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duration: 1h, 54 m
tomatometer: 7,9 / 10
Genre: Romance
USA
Vincente Minnelli
Gene Kelly

An american in paris broadway. The Audience, probably: Oh boy I can't wait to listen to this new Tchaikovsky piece! crewmen wheel 21 cannons onto the orchestra stage Audience: SWEATS. I play flute for The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and we are playing this piece. We just started out and I am in 8th grade. Please send help... ?. An American in Paris seems to be the film that many people have billed a classic so prolifically and impulsively that the brand stuck with very little questioning. A fairly obvious Best Picture win in 1951 coupled with suave, acclaimed leading man Gene Kelly in the starring role of a musical and you have a film that was bound to be a feast for your eyes that you could enjoy with your ears, as well. This is a film so rooted in predictable Hollywood musical fare of the time that if you stare into the decorated setpieces and Kelly's meaningful smile you almost, almost forget how forgettable this film really is. The story revolves around Kelly's Jerry Mulligan, a former Army serviceman from America now trying to make it as an artist in the dreamlike land of Paris, selling portraits on sidewalks and streetcorners. One of the first people to really pay attention to his works is Milo Roberts (Nina Foch) a woman who falls for him and his attitude almost immediately, so much so that she rents a studio for him to sell his artwork in a more professional manner. Jerry, however, becomes more infatuated with Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron) a French woman he meets at a nightclub that he begins to actively pursue, despite her repeated attempts to make him go away (a standoffish personality, a fake phone number, etc. As Milo still tries to assist him, Jerry is hellbent on getting Lise to love him. In addition to Jerry, we are introduced to two people in the beginning of the film in a manner that sort of overstates the importance of these characters. One is Adam Cook (Oscar Levant) a struggling concert pianist who often works alongside Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary) a French lounge-singer. These two men, despite being introduce din the opening minutes of the film with Jerry's long monologue about his love for Paris even though he is an American, don't hold much weight come the hour-mark of the film, when An American in Paris largely turns to embellishing the rather awkward relationship between Jerry and Lise. Jerry and Lise's relationship is made awkward not only because of the fact that Lise really lacks personality outside of a pretty face and doesn't give us much of a reason to really concern ourselves with her presence, a feat that was so ubiquitous during this time in Hollywood that you almost can't critique it, but the annoying way Jerry becomes entranced with her off of what is ultimately just a vessel of beauty. An American in Paris really shows how far we, as a society, have become with how we approach women; what was once seen as an effort of true charm and persistency is now seen as offputting and creepy by the majority of women, despite whatever intention was assumed by the male. Jerry's intentions have far wandered past romantic and are entering in the aforementioned latter territory, though that doesn't seem to particularly concern him nor anyone else in the film. Once more, it's almost meaningless to bring this up because so many films had the same kind of masculine attitude towards females (I just watched His Girl Friday and the same case can be made with that film. The real issue I take with An American in Paris, however, is the lack of substance in the film. This is a film with very flat, impossibly perky, and incredulous characters that act and operate like robots from the 1950's rather than actual people. Gene Kelly's Jerry character is about as monotone and uninteresting as you can get, in addition to being very square, and both Adam and Henri have a fraction of that personality and are largely defined by strange character tropes and mannerisms. Milo seems to be the only real character in the film, and even she is underwritten as soon as Lise comes in, almost mirroring how Jerry entirely loses interest and ditches her upon meeting Lise. If that wasn't enough, An American in Paris has one of the biggest cinematic cop-outs I've yet to see. The final twenty minutes of an already lengthy and taxing one-hundred and thirteen minutes is a breathless interpretive dance number that just throws away any kind of conflict resolution and character development that was built up until this point. The film doesn't seem to have any interest in concluding its story with any kind of assured statement or seriousness, and instead goes full Broadway for a slight and outrageously expensive (well over 500,000 apparently) dance number that grows tiresome after a few minutes. An American in Paris gets considerable points for costume and set design, as even a mediocre script can't eclipse the majestic look and feel Paris always seems to ooze. However, with everything this film had going for it, there's little evidence of anything in the way to make this admittedly safe and harmless musical anything other than standard fare that was fortunate enough to get praised a bit too much by far too many people. Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Oscar Levant, and Georges Guétary. Directed by: Vincente Minnelli.

An american in paris musical wiki. Gene was so hot. An american in paris apartment scene. An american in paris spokane. 1:03:30 doesn't matter how tired I am, or felling bad, everytime I hear this I feel so energetic. Beautiful song and video! Thanks ? ¢ö. I don't think I have ever heard Georgia on my mind played so beautifully. Thank you for posting. An american in paris poster. An American in paris france. Posted by on Jul 23rd, 2011 | 0 comments This is the Twitter feed for the second MCT Live (July 22nd, 2011), my live-blogging of watching one film I haven¡Çt seen for whatever peculiar reason. As anyone who saw my countless promoting of this installment the entire month before could gather, my original choice as the subject of July was Singin¡Ç in the Rain. I was 99. 9% sure that my local video rental store carried it¡Ä Wrong. I went on a mad search for it with only one free hour to spare before the scheduled event ? I couldn¡Çt even find it for sale anywhere! The last place I looked at least had the next best thing ? Gene Kelly¡Çs other widely known musical, the 1951 Best Picture winner An American in Paris. It was a worthy substitute ? fun Impressionist set imagery, lovely music by George and Ira Gershwin, and Kelly telling a story through dance. Here are the tweets ? and the BIG REVEAL of the film chosen for MCT Live: Part III!

MEIER_in_a_CT: BIG CHANGE!!! Couldn¡Çt find?#SinginInTheRain w/ Gene Kelly so the NEW?#MCTLive tonight is?#AnAmericanInParis w/ Gene Kelly! MEIER_in_a_CT: All in all, not a bad substitute hopefully. Only made one AFI 100 list, but also won Best Picture. JohnZero83: The word ¡ÈWerewolf¡É is conspicuous by it¡Çs absence. MEIER_in_a_CT: @JohnZero83 Somehow An American Werewolf in Paris didn¡Çt make AFI¡Çs 100 ? not even with the Bush song! MEIER_in_a_CT: I think everyone will be surprised at my choice for the August?#MCTLive. I¡Çll reveal my decision after?#AnAmericanInParis tonight. MEIER_in_a_CT: Cooking the popcorn now. MEIER_in_a_CT: 15 more minutes! ¡Ä MEIER_in_a_CT: 3 minutes till I hit Play! And to think, you could¡Çve gone to see Captain America instead.?#pleasedontdothat JohnZero83: I don¡Çt have?#AnAmericanInParis so I¡Çll go with#FreddyGotFingered gttmovies: Wait wait, you didn¡Çt say you were watching A Captain America in Paris tonight? I already bought my tickets! MEIER_in_a_CT: And¡Ä.. NOW! MEIER_in_a_CT: The Gershwin! The GERSHWIN! (turns in man card in shame) JohnZero83: @gttmovies A Captain America Werewolf in Paris. gttmovies: @MEIER_in_a_CT @JohnZero83?I don¡Çt have?#AnAmericanInParis?so I¡Çll go with?#SingingInTheRain MEIER_in_a_CT: So far it¡Çs like Sunset Blvd. only narrated by a sleepy painter. MEIER_in_a_CT: This cameraguy sucks at finding the narrators¡Ç flats. MEIER_in_a_CT: Spoiler Alert: There¡Çs more than one American! MEIER_in_a_CT: Adam could pinpoint this ballerina g/f if he just said ¡ÈSo she¡Çs flexible, eh? ¡É (The French friend ? Henri ? is describing his new girl to pianist Adam with many separate descriptions. Meanwhile the screen shows her interpreting each characteristic with dance. ) MEIER_in_a_CT: I think the French friend is against jazz b/c he can¡Çt sing to it. Or dance w/ Kelly passionately to it¡Ä JohnZero83: @MEIER_in_a_CT?#TommyBoy?is trending, we all know what you¡Çre really watching. MEIER_in_a_CT: I¡Çve now counted 4 Americans and 2 Parisians. MEIER_in_a_CT: Lots of painters on the streets besides Kelly. It was the online reviewing of back then. (Anyone know who the cameo was? It looked like Winston Churchill¡Ä) gttmovies: Drinking game: take a shot for every American. MEIER_in_a_CT: He gets a rich lady customer and gets invited to her party that night. She¡Çs fishy to me. & American.?#shots JohnZero83: I bet they still used lead paint back then. Explains a lot. MEIER_in_a_CT: I wish when I was a kid, I had a Gene Kelly that sang and danced to ¡ÈI Got Rhythm¡É and gave me free bubble gum. MEIER_in_a_CT: ¡ÈParty¡É turns out to mean ¡Èdate¡É with this lady. Let the romance plot begin. JohnZero83: Random Paris Fact: It smells like cheese. (We at Glasgow to the Movies have never actually been to Paris and cannot verify the truth of the statement made by this highly suspicious source. ) MEIER_in_a_CT: Kelly runs into French friend¡Çs g/f & seems smitten. He doesn¡Çt know they¡Çre involved. HERE we go! MEIER_in_a_CT: Lisa. After slow-dancing w/ Jerry (Kelly), she tried to give him a fake phone # ? now he¡Çs womanless. Smooth. MEIER_in_a_CT: Rich lady ? Milo ? still thinks she can ¡Èhousebreak¡É Jerry. Good luck with all that, lady. MEIER_in_a_CT: Lise agrees to a date with Jerry. I guess the prior relationship¡Çs not that serious. MEIER_in_a_CT: These guys get right in each other¡Çs faces when joking. Why do some folks think these musical stars are gay?!? MEIER_in_a_CT: Jerry & Lise go walking instead of public outdoor dining. What is this girl doing? MEIER_in_a_CT: It¡Çs a shame he¡Çs chosen the fledgling artist path. Hollywood could use a song-&-dance man like this. jdglasgow: Fledgling art is the best kind of art. MEIER_in_a_CT: They kiss & she scurries away. Does he not care she¡Çs clearly two-timing, or just that gullible? MEIER_in_a_CT: ¡ÈStairway to Paradise¡É = clearly the inspiration for the Dom DeLuise scene in Blazing Saddles. MEIER_in_a_CT: Now the piano player¡Çs dream of a big concert. All musicians & conductor are him. Delusions of grandeur have never been cooler. MEIER_in_a_CT: Too bad some moviegoers probably used this as an intermission. MEIER_in_a_CT: Milo¡Çs all about surprises ? a new studio & upcoming exhibition for Jerry. He agrees reluctantly. Cue painting montage! JohnZero83: But, montages weren¡Çt invented until the 80¡Çs! MEIER_in_a_CT: Adam is first to learn Lise¡Çs two-timing. Sits uncomfortably btwn Jerry & Henri talking. Smokes/drinks brandy/stays awesome. MEIER_in_a_CT: Jerry & Henri duet ¡ÈS¡ÇWonderful¡É. They¡Çre having a gay time (What? I meant ¡Èhappy! ¡É) MEIER_in_a_CT: Jerry & Lise come clean with each other at place of 1st kiss. Heartbroken, he seeks & finds Milo that night. MEIER_in_a_CT: Jerry & Milo go to wild B&W wardrobe party. Adam loses nearly all coolness with dorky cowboy getup. MEIER_in_a_CT: They run into Henri & Lise. Jerry introduces Milo to Lise. Lise no like. MEIER_in_a_CT: Lise gives tearful goodbye to Jerry on balcony. Henri overhears it all during smoke break. And¡Ä (This scene holds the final spoken line of the film ? ¡ÈJerry, don¡Çt let me leave you this way. ¡É Many of the tweets from here on out contain links to pics of¡Ä) MEIER_in_a_CT: ¡Ä On to the famous big dance number daydream! (The links don¡Çt seem to be currently working¡Ä I hope I¡Çm not getting into copyright issues here¡Ä If they stay up, feel free to look at them under the MCT Twitter account profile. ) MEIER_in_a_CT: Jeez, Jerry, those pants don¡Çt leave much to the imagination (artist daydream getup). mommameier: I¡Çve read all to this point. You must be almost finished. MEIER_in_a_CT: Daydream sequence over. Henri¡Çs way understanding and brings Lise back to Jerry. Happilyeveraftertheendnstuff! mommameier: OK, so it¡Çs schlocky and predictable, but isn¡Çt the music wonderful? (I didn¡Çt think it was schlocky ? it was just a fairy tale and a pretty hip one at that considering it was the early ¡Ç50s. And yes, the music¡Çs one of a kind. ) MEIER_in_a_CT: Thank you to all who read, replied, and/or dealt with the sudden showing change! In August,?#MCTLive does the classic Western Shane! MEIER_in_a_CT: This has been?#MCTLive Part II:?#AnAmericanInParis. I leave you with this image to soak in. Enjoy! (Inserted pic of Kelly giving the audience a glimpse of his bum in too-tight-tights. Keep visiting Glasgow to the Movies to eventually learn the exact time and date for MCT Live: Shane. Goodnight, everybody! ).
Un capo Dudamel, bien por la orquesta venezolana.