An American in Paris (1951)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Escritores:

Alan Jay Lerner (story)
Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 febrero 1952 (Denmark)

Género:

Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

What a joy! It's M-G-M's Technicolor musical!

Plot:

Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art...

Plot Keywords:

Art | Painter | Paris | Pianist | Dance

Premios:

Won 6 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The perfect musical.

Reparto

Gene Kelly	...	Jerry Mulligan
Leslie Caron	...	Lise Bouvier
Oscar Levant	...	Adam Cook
Georges Guétary	...	Henri Baurel (as Georges Guetary)
Nina Foch	...	Milo Roberts
The American In Paris Ballet	...	Ballet Dancers
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Bill Chatham	...	Dancing G.I. (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Ernie Flatt	...	Dancing G.I. (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Dickie Humphreys	...	Dancing G.I. (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Jeanne Lafayette	...	Nun / Artist / French Girl (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Louise Laureau	...	Nun / Woman at Table (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Janet Lavis	...	Fury (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Svetlana McLe	...	Fury (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Mary Menzies	...	Fury (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Sheila Meyers	...	Fury (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Christian Pasques	...	Boy with bubble gum (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Lucien Plauzoles	...	Boy with bubble gum (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Alex Romero	...	Dancing G.I. (as The American in Paris Ballet)
Dee Turnell	...	Fury (as The American in Paris Ballet)

También conocida como:

Un americano en París (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Sinfonía de París (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

113 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/6 | West Germany:12 | New Zealand:G | Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (certificate #14898) | UK:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Loew's

Trivialidades:

Vincente Minnelli first wanted Maurice Chevalier in the Georges Guétary part, and 'Celeste Holm (I)' in the 'Nina Foch' part. But Chevalier wasn't available; Minnelli was pleased with Foch's reading, and she got the part.

Errores:

Continuidad: Near the end of "S' Wonderful," the position of a green car changes between shots.

Citas:

[first lines]
Jerry Mulligan: 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. And I'll tell you why: I'm a painter, and all my life that's all I've ever wanted to do.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in La boum 2 (1982)

Banda de Sonido:

Nice Work if You Can Get It

The perfect musical.

I saw "An American in Paris" on its first release when I was still at school and fell in love with it straightaway. I went back to see it again the next day and have lost count of the number of times I have seen it since, both in the cinema and on TV. It makes fantastic use of some of the best music and songs by the greatest popular composer of the twentieth century (George Gershwin) and features the greatest male (Gene Kelly) and female (Leslie Caron) dancers in Hollywood history. The supporting cast of Oscar Levant (as quirky as ever), Georges Guetary (why didn't he make more movies ?) and Nina Foch (brilliant in an unsympathetic role) are at the top of their form. The closing ballet, superbly choreographed to the title music, makes excellent use of the sights and sounds of Paris and of the images of impressionist and post-impressionist artists. All the Gershwin songs are beautifully staged, but the most memorable are "It's Very Clear" (Caron and Kelly on the banks of the Seine) and "I Got Rhythm" (the kids of Paris joining Gene Kelly in "Une Chanson Americaine"). If you love Paris, see this movie. If you've never been to Paris in your life, see it. But see it !