Gigi (1958)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli
(más)

Writers:

Colette (novel)
Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 agosto 1958 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

The First Lerner-Loewe Musical Since "My Fair Lady"

Plot:

Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. |

Plot Keywords:

Cinemascope | Paris | Hidden Character | 1900s | Coming Of Age

Awards:

Won 9 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Simply delightful

Cast

Leslie Caron	...	Gilberte aka 'Gigi'
Maurice Chevalier	...	Honoré Lachaille
Louis Jourdan	...	Gaston Lachaille
Hermione Gingold	...	Madame Alvarez
Eva Gabor	...	Liane d'Exelmans
Jacques Bergerac	...	Sandomir
Isabel Jeans	...	Aunt Alicia
John Abbott	...	Manuel
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Pasha	...	White horse at Pré Catelan
Marie-Hélène Arnaud	...	Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Jack Ary	...	Waiter at "Palais de Glace" (uncredited)
Richard Bean	...	Harlequin (uncredited)
Cecil Beaton	...	Gentleman in park (uncredited)
Jacques Bertrand	...	Maitre d'Hotel Maxim's (uncredited)
Hubert de Lapparent	...	Gaston's private secretary (uncredited)
Cilly Feindt	...	Girl on horseback at Pré Catelan (uncredited)
Edwin Jerome	...	Charles - Alicia's butler (uncredited)
Corinne Marchand	...	Young lady with white sunshade (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac	...	Prince Berensky (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Mersen	...	Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Bernard Musson	...	Guest at Maxim's (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann	...	Designer (uncredited)
Jean Ozenne	...	Monsieur Lachaille (uncredited)
Maruja Plose	...	Mannequin (uncredited)
Ohad Rossen	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Roger Saget	...	Pierre (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan	...	Blonde (uncredited)
Marilyn Simms	...	Redhead (uncredited)
Lydia Stevens	...	Simone (uncredited)
Jack Trevan	...	Coachman (uncredited)
François Valorbe	...	Henri - Gaston's butler (uncredited)
Monique van Vooren	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Betty Wand	...	Gigi (uncredited) (singing voice)
Richard Winckler	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Leroy Winebrenner	...	Lifeguard (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Vincente Minnelli
Charles Walters		(uncredited)

Créditos del guión
Colette		(novel "Gigi")
Alan Jay Lerner		(screenplay)

Producida por
Arthur Freed	....	producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Frederick Loewe

Fotografía por
Joseph Ruttenberg		(director of photography)
Ray June		(uncredited)

Montaje por
Adrienne Fazan

Diseño de producción por
Cecil Beaton

Dirección artística
E. Preston Ames		(as Preston Ames)
William A. Horning

Decorados
F. Keogh Gleason		(as Keogh Gleason)
Henry Grace

Diseño de vestuario por
Cecil Beaton

Departamento de maquillaje
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist
Guillaume	....	hair stylist
Charles E. Parker	....	makeup artist (as Charles Parker)
William Tuttle	....	makeup artist
Robert J. Schiffer	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
William McGarry	....	assistant director
William Shanks	....	assistant director
Noël Howard	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Hank Moonjean	....	assistant director: France (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Wesley C. Miller	....	recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller)
Van Allen James	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon	....	color consultant

Music Department
André Previn	....	conductor
André Previn	....	music supervisor
Conrad Salinger	....	orchestrator
Robert Tucker	....	vocal supervisor
Alexander Courage	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Albert Woodbury	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Françoise Bouchez	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Alex Romero	....	assistant choreographer (uncredited)

Thanks
Sem	....	acknowledgment: opening credits from drawings by

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents)
• Arthur Freed Production

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1959) (Japan) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1972) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Mac Mahon Distribution (1997) (France) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (????) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Carrère's Auberge de la Moutière  thanks
• Mairie de Paris  thanks (for the use of parks and gardens) (as City of Paris)
• Maxim's  we gratefully acknowlege the use of
• Musée Jacquemant-André  we gratefully acknowlege the use of
• Palais de Glace  we gratefully acknowlege the use of

También conocida como:

The Parisians (USA) (working title)
Gigi (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

116 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Perspecta Stereo | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) | Finland:K-7/5 (new rating: 1982) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Peru:PT | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Auberge de la Moutière - 14 Rue Moutière, Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, France

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The title song was Alan Jay Lerner's favorite of all his compositions. Also, in his semi-biography, "On the Street Where I Live" Lerner stated that in the song "She is Not Thinking of Me" the line "She's so ooh-la-la-la, so untrue-la-la-la" was the one line in his career that it took him the longest time to write.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During Gaston's song by the pond thinking of Gigi, there is a fence in the pond forcing the swans to stay in close background. The swans, obviously confused yet undeterred, keep swimming into the fence attempting to get to the swan in deep background on the other side of the pond.

Quotes:

Gigi: Look, Gaston. Four yards of material in the skirt. Well, don't I look great ladyish?
Gaston: You look like an organ-grinder's monkey!
Gigi: An organ-grinder's monkey?
Gaston: What happened to your little Scotch dress? - - And that ridiculous collar!
Gigi: And what's wrong with that collar?
Gaston: It makes you look like a giraffe with a goiter.
Gigi: With all the talk there is about you, Gaston, I've never heard it said you had any taste in clothes.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Thank Heaven for Little Girls

Simply delightful

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Leslie Caron as the title character, "Gigi" (1958) is nothing short of sweet and delightful. Gigi is a coltish teen in 1900's Paris who lives with her grandmother Madame Alvarez (Hermione Gingold) and who loves to hang out with family friend Gaston Lachaille (Louis Jourdan), an international jet-setter and playboy whose every relationship is documented in the papers. The pseudo-narrator of the film is Henri Lachaille (Maurice Chevalier), Gaston's uncle and a notorious playboy in his own right, who loves to give his nephew relationship advice, solicited or not. Gigi is being bred by her grandmother and aunt to become a refined woman so she can become a mistress for rich and powerful men, so it comes as both a surprise and delight to the women to discover that Gaston may be a suitable candidate. However, Gigi's innocence may not allow this to happen, as she struggles with making the transition between carefree girl to a refined lady with social responsibilities.

Musicals are a rare genre on my "films I adore" list, but "Gigi" has long been a favorite film of mine, despite its sappy moments and sometimes corny jokes. What makes "Gigi" such a good film is its unmitigated Charm with a capital "C"; one can't help but grin a little when Chevalier sings "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" because he doesn't stop flashing that high voltage smile himself. And I cannot get through the scene between Chevalier and Gingold when they sing "I Remember it Well" by the seaside without tearing up because it is just so damn cute. Sure, the revelations and epiphanies are pretty easy and kind of out of nowhere, but considering it is an MGM musical from the 1950's, I would be surprised if there weren't these kinds of things. Everyone in the film looks like they are having a good time (particularly Chevalier), and the great Lerner-Loewe music against the Parisian backdrop is enough to sell me.

"Gigi", while being a 10-time Oscar winner (including Best Picture) has unfortunately been marginalized by some as a typical MGM fluff piece, could be a hard sell, particularly to the jaded Generation Y - and - younger audience. However, since I myself am probably one of the most cynical film-viewers I personally know of, take my word for it – "Gigi" is a lot of fun, and a good way to spend two hours. 8/10 --Shelly