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Gigi is a 1958 American musical film produced by Arthur Freed and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Vincente Minnelli and Charles Walters, the film features a cast including Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, and Hermione Gingold. The screenplay was written by Alan Jay Lerner and Colette, based on Colette’s work, with music composed by Frederick Loewe. The narrative is set in Paris, and the film was shot in English and French.
The production had a budget of $3,319,355 and generated $13,200,000 in revenue. Its runtime is listed as 115 minutes in some records and 119 minutes in others. The film received the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Costume Design. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 6.6 based on 24,957 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 6.233 from 348 votes.
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Film · TMDB
6.2A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
Cast
- Leslie Caron as Gigi
- Maurice Chevalier as Honoré Lachaille
- Louis Jourdan as Gaston Lachaille
- Hermione Gingold as Madame Alvarez
- Eva Gabor as Liane D'Exelmans
- Jacques Bergerac as Sandomir
Themes
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- jewelry
- courtesan
- musical
- champagne
- based on play or musical
- coming of age
- playboy
- love
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Vincente Minnelli
- Screenplay by
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Based on
- Gigi , 1944 novella, by Colette
- Produced by
- Arthur Freed
- Starring
- Leslie Caron Maurice Chevalier Louis Jourdan Hermione Gingold Eva Gabor Jacques Bergerac Isabel Jeans
- Cinematography
- Joseph Ruttenberg
- Edited by
- Adrienne Fazan
- Music by
- Frederick Loewe , Music adapted and conducted by , André Previn
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- May 15, 1958 ( 1958-05-15 )
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3.3 million
- Box office
- $13.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Gigi ( French pronunciation: [ʒiʒi]) is a 1958 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and processed using Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Eastmancolor film process Metrocolor. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella by Colette. The film features songs with lyrics by Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and conducted by André Previn. Costume design was done by Cecil Beaton (hats by Madame Paulette).
At the 31st Academy Awards, the film won all nine of its nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Minnelli. It held the record for the highest clean sweep of nominations (later shared with The Last Emperor) until The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all eleven of its nominations at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004.
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