Forget Paris
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Forget Paris |
| Original title | Forget Paris |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Billy Crystal |
| script | Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz , Babaloo Almond |
| production | Billy Crystal |
| music | Marc Shaiman |
| camera | Don Burgess |
| cut | Kent Beyda |
| occupation | |
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Forget Paris (Original title: Forget Paris ) is an American comedy film from 1995 . Directed by Billy Crystal , who also wrote the script with Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel .
Mickey Gordon, played by Billy Crystal, wants to fulfill his father's last wish and bury him in French soil. When he meets Ellen Andrews, played by Debra Winger , at the airport , he falls in love with her. Your quick connection will not remain undimmed.
action
The basketball referee Mickey Gordon travels to France to bury his father. In Paris he met the airline employee Ellen Andrews. Mickey and Ellen become a couple.
Mickey's friends are waiting for him in a restaurant. In the waiting time they tell the further course of the story, which is shown in flashbacks . Ellen and Mickey's relationship is in crisis. Ellen demands that Mickey move to Dallas , where she was offered a new job. Since he refuses, she reveals that she can choose between Dallas and Paris. If she is to drive alone, she would rather move to Paris.
One of the friends talks to Ellen on the phone and gets the impression that she feels lonely in Paris.
Mickey's friends ask the waiter about the end of the game, after which Mickey should come to the restaurant. One of the guests was a spectator of the game, he says that he saw something incredible . Another flashback shows that Mickey wants to leave the game and go to Paris. At that moment, Ellen appears. Mickey promises her to move to Dallas, Paris or wherever she wants . He and Ellen kiss in the middle of the field.
At the end, Mickey and Ellen come to the restaurant together.
Reviews
James Berardinelli praised the portrayal of Debra Winger and criticized the portrayal of Billy Crystal on ReelViews . He wrote that the film contained some elements of a drama and that Billy Crystal should not direct or act in the drama. Showing various phases of the development of a relationship Berardinelli compared to the film Der Stadtneurotiker .
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 19, 1995 that the film was an attempt to replicate the success of the comedy Harry and Sally . He described the film as "wonderful" ("this is a wonderful film") and attested to some romantic scenes and funny gags.
“Lively relationship comedy that only really begins where the curtain normally falls. In favor of an effective staging, however, nuances are quickly pushed to the edge and all too random gags are strung together. "
Awards
The voice actor for the Italian language version Luca Biagini , who spoke the dialogue parts of Billy Crystal, won the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani award in 1996 .
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Web links
- Forget Paris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Forget Paris withRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Berardinelli: Forget Paris. In: ReelViews.net. Retrieved June 6, 2017 .
- ^ Roger Ebert: Forget Paris. In: RogerEbert.com. May 19, 1995, accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Forget Paris. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 11, 2017 .