Les Quatre Cents Coups
(1959, François Truffaut, France) Jean-Pierre Léaud
François Truffaut's first film.
Bande à part
(1964, Jean-Luc Godard, France) Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur
Responsible for my college freshman crush on Anna Karina.
Cléo de 5 à 7
(1962, Agnès Varda, France) Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Charade
(1963, Stanley Donen, USA) Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
Stanley was a personal friend in Hollywood. When I was in Paris in 2010,
I was approached to play Cary Grant's role in a remake to be produced in France.
Irma la Douce
(1963, Billy Wilder, USA) Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
84 Charing Cross Road
(1987, David Hugh Jones, UK) Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967, George Roy Hill, USA) Jule Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore
Wicker Park
(2004, Paul McGuigan, USA) Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne
The Imposters
(1998, Stanley Tucci, USA) Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Isabella Rosellini, Alfred Molina, Lili Taylor
(Isabella is the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and italian director, Roberto Rosellini.)
.....Extra: 'Buñuel_Dali_Allen'
Since Woody Allen pokes fun at Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali in "Midnight in Paris",
their experimental surreal film, "Un Chien andalou", is included.
Midnight in Paris
(2011, Woody Allen, France) Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux
Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali
Adrien de Van as Luis Buñuel
A party for Jean Cocteau is Gil's first destination.
Cocteau made his first film in 1925, but his most famous picture is
La Belle et la bête
(1946, Jean Cocteau, France) Jean Marais, Josette Day
Un Chien andalou
(1929, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, France)
In Midnight in Paris, Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) suggests that Luis Buñuel make
a movie about a dinner party where no one is able to leave:
The Exterminating Angel
(1962, Luis Buñuel, France)
...and, while we're into time travel, I suggest...
Somewhere in Time
(1980, Jeannot Szwarc, USA) Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer
and
Run Lola, Run
with english subtitles
(1998, Tom Tykwer, Germany) Franka Potente
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