list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Gigi on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Gigi/13358/default.aspx Title: Gigi
Year: 1958
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Plot: Leslie Caron plays Gigi, a young girl raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans (Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans) to be the mistress of wealthy young Gaston (Louis Jourdan). When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and asks her to be his wife, Jeans is appalled: never has anyone in their family ever stooped to anything so bourgeois as marriage! Weaving in and out of the story is Maurice Chevalier as an aging boulevardier who, years earlier, had been in love with Gingold's character. Chevalier gets most of the best Lerner & Loewe tunes, including Thank Heaven for Little Girls, I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More, and his matchless duet with Gingold, I Remember it Well. Caron's best number (dubbed by Betty Wand) is The Night They Invented Champagne while Jourdan gets the honor of introducing the title song. Filmed on location in Paris, Gigi won several Oscars, including Best Picture; it also represented the successful American movie comeback of Chevalier, who thanks to this film was "forgiven" for his reputed collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:00:53 GMTGigi1958Vincente Minnelli<a href="/players/P____11131/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leslie Caron</a> plays Gigi, a young girl raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans (<a href="/players/P____27036/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Hermione Gingold</a> and <a href="/players/P____35362/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Isabel Jeans</a>) to be the mistress of wealthy young Gaston (<a href="/players/P____36383/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Louis Jourdan</a>). When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and asks her to be his wife, Jeans is appalled: never has anyone in their family ever stooped to anything so bourgeois as marriage! Weaving in and out of the story is <a href="/players/P____12734/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Maurice Chevalier</a> as an aging boulevardier who, years earlier, had been in love with Gingold's character. Chevalier gets most of the best Lerner & Loewe tunes, including Thank Heaven for Little Girls, I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More, and his matchless duet with Gingold, I Remember it Well. Caron's best number (dubbed by Betty Wand) is The Night They Invented Champagne while Jourdan gets the honor of introducing the title song. Filmed on location in Paris, Gigi won several Oscars, including Best Picture; it also represented the successful American movie comeback of Chevalier, who thanks to this film was "forgiven" for his reputed collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide15Tag Target (>10)1633http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u51431udxnq.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Gigi/13358/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/12/17/38487.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 12/17/2008 1:00:53 PM
Body: The Academy Awards barely recognize comedic talent in film, so it’s kind of ironic that the Oscars have typically been hosted by a comedic personality. Since the Academy primarily honors serious movies and performances, it’d be more fitting to have Sean Penn leading the show. But TV audiences love a funny variety program, and the tradition has worked out well thanks to humorists like Will Rogers, Bob Hope and Billy Crystal, so the comedy has been a constant. This year, however, the ceremony will feature Hugh Jackman as emcee, and the joke-filled monologue has been axed. But is it still ironic that an actor best known for playing a superhero is hosting an award show that fails to regularly celebrate blockbuster franchises like his X-Men series? And are the producers capitalizing on this irony by hiring Jackman, who will certainly be promoting his upcoming spin-off, X-Men Origins: Wolverine? When the choice was announced, plenty of people immediately thought of the ratings-boosting possibility of having Jackman wear his Wolverine costume while performing his hosting duties. For an Oscars ceremony that may end up nominating a superhero film for Best Picture and will be secretly recognizing Robert Downey Jr.’s performance in Iron Man as much as in Tropic Thunder (if he’s indeed nominated for the latter), the singing, dancing Australian is quite appropriate for the gig. But despite his ratings appeal to comic geeks and old ladies who read People magazine, could this relatively humorless host be setting himself up for a roast? Here’s hoping he’s at least better than the following Oscars embarrassments: Jerry Lewis (1956, 1957, 1959) It was his third time as a co-host, and it was also his last, but the thing that may have done him in was hardly his fault. The awards concluded with the presentation of Gigi as Best Picture, yet the telecast still had 20 minutes of airtime to fill. First, there was an awkward Oscar-winner group-sing rendition of “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” during which Lewis kept shouting, “Keep singing!” Then, the over-the-top actor (whose fellow co-hosts included Bob Hope, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Tony Randall and Mort Sahl), attempted to ad-lib jokes for the remainder of the program. NBC ended up pulling the plug early and ran a short film instead. Exactly 50 years later, Lewis will (somewhat controversially) return to the Academy Awards this February to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. And as long as he doesn’t say anything homophobic (it might be tough if Milk is prominently showcased), he could potentially make up for old times by clowning around for a 20 minute-long acceptance speech. Chris Rock (2005) One of the problems with comedians as Oscars hosts is that they tend to ridicule Hollywood, and though the people at home may enjoy seeing movie stars’ egos deflated, the stars themselves are not always laughing. This is supposed to be a self-congratulatory celebration, after all. Occasional jabs are fine, but Rock took the mockery to a new level. Even if Sean Penn was too outraged by the Jude Law offense, it’s true Rock could have been a little less insulting to the crowd he was addressing. Not only did he label specific films as “sucking,” he showed the Academy just how obsolete their awards are with a clip of regular moviegoers naming non-nominated movies as their favorites of the year. It was no surprise that Rock was not asked back. Chevy Chase (1987, 1988) At least Rock was funny enough to come away from his experience undamaged, perhaps because the Academy should have expected little else from choosing him. And it did help that Penn’s humorlessness actually assisted Rock’s mockery of the Hollywood ego. On the other hand, Chase’s opening address in 1988 to the “Hollywood phonies,” was not really that amusing a joke nor was it appreciated by the elite crowd. This was his second duty as an Oscar host, having shared the gig with Goldie Hawn and Paul “Crocodile Dundee” Hogan the year before. But he was similarly not asked back after using his time on stage to knock critics and nominees and also to be so immature as to pretend to pick his nose. Is it any coincidence that Chase’s career also took a downward turn in 1989? David Letterman (1995) Even less fitting than a comedic actor to host the Academy Awards is a comedic talk show host. But it worked for so many years with Johnny Carson, so Letterman was given a shot. His “Oprah, Uma” shtick really wasn’t too awful, but it has infamously become one of the low points in Oscar history. Worse than its initial appearance, though, are the revisits to the joke, for self-mockery. Letterman’s return for a self-deprecating cameo the following year was appreciable, but continued callbacks have been even lamer than the original offense. Less memorable yet more awkward was the Late Show tie-in of a stupid pet trick assisted by a clearly uncomfortable Tom Hanks. Let us hope the Academy never thinks to ask Jay Leno to host or we’ll be similarly be subjected to “Jaywalking at the Oscars.” Nobody (1939, 1942, 1948, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988) The only thing worse than Jay Leno hosting is nobody hosting. The ceremony has failed to have a leader on multiple occasions, including those years the Academy went with numerous co-hosts, which they labeled “Friends of Oscar.” In 1971, that group consisted of 33 members. That’s more than there were awards categories. Some awards shows work without a clear host, as such an event only necessitates an announcer to introduce presenters, but one of the most entertaining parts of the Oscars is always the opening monologue. Interestingly enough, Hugh Jackman is reportedly not doing one of those, so he could very well be just as bad as having no host at all. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:00:53 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com12/17/2008 1:00:53 PMThe Academy Awards barely recognize comedic talent in film, so it’s kind of ironic that the Oscars have typically been hosted by a comedic personality. Since the Academy primarily honors serious movies and performances, it’d be more fitting to have Sean Penn leading the show. But TV audiences love a funny variety program, and the tradition has worked out well thanks to humorists like Will Rogers, Bob Hope and Billy Crystal, so the comedy has been a constant. This year, however, the ceremony will feature Hugh Jackman as emcee, and the joke-filled monologue has been axed. But is it still ironic that an actor best known for playing a superhero is hosting an award show that fails to regularly celebrate blockbuster franchises like his X-Men series? And are the producers capitalizing on this irony by hiring Jackman, who will certainly be promoting his upcoming spin-off, X-Men Origins: Wolverine? When the choice was announced, plenty of people immediately thought of the ratings-boosting possibility of having Jackman wear his Wolverine costume while performing his hosting duties. For an Oscars ceremony that may end up nominating a superhero film for Best Picture and will be secretly recognizing Robert Downey Jr.’s performance in Iron Man as much as in Tropic Thunder (if he’s indeed nominated for the latter), the singing, dancing Australian is quite appropriate for the gig. But despite his ratings appeal to comic geeks and old ladies who read People magazine, could this relatively humorless host be setting himself up for a roast? Here’s hoping he’s at least better than the following Oscars embarrassments: Jerry Lewis (1956, 1957, 1959) It was his third time as a co-host, and it was also his last, but the thing that may have done him in was hardly his fault. The awards concluded with the presentation of Gigi as Best Picture, yet the telecast still had 20 minutes of airtime to fill. First, there was an awkward Oscar-winner group-sing rendition of “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” during which Lewis kept shouting, “Keep singing!” Then, the over-the-top actor (whose fellow co-hosts included Bob Hope, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Tony Randall and Mort Sahl), attempted to ad-lib jokes for the remainder of the program. NBC ended up pulling the plug early and ran a short film instead. Exactly 50 years later, Lewis will (somewhat controversially) return to the Academy Awards this February to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. And as long as he doesn’t say anything homophobic (it might be tough if Milk is prominently showcased), he could potentially make up for old times by clowning around for a 20 minute-long acceptance speech. Chris Rock (2005) One of the problems with comedians as Oscars hosts is that they tend to ridicule Hollywood, and though the people at home may enjoy seeing movie stars’ egos deflated, the stars themselves are not always laughing. This is supposed to be a self-congratulatory celebration, after all. Occasional jabs are fine, but Rock took the mockery to a new level. Even if Sean Penn was too outraged by the Jude Law offense, it’s true Rock could have been a little less insulting to the crowd he was addressing. Not only did he label specific films as “sucking,” he showed the Academy just how obsolete their awards are with a clip of regular moviegoers naming non-nominated movies as their favorites of the year. It was no surprise that Rock was not asked back. Chevy Chase (1987, 1988) At least Rock was funny enough to come away from his experience undamaged, perhaps because the Academy should have expected little else from choosing him. And it did help that Penn’s humorlessness actually assisted Rock’s mockery of the Hollywood ego. On the other hand, Chase’s opening address in 1988 to the “Hollywood phonies,” was not really that amusing a joke nor was it appreciated by the elite crowd. This was his second duty as an Oscar host, having shared the gig with Goldie Hawn and Paul “Crocodile Dundee” Hogan the year before. But he was similarly not asked back after using his time on stage to knock critics and nominees and also to be so immature as to pretend to pick his nose. Is it any coincidence that Chase’s career also took a downward turn in 1989? David Letterman (1995) Even less fitting than a comedic actor to host the Academy Awards is a comedic talk show host. But it worked for so many years with Johnny Carson, so Letterman was given a shot. His “Oprah, Uma” shtick really wasn’t too awful, but it has infamously become one of the low points in Oscar history. Worse than its initial appearance, though, are the revisits to the joke, for self-mockery. Letterman’s return for a self-deprecating cameo the following year was appreciable, but continued callbacks have been even lamer than the original offense. Less memorable yet more awkward was the Late Show tie-in of a stupid pet trick assisted by a clearly uncomfortable Tom Hanks. Let us hope the Academy never thinks to ask Jay Leno to host or we’ll be similarly be subjected to “Jaywalking at the Oscars.” Nobody (1939, 1942, 1948, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988) The only thing worse than Jay Leno hosting is nobody hosting. The ceremony has failed to have a leader on multiple occasions, including those years the Academy went with numerous co-hosts, which they labeled “Friends of Oscar.” In 1971, that group consisted of 33 members. That’s more than there were awards categories. Some awards shows work without a clear host, as such an event only necessitates an announcer to introduce presenters, but one of the most entertaining parts of the Oscars is always the opening monologue. Interestingly enough, Hugh Jackman is reportedly not doing one of those, so he could very well be just as bad as having no host at all. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/13/28876.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
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Post Date: 5/13/2008 4:49:45 AM
Body: I used to love the French as much I love the British, but I became disilussioned when I finally had access to French films. The problem is that I really liked the French as they were portrayed by Americans before it became fashionable to hate them, whereas I still love how the British portray themselves. Watch a French movie, and you often see an extreamly gritty group of people who have sex and worry about money alot as well as having a major problem with dissulisioned youth. However, in American musicals like Gigi you see a rich, charming society who go on expensive excursions continiously and make witty comments about love. Plus, the songs are by the team that brought us Camelot! Set in Paris in 1900, Gigi (Leslie Caron) is a rich young woman who is dating Gaston (Louis Jourdan), a rich young man. They love each other a lot, and sing songs about it. There is also a subplot involving a charming old French guy (Maurice Chevalier) and Gigi's grandmother (Hermonie Gingold). There are some problems, but not a lot. Mostly everone just goes out to beautiful locations and well decorated houses and opulant parties. Gigi won the Academy Award for Best Picture (you didn't think I had stopped, did you?) and although it's certainly not better than Touch of Evil, it's not a bad choice and certainly not an embarrising one. The movie is absolutle gorgeous and Minnelli has a great visual style. He also does a good job at keeping the film cinematic, even with its long dialouge scenes. The performances are all flawless and charming, even though Caron had her singing voice dubbed. For some reason, I was thinking about Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cario, and then my thought turned to Gigi. I realized that if I had to be trapped in a movie for the rest of my life, this film would not be a bad choice. Gigi (1958)
]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:45 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog5/13/2008 4:49:45 AMI used to love the French as much I love the British, but I became disilussioned when I finally had access to French films. The problem is that I really liked the French as they were portrayed by Americans before it became fashionable to hate them, whereas I still love how the British portray themselves. Watch a French movie, and you often see an extreamly gritty group of people who have sex and worry about money alot as well as having a major problem with dissulisioned youth. However, in American musicals like Gigi you see a rich, charming society who go on expensive excursions continiously and make witty comments about love. Plus, the songs are by the team that brought us Camelot! Set in Paris in 1900, Gigi (Leslie Caron) is a rich young woman who is dating Gaston (Louis Jourdan), a rich young man. They love each other a lot, and sing songs about it. There is also a subplot involving a charming old French guy (Maurice Chevalier) and Gigi's grandmother (Hermonie Gingold). There are some problems, but not a lot. Mostly everone just goes out to beautiful locations and well decorated houses and opulant parties. Gigi won the Academy Award for Best Picture (you didn't think I had stopped, did you?) and although it's certainly not better than Touch of Evil, it's not a bad choice and certainly not an embarrising one. The movie is absolutle gorgeous and Minnelli has a great visual style. He also does a good job at keeping the film cinematic, even with its long dialouge scenes. The performances are all flawless and charming, even though Caron had her singing voice dubbed. For some reason, I was thinking about Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cario, and then my thought turned to Gigi. I realized that if I had to be trapped in a movie for the rest of my life, this film would not be a bad choice. Gigi (1958) http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/29/27966.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 4/29/2008 4:00:51 PM
Body: Alright, it’s not actually a film review, but in a letter of correspondence from 1981, to lover Janet Eagleson, the Catcher in the Rye author does pan the original Indiana Jones film. However, it’s difficult to say the man doesn’t have good taste in movies. In the same handwritten note, he also mention that he enjoyed Truffaut’s The Last Metro. Behold the great American novelist’s actual words: …Have seen no good movies, except The Last Metro…I got hooked into seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark, which might be excused for its unwitty, unfunny awful socko-ness if it had been put together by Harvard Lampoon seniors… I guess it’s not all that amazing, but I find Salinger’s comments interesting because I’d always figured he was a curmudgeonly hater of films. Part of my misconception is due to Holden Caulfield’s attitude toward cinema in Catcher, and part is due to Salinger’s refusal to permit a movie adaptation of Catcher or any other works post-My Foolish Heart (an adaptation of Salinger’s story “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” that apparently resulted in the author’s subsequent refusals). Yet according to Salinger’s daughter Margaret (via Wikipedia), who wrote the memoir Dream Catcher, the author was in fact a film buff. She even listed his favorite films as Gigi, Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps, and the comedies of the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. However, according to Joyce Maynard (also via Wikipedia), an ex-lover who also wrote a memoir, Salinger “loves movies, not films.” Of course, that would mean that he should have loved Raiders and disliked Truffaut, right? Anyway, you can bid on the letter with the Last Metro and Raiders comments in an Ebay Live Auction tomorrow evening, or if you’re short the few thousand bucks, you can just look at the photo of it on the auction’s listing. [via Empire] Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:51 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com4/29/2008 4:00:51 PMAlright, it’s not actually a film review, but in a letter of correspondence from 1981, to lover Janet Eagleson, the Catcher in the Rye author does pan the original Indiana Jones film. However, it’s difficult to say the man doesn’t have good taste in movies. In the same handwritten note, he also mention that he enjoyed Truffaut’s The Last Metro. Behold the great American novelist’s actual words: …Have seen no good movies, except The Last Metro…I got hooked into seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark, which might be excused for its unwitty, unfunny awful socko-ness if it had been put together by Harvard Lampoon seniors… I guess it’s not all that amazing, but I find Salinger’s comments interesting because I’d always figured he was a curmudgeonly hater of films. Part of my misconception is due to Holden Caulfield’s attitude toward cinema in Catcher, and part is due to Salinger’s refusal to permit a movie adaptation of Catcher or any other works post-My Foolish Heart (an adaptation of Salinger’s story “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” that apparently resulted in the author’s subsequent refusals). Yet according to Salinger’s daughter Margaret (via Wikipedia), who wrote the memoir Dream Catcher, the author was in fact a film buff. She even listed his favorite films as Gigi, Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps, and the comedies of the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. However, according to Joyce Maynard (also via Wikipedia), an ex-lover who also wrote a memoir, Salinger “loves movies, not films.” Of course, that would mean that he should have loved Raiders and disliked Truffaut, right? Anyway, you can bid on the letter with the Last Metro and Raiders comments in an Ebay Live Auction tomorrow evening, or if you’re short the few thousand bucks, you can just look at the photo of it on the auction’s listing. [via Empire] Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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