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| Year: | 1995 |
| Rating: | 6.2(17487) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Romance |
| Directed by: | Lawrence Kasdan |
| Actors: | Kevin Kline Timothy Hutton Jean Reno François Cluzet Meg Ryan Suzan Anbeh |
| "Kate's stuck in a place where anything can happen with a guy who'll make sure that it does" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Kasdan | |
| Actors | |
| Kevin Kline | as Luc Teyssier |
| Timothy Hutton | as Charlie |
| Jean Reno | as Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon |
| François Cluzet | as Bob |
| Michael Riley | as M. Campbell |
| Laurent Spielvogel | as Concierge |
| Victor Garrivier | as Octave |
| Olivier Curdy | as Jean-Paul's Boy |
| Claudio Todeschini | as Antoine Teyssier |
| Jerry Harte | as Herb |
| Clément Sibony | as Pouting Boy |
| Adam Brooks | as Perfect Passenger |
| Philippe Garnier | as Cop #2 |
| Frédéric Therisod | as Cop #3 |
| Patrice Juiff | as French Customs Official |
| Jean Corso | as Hotel George V Desk Clerk |
| François Xavier Tilmant | as Hotel Waiter |
| Williams Diols | as Beach Waiter |
| Mike Johns | as Lucien |
| Jean-Paul Jaupart | as Juliette's Father |
| Fausto Costantino | as Beefy Doorman |
| Jean-Claude Braquet | as Stolen Moto Owner |
| Nicholas Hawtrey | as German Family |
| Wolfgang Pissors | as German Family |
| Alain Frérot | as Old Man |
| Jean Allain | as Mr. Cowen |
| Paul Romanuk | as Announcer |
| Actresses | |
| Meg Ryan | as Kate |
| Suzan Anbeh | as Juliette |
| Renée Humphrey | as Lilly |
| Elisabeth Commelin | as Claire |
| Julie Leibowitch | as Olivia |
| Miquel Brown | as Sgt. Patton |
| Louise Deschamps | as Jean-Paul's Girl |
| Thomasine Heiner | as Mom |
| Joanna Pavlis | as Monotonous Voiced Woman |
| Florence Soyez | as Flight Attendant |
| Barbara Schulz | as Pouting Girl |
| Marianne Anska | as Cop #1 |
| Marie-Christine Adam | as Juliette's Mother |
| Dominique Régnier | as Attractive Passport Woman |
| Ghislaine Juillot | as Jean-Paul Cardon's Wife |
| Inge Offerman | as German Family |
| Nikola Obermann | as German Family |
| Dorothée Picard | as Mrs. Cowen |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French |
| Filming dates: | 17 August 1994 - 22 December 1994 |
| Gross: |
UK - 2,934,344 GBP (17 December 1995) |
| Plot: | Kate and Charlie have a perfect life planned out before them: buying a house, marriage, kids, the whole works. Kate's fear of flying keeps her in Canada while Charlie goes to Paris for a medical convention. While there Charlie is smitten by the lovely Juliette. He calls off the wedding with Kate and she nervously boards a plane to get him back. She ends up sitting next to the petty French thief Luc Teyssier. He hides a stolen necklace and smuggled grape vine in her bag to get it through customs. Her bag is stolen, the necklace apparently lost, and Kate and Luc head to Cannes -- Luc to find the necklace and Kate get Charlie back. Along the way, Kate and Luc begin having feelings for each other -- which change the course of their lives. |
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"Les Yeux De Ton Pere" Performed by Les Negresses Vertes Written by Mathieu Crespin, Jean-Marie Paulus, Noel Rota, Stefane Mellino (as Stephane Mellino), and Mathieu Paulus Courtesy of Sire Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products and Courtesy of Delabel "Via Con Me" Performed by Paolo Conte Written by Paolo Conte Courtesy of BMG/Italy "I Love Paris" Written by Cole Porter Produced and Arranged by James Newton Howard Performed by Toots Thielemans "Flambee Montalbanaise" Performed by Gus Viseur et son orchestre Written by Guy Viseur Courtesy of Fremeaux & Associes, S.A. "C'est Trop Beau" Performed by Tino Rossi Written by Raymond Vincy and Francis López Courtesy of EMI France Under license from CEMA Special Markets "Assedic" Performed by Les Escrocs Written by Eric Loutis dit Toulis Courtesy of Virgin France "Verlaine" Performed by Charles Trenet Poem by Paul Verlaine Music by Charles Trenet Courtesy of EMI France under license from CEMA Special Markets "Les Yeux Ouverts" French Adaptation of "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" Performed by The Beautiful South (as Beautiful South) Written by Fabian Andre , Wilbur Schwandt and Gus Kahn Adaptation by Brice Homs, Korin Ternovtzeff Courtesy of Go! Discs Ltd. "La Vie En Rose" Performed by Louis Armstrong Written by Édith Piaf, Louiguy, and Mack David Courtesy of MCA Records "La Mer" Performed by Kevin Kline Written by Charles Trenet Produced and arranged by Johnny Mandel "Someone Like You" Performed by Van Morrison Written by Van Morrison Courtesy of Caledonia Productions Ltd. "Feels Like a Woman" Written by Zucchero, Tena Clark Performed by Zucchero Produced by Corrado Rusticci "I Love Paris" Written by Cole Porter Performed by Ella Fitzgerald Produced by Norman Granz "I Want You" (Love Theme from French Kiss') Written by 'James Newton Howard Recorded and mixed by Dennis Sands and Robert Schaper Produced by James Newton Howard |
Goofs
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Continuity: The length of the telephone wire when Kate calls Charlie. Continuity: When Kate finally gets Charlie back and they are in the hotel room fooling around, Kate pulls away from Charlie and her hair in the back is sticking straight up. In subsequent shots, her hair repeatedly switches from messy to perfectly done and back. Continuity: Kate's black and white striped shirt is tucked in, but then we see a close-up of her bellybutton, and she tucks her shirt in again. Continuity: The room service doorknob tag on the bed in the hotel room in Cannes. GEOG: Trains from Paris to Cannes do not go past the Eiffel Tower. GEOG: The entire railway route from Paris to Cannes is electrified, but diesel locomotives are shown for part of the trip. GEOG: At one point the train is shown traveling away from Cannes. Continuity: The piece of cloth with the Air Canada logo on it (behind Kate's head on the seat) moves around and disappears depending on the shot. Continuity: During the "flower" scene on the flight to Paris, the view out of the airplane windows on one side of the plane shows it's daytime while the view on the side Kline shows it's night. Fact errors: The plane somehow manages to land while Luc is in the restroom on the airplane, but he would have been made to return to his seat. Continuity: When Luc wakes up on the train to find Kate missing, the scenery is moving past at different speeds on wither side of the train. Fact errors: Canada has no restrictions on travel to or from the country while awaiting immigration. Continuity: When Kate sits down next to Jean-Paul in Cannes, her left sleeve is scrunched up when she sits down, but between shots of Luc walking away and it cutting back to her, it is pulled down. Fact errors: While Luc is driving the stolen Citroen XM he activates the horn by pressing the centre of the steering wheel, but this model of car has the horn button on the end of the indicator stalk. Fact errors: Kate and Charlie are seen in a car while looking at a house they may purchase; the car has no front plates which all must have in the province of Ontario. Fact errors: When Luc goes to pay for a hotel room with his brother's credit card, the name on the card reads "Mr Antoine Teyssier". Monsieur would be abbreviated simply with an M in French. SYNC: When Kate stops Charlie while they are making out on the bed, he says "Maybe I was afraid of getting married." When Kate responds with "Charlie, You weren't afraid of getting married to her", her lips aren't moving until the last three words of the sentence. Continuity: When Kate and Luc are in room as a child, her shows her a class project. After she drinks the wine, she say she can taste the lavender from the brown bottle. In the previous shot the bottle is clear. Continuity: In the scene where Kate confronts Charlie on the beach, the sunlight begins on Charlie and Juliet's left sides, but as soon as she is offered a seat, the light switches so that it's coming from behind Kate and shining on their front/right sides. |
Quotes
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Charlie: My whole life is passing before my eyes, and we don't even have children yet. Kate: Spasm! Spasm! Oh, God, here it comes... lactose intolerance! Kate: Do you speak English? Concierge: Of course, Madam. This is the Georges V, not some backpacker's hovel. Kate: Why weren't you the one, Charlie? The one who turned on this big shiny Kate-light that burns so bright? Kate: Did you know that there are four hundred and fifty-two official government cheeses in this country? Don't you think that's incredible? To come up with four hundred and fifty-two ways of classifying what is basically a bacterial process? Luc: You would prefer one cheese? One cheeseburger to put it on and one restaurant to eat it in? Kate: I'm saying I *like* the cheese. God! Luc: For me, bullshit is like breathing. Luc: [in French] I love the sea. So beautiful, so mysterious... so full of fish. Luc: Now we'll practice. I'll be Charlie. Kate: I'll be Kate. Luc: And I am thinking, you should not be flying anywhere. Kate: I shouldn't? Luc: No, in fact, I am sure of it. I am thinking, I want you. Kate: You want me? Luc: That's all. I want you. Kate: A healthy person is someone who expresses what they're feeling inside. Express, not repress. Luc: In that case, you must be one of the healthiest people in the world. Kate: You lost your birthright in one hand of poker? Luc: I'm an asshole. What can I tell you? Luc: [about Luc's brother, Antoine] One night, he got me very drunk. You must understand, I owed him a lot of money. But he knew what he was doing. Kate: What was he doing? Luc: I lost all of it. One hand of poker. [starts to laugh] Kate: You lost your birthright... in one hand of poker. Luc: I'm an asshole, what can I tell you? Kate: Uh-huh. So that's why he hates you and you hate him. Luc: Oui... that and I slept with his wife. Luc: You know, I am feeling some very strange emotions right now. Guilt, remorse, my self-esteem is rock bottom. I am trying to think, what can I possibly do to say I'm sorry? Kate: Shut up! You haven't spent sixty seconds with me when you weren't after something, so what is it this time? Buy, sell, or trade? Luc: Oui, it is so true. I used you... a lot. You helped me to get my vine and I left you with nothing. So now, I ask myself what I can possibly do to make it up to you. [sees the police waiting for him] Luc: And so now, I am here for you. [runs away] Luc: First, you must take some wine. Can you describe it, the taste? Kate: It's a nice red wine. Luc: I think you can do better. Kate: A bold wine with a hint of sophistication and lacking in pretension. [beat] Kate: Actually, I was just talking about myself. Luc: Kate. Kate: [hopefully] Yes? Luc: You are not afraid to fly any more? You are thinking of your little stone cottage? Kate: It's on a hillside next to a beautiful vineyard. But that's not really what I'm thinking about. Luc: What are you thinking about? Kate: You. Kate: Of course you know him. All you bastards know each other. Kate: So, who is this guy? Luc: Bob. Kate: Bub? Luc: No, no, Bob. You know, like, uh, Bob Dylan? Kate: Oh, Bob. Luc: Oui, Bahb. Luc: Meanwhile, his lover... Kate: Don't ever use that word again. Luc: All right, this bastard woman... Kate: [about Charlie] We were happy. I've never been so happy. Luc: When people tell me they are happy, my ass begins to twitch. Kate: Do you believe in love? The kind that lasts forever? Luc: I loved my mother. Kate: No, everybody loves their mother. Even people who hate their mothers love their mothers. The question is, one man meant for one woman. That is the question. Luc: But it is not an interesting question. It is the question of a little girl who believes in fairy tales. Kate: Do you think you could urinate with someone standing behind you? Con-man: I think I could manage it. Are you going to be the someone? Kate: Those French. They hate us, they smoke, they have a whole relationship with dairy products I don't understand. Charlie: I met this woman, this apparition, this goddesse. Kate: Goddesse? Charlie: It's French - for goddess. Kate: [singing] I hate Paris in the springtime/I hate Paris in the fall/I hate Paris in the summer when it sizzles/I hate Paris in the winter when it drizzles/I hate Paris, oh why oh why do I hate Paris?/Because my love is there... with his SLUT girlfriend. Luc: [on Kate's fear of flying] I'm curious how you got around your whole life, or do you just stay in your house with the doors locked? Kate: I get around as nature intended: in a car. Charlie: What does he do? Kate: Besides what we do together? I don't think he does anything at all... huh. Kate: Happy - smile. Sad - frown. Use the corresponding face for the corresponding emotion. Kate: Happy, smile. Sad, frown. Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion. But no. You want this mysterious... Luc: Non. No no no. It is not me who wants it. I don't want it. Kate: Well what do you want? Luc: I want you... I want you... Kate: You want me... Luc: I want you... to... make Charlie suffer. To make him feel like even though you are right there in front of him, he can't have you. [he realizes then that he is talking about himself] Kate: Fester, fester, fester. Rot, rot, rot. Kate: No matter what I might seem like tonight, it's still the same old me from yesterday you wind up with tomorrow. Kate: You know what, Charlie? No matter what I might seem like tonight, it's still the same old me from yesterday you'll wind up with tomorrow. The same old me, who wants the home and the family, who wants to plant some roots and see them grow. Charlie: You want to be a farmer? [beat] Charlie: Sorry. Kate: There's just one thing I don't want anymore. [Charlie nods, points at himself] Kate: Sorry, Charlie. Kate: [to Luc] You'll become one of those hunchbacked, lonely old men, sitting in the corner of a crowded cafe, mumbling to yourself, "My ass is twitching. You people make my ass twitch." Kate: [to Luke] Donnez-moi un break, you can't make a vineyard out of one vine. Luc: That's all? You have no strategy, no armor, no bullshit? Luc: You were how old when you lost it? Kate: It? What "it"? Luc: You know, *it*. Your, uh, flower. Kate: My flow... oh! [indignant] Kate: My flower is none of your business! Luc: I ask you because some people, they rush towards that fateful moment, their bodies bursting to discover. Others, they guard it like some precious gift. Kate: And you, I suppose, rushed. Luc: Like a bull. Kate: Yeah, I have a picture in my mind. It's very clear. Luc: I like you. But I don't like the way you say with your face all scrunched up, "you're French, aren't you?" And then I don't like how you say, with your eyes all squinty, "all men are bastards." [after meeting Kate] Claire: I'm very impressed. Luc: She's a friend, just a friend. Claire: Since when are women just your friends? Luc: Since I met her. Kate: I don't know what they taught you in France, but rude and interesting are not the same things. Kate: The key to French waiters: If you're nice to them, they treat you like shit. Treat them like shit, they love you. Kate: You know, all men are bastards. Luc: Well, not all. I mean, some are just trying to help. Kate: You know, I never thought I'd be the kind of woman to say this, but it's true. All men are bastards. Luc: The guy who was talking to you, he was... Kate: A bastard. A Eurotrash-in-Armani kind of bastard. Luc: He was wearing a black suit? With a yellow shirt? Kate: Yeah. [Luc groans, then pulls Kate up from the sofa] Kate: You know him? Luc: Come on. Kate: Of course you know him. All you bastards know each other. [Luc pulls Kate toward the hotel exit] [to the conierge] Bastard! Luc: [looking at a photo of Charlie] How did you meet? Kate: At a party. I'd just come to Toronto on a teaching exchange. We started talking. I had this feeling about him, same for him. It wasn't exactly a thunderclap or a lightning bolt, it was more like a... Luc: Light drizzle? Kate: [rolls her eyes] You really, honestly never had that feeling about anybody in your whole entire life, honestly? Luc: If I did, I would not admit it. His chin looks a little weak, if you ask me. Kate: It doesn't, and I didn't, and why wouldn't you admit a feeling like that? Luc: Why should I? Look where it has got you. Kate: Maybe if you did, you wouldn't have that little problem we're not supposed to talk about. Luc: It's not a problem, it's just a temporary... Kate: Didn't your mother ever teach you about staring? Kate: I mean the kind of love between one man and one woman. Luc: It is not a very interesting question. It is a question of a little girl who still believes in fairy tales. Luc: What do you think, the plane is going to crash and we are all on the ground in a thousand pieces dead? I promise you, if it happens, you won't feel a thing. Kate: You're French, aren't you? [an announcement is made in French] Kate: What was that? That sounded important. Luc: The pilot said there is a crack in the engine, but not to worry, he'll take off anyway. Kate: Let me ask you something. If you know so much about men and women, how come there was no one waiting for you at the airport? Luc: Oh, please! I'm finished with women. Kate: Oh, so you're afraid of commitment. Luc: I'm not afraid of anything. Kate: You know what your problem is? You have no staying power. Luc: What do you mean? Kate: You can't stick it out. Luc: [nervously] What are you talking about? Kate: It's obvious. Luc: It is? Kate: You are afraid of commitment. Luc: [relieved] Commitment! Oh, sorry. I thought you meant... Kate: What? What did you think I meant? Luc: Nothing. Kate: Oh... [crooks her finger] Kate: *This* problem. Luc: It's not a problem! Luc: Why are you chasing after him after what he's done to you? Kate: Because I love him! And I'm afraid that if he doesn't come back that I'll... it'll hurt so much that I'll just shrivel up and I'll never be able to love anyone ever again. Luc: You say that now, but... after a time, you would forget. First, you would forget his chin, and then his nose, and after a while, you would struggle to remember the exact color of his eyes, and one day you wake up and, pfft, he's gone: his voice, his smell, his face. He will have left you. And then you can begin again. Luc: We can help each other. Kate: I don't need your help. Kate: Do what you want, it's a free country... isn't it? Luc: Uh, oui. [Luc and Juliette fall onto the bed, making out. Suddenly Luc pauses] Juliette: Is something wrong? Luc: No, in fact everything is fine. Kate: I had this feeling about him, same for him. It wasn't exactly a thunderclap, or a lightning-bolt, it was more like a... Luc: Light drizzle? Kate: What about you? The old bull back in business? Luc: Pht, ole. Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: I must come to Canada someday. You are a very sympathetic people. Kate: Well, actually, I'm not really a Canadian. In fact, I'm... currently without country. Concierge: Thank you, Madame, for that fascinating lesson in our cultural differences. I'm sure it would not betray my duty as concierge to inform you that your fiance and his "friend" are no longer our guests. Kate: Well, whose guests would they be now? [the Concierge hesitates. Kate raises her hand over the bell, and the Concierge snatches it off the desk, becoming all politeness and helpfulness] Concierge: The Carleton Hotel will have that privilege when they arrive in Cannes this evening. If Madam wishes to catch the last train out of Paris, it will be departing from the station in one hour. I could arrange for a taxi very quickly, Madame. Kate: [sweetly] Yes, thank you. Kate: What about my suitcase, my clothes? Ask him about my vitamins. Luc: [in French] Her clothes? Bob: [in French] I gave them to Monique. Luc: [in French] Monique? Kate: What? What did he say? Luc: He... he threw them away. [Kate has just awakened from a faint] Kate: Hey... you said you'd give me ride. You said... wait a minute, where are we? Luc: In your hotel. Come, I take you to your room. Kate: I don't have a room. Someone has taken my room... someone in four-inch heels and a red dress. Luc: Okay, so I try to understand. He tells you he has met this women... no, no, this goddess. He breaks your heart, he... Kate: Hurts me. Humbles me. Luc: Humiliates you. Kate: Humiliates me! Luc: Okay, and then, so you come here to Paris so that he can do it again, but this time, right in your face. Kate: And we had plans together, okay? We had plans for a home and a family. I would remind him of that, too. Luc: He was obviously very attached to them. Kate: And if all else failed... Luc: You would get down on your knees and beg? Kate: It's possible. Luc: Oh ho! Now I can see it: There is the goddess, standing next to Charlie in her negligee, and you are there on your knees, begging. Poor Charlie - tough decision! [looking at a photo of Charlie] Luc: There is something in his eyes... vain. It is a word, no? Kate: It is a word. He has beautiful eyes. Luc: Oh, he knows it. You can see it in his smile... not even a smile, a smirk. It is a word? Kate: Shut up. Is it a word? Luc: Two words. Kate: So you'd risk everything for this? Luc: Oui. Kate: Do anything to have it? Luc: Oui. Kate: Get down on your knees and beg? [pause] Luc: [with feeling] Oui. Kate: Then what makes you so different from me? Kate: Hi there. C'est moi. Concierge: [coolly] Welcome back, Madame, to the Georges V. Kate: Huh... it's incredible how you do that. The words come out - "Welcome back" - but the meaning is completely different. What's the deal, is that a French thing or a concierge thing? Concierge: As Madame wishes. Kate: You did it again. Tell me something, because I just... I don't get it. Do you enjoy being that rude? Because when you do that, it just gets underneath my skin, and it makes me... completely... INSANE! |
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