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Roxanne Details

1987

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Starring	Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall
Director	Fred Schepisi
Genres	Comedy

Roxanne

Small-town fire chief C.D. Bales (Steve Martin, in a wonderfully skillful verbal and physical performance) is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary nose. Astronomer Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) has just come to his town of Nelson, Washington in order to get away from the city and to get a clearer view of a comet she is tracking. When both Bales and a handsome-but-slow fireman fall in love with Roxanne, Bales supplies the words while the other supplies the kisses. Includes a great cast of small-town characters played by among others, Michael J. Pollard and Shelley Duvall. Based on "Cyrano De Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand, this warm romantic comedy is one of Martin's best.

Starring	Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard
Director	Fred Schepisi
Studio	UCA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles	DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish
Released	Production year: 1987 To Rent: DVD: 08 Nov 2004

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- Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, thanks to Martin's adaptation which translates the big-nosed duellist-philosopher-poet... read more on Time Out
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  Another classic 80's film....
  
  I really enjoyed this film when I saw it the first time when it first came out, so I thought I would hire it again to see if it was as good as I thought.
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  Cyrano gets a modern makeover
  
  Well, it lacks the emotional gravity of the play. Steve Martin takes an old classic and converts it into something with his own comedic twist. It's funny ... read more »
  
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  This film deserves 5 stars. I would glady watch over and over again. Steve Martin is a tour de force. One of the best I have seen him in.
  
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  - Ongar
  - 09 Mar 2009 at 19:45
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  Looking a bit old..
  
  I thought the children would like to see this family film.
  
  To be honest, I could see their minds wandering back to their game platforms as they ... read more »
  
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- Roxanne
  
  Small-town fire chief C.D. Bales (Steve Martin, in a wonderfully skillful verbal and physical performance) is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary nose. Astronomer Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) has just come to his town of Nelson, Washington in order to get away from the city and to get a ...