Victor Victoria (1982)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writers:

Blake Edwards (writer)
Hans Hoemburg (concept)
(more)

Release Date:

6 May 1982 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Tagline:

The disguise surprise comedy of the year!

Plot:

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

Plot Keywords:

Paris | 1930s | Singer | Cabaret | Opera

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Julie Andrews	...	Victoria Grant
James Garner	...	King Marchand
Robert Preston	...	Carole "Toddy" Todd
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Norma Cassady
Alex Karras	...	'Squash' Bernstein
John Rhys-Davies	...	Andre Cassell
Graham Stark	...	Waiter
Peter Arne	...	Labisse
Herb Tanney	...	Charles Bovin (as Sherloque Tanney)
Michael Robbins	...	Manager of Victoria's hotel
Norman Chancer	...	Sal Andratti
David Gant	...	Restaurant Manager
Maria Charles	...	Madame President
Malcolm Jamieson	...	Richard DiNardo
John Cassady	...	Juke
Mike Tezcan	...	Clam
Christopher Good	...	Stage Manager
Matyelok Gibbs	...	Cassell's Receptionist (as Matyelock Gibbs)
Jay Benedict	...	Guy Langois
Olivier Pierre	...	Langois' Companion
Martin Rayner	...	Concierge
George Silver	...	Fat Man Eating an Eclair
Joanna Dickens	...	Large Lady in Restaurant
Terence Skelton	...	Deviant Husband
Ina Skriver	...	Simone Kallisto
Stuart Turton	...	Boyfriend to Actress
Geoffrey Beevers	...	Police Inspector
Sam Williams	...	Chorus Boy
Simon Chandler	...	Chorus Boy
Neil Cunningham	...	Nightclub M.C
Vivienne Chandler	...	Chambermaid
Bill Monks	...	Leclou
Perry Davey	...	Balancing Man
Elizabeth Vaughan	...	Opera Singer in Madame Butterfly
Paddy Ward	...	René, Photographer
Tim Stern	...	Desk Clerk Third Rate Hotel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Alden	...	Man In Hotel With Shoes (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper	...	Man in Bar (uncredited)
Peter Diamond	...	Man in Bar (uncredited)
Geoffrey Edwards	...	Admirer at rehearsal (uncredited)
Derek Lyons	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Chrissy Monk	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Ralph Morse	...	Saxophonist in club sequence (uncredited)
Glen Murphy	...	Boxer (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	...	Man In Bar (uncredited)

Directed by
Blake Edwards

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Blake Edwards		writer
Hans Hoemburg		concept
Reinhold Schünzel		1933 script

Produced by
Tony Adams	....	producer
Blake Edwards	....	producer
Gerald T. Nutting	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Henry Mancini

Cinematography by
Dick Bush

Film Editing by
Ralph E. Winters

Casting by
Mary Selway

Production Design by
Rodger Maus

Art Direction by
Tim Hutchinson
William Craig Smith

Set Decoration by
Harry Cordwell

Costume Design by
Patricia Norris

Makeup Department
Paul Engelen	....	makeup artist
Harry Frampton	....	makeup artist
Peter Frampton	....	makeup artist
John Isaacs	....	hair stylist: Miss Andrews
Joyce James	....	hair stylist
Colin Jamison	....	hair stylist
Bobbie Smith	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Denis Johnson Jr.	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Hoult	....	first assistant director
Peter Kohn	....	second assistant director
Paul Tivers	....	second assistant director
Gerry Gavigan	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Andrew Ackland-Snow	....	junior draughtsman
Ted Ambrose	....	assistant art director
Albert Blackshaw	....	construction manager
Frank Graves	....	scenic artist
Bernie Hearn	....	stand-by props (as Bernard Hearn)
David Lusby	....	production buyer
Anthony Pratt	....	sketch artist
Nick Rivers	....	stand-by dressings
Bob Sherwood	....	stand-by propman
Alan Tomkins	....	assistant art director
Barry Wilkinson	....	property master
Peter Wood	....	additional scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Roy Charman	....	sound mixer
Rusty Coppleman	....	sound editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	dubbing mixer
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	dubbing mixer
Teddy Mason	....	sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum	....	chief dubbing mixer
George Rice	....	sound engineer
John Salter	....	boom operator
Jonathan Andrews	....	playback operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Neil Corbould	....	special effects (uncredited)
Martin Gutteridge	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Jimmy Harris	....	special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns	....	special effects (uncredited)
Graham Longhurst	....	special effects (uncredited)
Bert Luxford	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Albert Whitlock	....	special visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Brace	....	stunts
George Lane Cooper	....	stunts (as George Cooper)
Jack Cooper	....	stunts
Peter Diamond	....	stunts
Joe Dunne	....	stunt coordinator
Dorothy Ford	....	stunts
Martin Grace	....	stunts
Mark McBride	....	stunts
Dinny Powell	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunts
Nosher Powell	....	stunts
Doug Robinson	....	stunts
Eddie Stacey	....	stunts
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ronald Anscombe	....	focus puller
David Appleby	....	still photographer
George Beavis	....	camera grip
Mike Heaviside	....	vtr operator
Bob Kindred	....	camera operator
Algernon Sucharov	....	clapper loader
Don Brown	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
John Harris	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)
Chris Warren	....	additional video operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jackie Cummins	....	wardrobe mistress
Tiny Nicholls	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
David Beesley	....	assistant editor
Geoffrey Edwards	....	assistant editor
Alan Killick	....	film editor: UK
Robert Pergament	....	assistant editor
Ken Ross	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Howard Blake	....	orchestrator
Robert Hathaway	....	music editor (as Bob Hathaway)

Other crew
Jeremy Coote	....	production runner
Kay Fenton	....	continuity
Geoff Freeman	....	publicist
Maggie Goodwin	....	assistant choreographer
Lindsey Jones	....	director of publicity
Lesley Keane	....	assistant: Mr. Adams
Kevin King	....	payroll accountant
Bernard Spence	....	production accountant
Paddy Stone	....	choreographer
Francine Taylor	....	assistant: Mr. Edwards
Joyce Turner	....	production assistant
Steve Dale	....	production runner (uncredited)
Callum McDougall	....	production runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Artista Management
• Ladbroke
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Peerford Ltd.

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1985) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Vídeo Arte (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates

Other Companies

• Intralink Film Graphic Design  main title montage
• Mayflower Recording  adr recording
• Mayflower Recording  sound effects design
• Simon Wigs  wigs

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Peru:14 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Artista Management

Trivia:

Dick Bush replaced Ernest Day as cinematographer.

Goofs:

Continuity: The reaction shots of Andre and Toddy watching Victoria during her first "Shady Dame of Seville" number have them wearing the same boutonnières they wore during her very first show, but when Toddy and Victoria arrive back at the hotel Toddy has a different colored one.

Quotes:

Toddy: You know it's very strange. At the club I thought you were just about at the end of your rope.
Victoria: Oh, I was. I am! This is the first decent meal I've had in almost four days.
Toddy: And you can't pay for it?
Victoria: Caseé!
Toddy: [chuckling] And you want me to have dinner with you?
Victoria: I want you to have the best damn dinner you ever had. Have two! I started off with the roast chicken and I segued to boeuf bourguignon, it's anybody's guess what I could end up with.
Toddy: Oh, I'd guess about thirty days.
Victoria: If all goes well, I expect to leave here poor, but sated. I have a... a bug in my purse. At the appropriate moment it goes in my salad.
Toddy: It'll never work.
Victoria: A bug in my salad?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bionic Woman: The List (#1.6)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Crazy World

" A woman, pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman "

Many social innovations, have often as not originated in France. Take cross-dressing for instance. In the 1930's a singer created quite a sensation when her fabulous show became the toast of Paris. She traveled throughout Europe and remained a novelty for years. Her success was due to the fact that she was not a woman after all. She was a man. This fact became the inspiration for the film "Victoria/Victoria." In the movie, a talented female singer (Julie Andrews) named Victoria Grant (aka Count Victor Grezhinski) schemes with an out of work cabaret singer, Carroll 'Toddy' Todd (Robert Preston, who is fantastic in this role) to create a female impersonation act. With the help of Andre Cassell, (John Rhys Davies) a night club owner they hope to get rich with the unusual act. Complications arise however, the least of which is a visiting gangster named King Marchand (James Garner) who takes a liking for Victoria. His Chicago girlfriend Norma Cassady (Lesley Ann Warren) become jealous and informs other hoodlums to come to Paris. Alex Karras, plays Mr. Bernstein, Garners' bodyguard). The film is a solid hit for the cast and lays the foundation of it become a classic. ****