Bobby Deerfield (1977)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.6/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Escritores:

Alvin Sargent (screenplay) and
Erich Maria Remarque (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 noviembre 1977 (Denmark)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

He had to meet her - to find himself!

Plot:

Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.

Plot Keywords:

Race Car | Sunglasses | Racecar Driver | Hot Air Balloon | Commercial

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Compelling and original

Reparto

Al Pacino	...	Bobby
Marthe Keller	...	Lillian
Anny Duperey	...	Lydia
Walter McGinn	...	The Brother
Romolo Valli	...	Uncle Luigi
Stephan Meldegg	...	Karl Holtzmann
Jaime Sánchez	...	Delvecchio (as Jaime Sanchez)
Norm Nielsen	...	The Magician
Mickey Knox	...	Tourist
Dorothy James	...	Tourist
Guido Alberti	...	Priest In The Garden
Monique Lejeune	...	Catherine Modave
Steve Gadler	...	Bertrand Modave
Van Doude	...	The Flutist
Aurora Maris	...	Woman In The Gas Station

También conocida como:

Heaven Has No Favorites (Australia)
Un instante, una vida (Spain) [es]

Duración:

124 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono | Dolby Digital (DVD version)

Clasificación:

Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (Approved No. 24936) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:L

Locaciones de Filmación:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

The race car used by Al Pacino in the movie is a Brabham Alfa Romeo BT-45, which belonged to the Brazilian Racer José Carlos Pace, who actually drove it during the race (South African GP, in 1976) scenes.

Citas:

Lillian Morelli: You're such a turtle!
Bobby Deerfield: Turtle?
[she nods]
Bobby Deerfield: Nobody's ever called me that before. A turtle.
Lillian Morelli: Perhaps you are the world's fastest turtle, but just the same, you are a ...
Lillian Morelli, Bobby Deerfield: turtle!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "The Directors: The Films of Sydney Pollack (#2.4)" (????)

Compelling and original

Bobby Deerfield is not your average romantic drama especially when compared to the recent phase of Rom-Com's sweeping the screens at the cinemas.

Firstly, Al Pacino is at his best, highly intense and more importantly convincing as a character to accept. This is not surprising as his two other significant films of that decade were the masterful The Godfather and Godfather Part II. There seems to be something compelling in his role in this film which i cannot grasp to identify to you. Maybe because his co-star heightens our interest by their exchange of witty dialogue although i would point towards his stern expressions and calm voice which can explode in his characters few moments of glory.

Secondly, this film is not for the mass popcorn audience, the direction is obtuse and could be compared to the 'Art film' style that we struggle to view at all in popular culture. This is were the 'original' element of my comment of Bobby Deerfield spurs from. It is the fact that the mass audience wouldn't know what to do with the arbitrary meanings revealed. It is usually clear cut in 'Hollywood'.

To finish up, the romance and the character sparring is worth the time of a person who wants to be inspired or possibly take something away from a film that will last longer than the time it takes to see it.