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Paris When It Sizzles
on DVD (1964)
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| Starring: |
William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Gregoire Aslan, Evi Marandi, Marlene Dietrich |
| Director: |
Richard Quine |
| Studio: |
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
106 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Genres: |
Comedy |
| Languages: |
English |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released: |
03/09/2001
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| Also Available on: |
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Brief synopsis of Paris When It Sizzles
A veteran Hollywood screenwriter goes to Paris to write the screenplay of his career--in three days. Lacking fresh ideas, he turns to his gamine secretary to provide fuel for his imagination, and they come up with various scenarios for his screenplay, called THE GIRL WHO STOLE THE EIFFEL TOWER. Richard Quine (BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE) ably helms PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES, which travels back and forth between fantasy and reality. William Holden and Audrey Hepburn heat up the main characters, with terrific supporting help from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Tony Curtis, Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, and the glorious city of Paris.
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Radio Times
Gowned in her trademark Givenchy, the irresistible Audrey Hepburn does her best in director Richard Quine's leaden remake of a soufflé-light French comedy (La Fête à Henriette) in which a screenwriter (William Holden), facing a deadline, is devoid of inspiration. He enlists the help of his secretary (Hepburn) in acting out possible scenarios, sending the film off into an unsuccessful hotch-potch of genres, periods and fantasy sequences. Though seeming understandably bemused at times, Hepburn is charming and keeps the nonsense and a dull Holden afloat, Noël Coward is the irate producer waiting for his script, and the Paris locations look gorgeous.
Halliwell's Film Guide
As a French film called La Fête à Henriette this was a charming whimsy, but Hollywood made it heavy-handed and boring, especially as no one in it seems to be having much fun.
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