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Victor Victoria

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Viktor and Viktoria

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Viktor and Viktoria

Original title

Victor Victoria

Year

1982

Running time

132 min.

Country

United States

Director

Blake Edwards

Screenwriter

Blake Edwards. Story: Hans Hoemburg. Remake: Reinhold Schünzel

Cast

Music

Henry Mancini

Cinematography

Dick Bush

Producer

Co-production United States-United Kingdom;

Artista Management, Ladbroke, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Peerford Ltd

Genre

Comedy. Musical. Romance | Remake. 1930s. Gay & Lesbian

Synopsis

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 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), whos more than a little concerned by his bosss 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 question for all the characters. A director who often shows a willingness to let the seams in his work show for comic effect, Edwards has opted for stylish smoothness here while opening himself to questions of gender that his earlier films had anxiously mocked. Robert Preston steals the film as Victorias graceful Svengali.

Rankings Position

#50 Best Musical Movies
#57 Best Remakes in the history of film
#98 Best LGTBIQ+ Productions

Awards: 1982: Oscar: Best Adapted Soundtrack. 7 Nominations

1982: Golden Globes: Best Actress - Musical/Comedy (Julie Andrews). 5 Nominations

1982: César Awards: Best Foreign Film

1982: New York Film Critics Circle: 2 Nominations, incl. Best Sup. Actor (Preston)

1982: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay

1982: 2 David di Donatello Awards, incl. Best Foreign Actress (Andrews). 4 Nominations

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44 My Favorite Musicals (78)
95 My Favorite Remakes (7)

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