he returns with this movie which was the 5th highest grossing movie of its year in France.

Movie Connections:

References Mado (1976)

Raquel Welch Makes this Picture Worth Watching

This picture hit the movie screens on October 17th 1977 overseas in France. Starring in this film is the beautiful and gorgeous Raquel Welch who plays the role of Jane Gardner and Jean Paul Belmondo who plays the role of Mike Gaucher. The picture opens with Mike climbing the side of a burning building to rescue Jane Gardner from the fire. While talking about there up coming wedding which is the next day the producer remains Mike that the car crash scene is to start at 10am. Jane stands here ground and said no until her and Mike compromise and agrees to get married right after the scene is done. While in the car doing the crash scene for the second time the brakes in the car give out leaving the couple hanging over a bridge. The car gives and goes straight down putting both Mike and Jane in the hospital. With both of them in the same room the Justice of the Piece shows up to marry the couple. However, Jane changes her mind and throws the Minister out of the room. Then she takes a pair of scissors, then pulls her bed over to Mike's and tries to stab him with the scissors. After both Mike and Jane injuries heal Mike still wants to marry Jane but Jane wants nothing to do with the two time loser. After having no work Mike gets a call to go to Paris to do stunt man job for one of the local movie stars. When the stunt woman walks of the set its up to Mike to find a replacement and who's his first choose none other then Jane. So Mike follows Jane to a big party where he tries to convince Jane to work with him on this job or his finished. After running around and acting crazy Jane says yes just to get him away from her. What makes matters worst is Jane decides she going to marry one of the movie directors from Paris. Now Mike has to do anything and everything if he wants to keep Jane to himself. This wasn't a bad movie and if it wasn't for the beauty of Raquel Welch this movie wouldn't even be worth watching. The best seen is where there near the water and Raquel gets her on piece suit wet and she's shows of her beauty with style. I give this picture 10 weasel stars just for that scene alone.