An American In Paris (1951)
Part of the Decades of Musicals
| Director: | Vincente Minnelli |
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| Certificate: | BBFC U |
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| Format: | 35mm |
| Language: | English, some questionable French |
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"An American in Paris, one of the most successful and popular musicals in the history of film, is also one of the few Technicolor musicals to be taken seriously by critics during the Golden Age of Hollywood when many such films were made." Filmreference.com
THE FILM
"This is Paris, and I'm an American who lives here. My name is Jerry Mulligan, and I'm an ex G.I. In 1945 when the army told me to find my own job, I stayed on… Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French."
We push on through to the fifties with this Gene Kelly / Vincente Minnelli classic. The story of ex-G.I. Jerry's (Gene Kelly) sojourn in Paris, this has everything you could ask for in a musical. Gems such as 'I Got Rhythm', Embraceable You and Nice Work If You Can Get It, glorious Technicolor (as ever) and an 18 minute long mini-ballet. Quite possibly why celluloid was dreamt up.
AWARDS
The film is an unmissable classic of the shitory of cinema, and won many awards when it was released:
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FORBest PictureBest ArtBest CinematographyBest Musical ScoreBest Costumre DesignBest WritingGOLDEN GLOBE FORBest Picture
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