CQ (2001)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Roman Coppola

Writer (WGA):

Roman Coppola (written by)

Release Date:

29 January 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Every picture tells a story

Plot:

A story of a young film maker who moves to Paris to make Sci-fi films.

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Director | Secret Agent | Car Chase | France

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jeremy Davies	...	Paul
Angela Lindvall	...	Dragonfly / Valentine
Élodie Bouchez	...	Marlene
Gérard Depardieu	...	Andrezej
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Enzo
Massimo Ghini	...	Fabrizio
Jason Schwartzman	...	Felix DeMarco
Billy Zane	...	Mr. E
John Phillip Law	...	Chairman
Silvio Muccino	...	Pippo
Dean Stockwell	...	Dr. Ballard
Natalia Vodianova	...	Brigit
Bernard Verley	...	Trailer Voiceover Actor
L.M. Kit Carson	...	Fantasy Critic
Chris Bearne	...	Fantasy Critic

Also Known As:

CQ (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for some nudity and language.

Runtime:

88 min | France:91 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

USA | Luxembourg | France | Italy

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A | France:U | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Luxembourg

Company:

United Artists

Trivia:

Special features on the DVD include two cuts of the movie-within-a-movie, "Codename: Dragonfly" - "Paul's Version" and "Andrzej's Version."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dragonfly swerves her car in reverse in the tunnel, there are skid marks already on the ground along the path her tires take.

Quotes:

[Last line.]
Paul: So this is the end... or is it the start? Of what?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Thirteen (2003)

Soundtrack:

Le Responsable

Interesting but forgettable

Okay, the film festival crowd probably loved it. But your average, popcorn munching movie goer who has scraped to-gether the ten or fifteen bucks it costs to see a movie these days will probably wonder why he or she made this choice. If it's stamped "Copolla" it's automatically great stuff, right? Wrong! It's a neat spoof of filmdom's pretensions. But it's terribly "in." I worry when film makers are more concerned about entertaining themselves rather than the public. It's interesting as a cinematic curio and it does have a chuckle or two in it. But once it's run its course in the movies and on TV, the dust will grow thick on the film cans and tape boxes holding it. Hardly either epochal or an epic!