CQ Movie Review 2001

It's 1969 and film editor Paul (Davies) is in Paris working on an arty futuristic thriller for egotistical director Andrezej (Depardieu) while filming his own black and white personal documentary. When the film's producer, Enzo (Giannini), fires the director, Paul winds up with the gig and has to come up with the slam-bang ending Enzo is demanding. Also demanding is leading lady Valentine (Lindvall), who is paying extra attention to her new director, which distracts Paul from the film and his French girlfriend Marlene (Bouchoz). Paul's a dull character and the film suffers for it but it's not bad for a first effort from Coppola (son of Francis and brother of Sofia).

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 92 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Period Piece: 1960s, Filmmaking, Behind the Scenes, At the Movies

Screenplay

Roman Coppola

Cast

Jeremy Davies, Elodie Bouchez, Angela Lindvall, Gerard Depardieu, Giancarlo Giannini, Massimo Ghini, Jason Schwartzman, Billy Zane, John Phillip Law, Dean Stockwell

Cinematography

Robert Yeoman

Director

Roman Coppola

Other

Carlo Thoss, Brian Reitzell, Leslie Jones, Luc Chalon, Oshin Yeghiazariantz, Judy Shrewsbury, Dean Tavoularis

Producer

Gary Marcus, United Artists, American Zoetrope, Delux Productions, Film Fund Luxembourg, MGM