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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Blake Edwards |
| Stars: |
Julie Andrews |
| Actors: |
Lesley Ann Warren |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Switching Roles · Showbiz · Scams And Cons · Classic · Comedy · Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
012569520325 |
| Release Date: |
1982 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 15min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 2hr 13min Release Company: Warner Home Video (June 04, 2002) UPC: 012569520325 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 15min |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/19/1982, p.C8, Vincent Canby): "Get ready, get set and go -- IMMEDIATELY -- to [Blake Edwards's] chef d'oeuvre, his cockeyed, crowning achievement, his DUCK SOUP, his CHARLEY's AUNT, his HOTEL PARADISIO, his SOME LIKE IT HOT, his urban AS YOU LIKE IT, and maybe even his CITIZEN KANE....[Andrews is] at peak form..." |
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Blake Edwards tones down the broadly farcical style that is his signature with this sly musical comedy starring Julie Andrews as British entertainer Victoria Grant. She and an older friend, gay impresario Toddy (Robert Preston), are close to starvation in 1930s Paris. Desperate for work, he changes her image, introducing her to the cabaret world as Polish female impersonator Victor/Victoria. Victoria, now a woman pretending to be a man in drag, becomes a huge success in the nightclub world. Chicago gangster King Marchan (James Garner) becomes especially intrigued by Victor/Victoria while visiting Paris with his dim-witted girlfriend, Norma (Lesley Anne Warren), and his ever-faithful bodyguard, Squash (Alex Karras), who's more than a little concerned by his boss's interest in a transvestite. As Marchan tries to get to the source of his attraction to the entertainer, trying to uncover the truth behind the rhinestone headdress, the farce commences, and the meaning of gender and sexual preference comes into ... |
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