An American in Paris

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Gene Kelly does his patented Pal Joey bit as Jerry Mulligan, an opportunistic American painter living in Paris' "starving artists" colony. He is discovered by wealthy Milo Roberts Nina Foch, who becomes Jerry's patroness in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Jerry plays hookey on this setup by romancing waif-like Lise Bouvier Leslie Caron--who, unbeknownst to him, is the object of the affections of his close friend Henri Georges Guetary, a popular nightclub performer the film was supposed to make Guetary into "the ...
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Overview

Gene Kelly does his patented Pal Joey bit as Jerry Mulligan, an opportunistic American painter living in Paris' "starving artists" colony. He is discovered by wealthy Milo Roberts Nina Foch, who becomes Jerry's patroness in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Jerry plays hookey on this setup by romancing waif-like Lise Bouvier Leslie Caron--who, unbeknownst to him, is the object of the affections of his close friend Henri Georges Guetary, a popular nightclub performer the film was supposed to make Guetary into "the New Chevalier." It didn't. The thinnish plot is held together by the superlative production numbers and by the recycling of several vintage George Gershwin tunes, including "I Got Rhythm," "S'wonderful," and "Our Love is Here to Stay." Highlights include Guetary's rendition of "Stairway to Paradise"; Oscar Levant's fantasy of conducting and performing Gershwin's "Concerto in F" Levant also appears as every member of the orchestra; and the closing 17-minute "American in Paris" ballet, in which Kelly and Caron dance before lavish backgrounds based on the works of famed French artists.
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Special Features

Closed Caption; Theatrical trailer
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Bruce Eder
Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris set a new standard for the subgenre known as the "songbook" musical. Since the dawn of sound, producers had been attracted to films built around the published output of composers as different as Johann Strauss (The Great Waltz, Waltzes From Vienna), Jerome Kern (Till the Clouds Roll By), Cole Porter (Night and Day), and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (Words and Music). Mostly, the material was strung together, sometimes hooked around a fanciful pseudo-biography of the composer in question, and audiences grinned and bore the plot elements while delighting to the music. An American in Paris was freed of any need to embrace composer George Gershwin as an onscreen figure by virtue of the 1945 screen biography Rhapsody in Blue, in which Robert Alda had portrayed the composer. Rather, Minnelli, Gene Kelly, and screenwriter Alan Jay Lerner simply used the title and the substance of the title work as a jumping-off point for a screen fantasy that happened to utilize much of the major Gershwin song catalog (indeed, the 1992 laserdisc edition, with the unmixed music tracks on the alternate soundtrack, reveals dozens of Gershwin tunes buried in the underscore). Some of the inspiration for the film's 16-minute ballet finale came from the Red Shoes ballet sequence from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948 The Red Shoes, while the presence of Leslie Caron, although logical to the plot, originated with some studio executive's notion that the Powell-Pressburger movie had been a hit "because the girl was 'foreign'." Whatever its inspirations and imitations, An American in Paris won seven Academy Awards and box-office success. The overall film (especially the non-musical elements) hasn't worn quite so well over the years, but it was a vital piece of cinema in its time, stretching the envelope of the level of sophistication that a major studio would pursue, and ripping that envelope to shreds with the climactic ballet sequence, which became the model for still more daring sequences in such Hollywood films as Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon and such European imitators as Black Tights and Kelly's own dance extravaganza, Invitation to the Dance.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/8/2008
  • UPC: 883929002481
  • Original Release: 1951

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  • Source: Warner Home Video
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Full Frame / Special Packaging
  • Time: 1:54:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Gene Kelly Jerry Mulligan
Leslie Caron Lise Bouvier
Oscar Levant Adam Cook
Georges Guétary Henri Baurel
Nina Foch Milo Roberts
Eugene Borden George Mattieu
Martha Bamattre Mathilde Mattieu
Mary Young Old Woman Dancer
Madge Blake Edna Mae Bestram (customer)
Nan Boardman Maid
Andre Charisse Dancing Partner
Ann Codee Therese
George Davis Francois
Art Dupuis Driver
John Eldredge Jack Jansen
Mary Jones Old Lady Dancer
Jeanne Lafayette Nun
Paul Maxey John McDowd
Greg McClure Artist
Noel Neill American Girl
Anna Q. Nilsson Kay Jansen
Alfred Paix Postman
Don Quinn Honeymooner
Alex Romero
Hayden Rorke Tommy Baldwin
Dick Wessel Ben Macrow
Technical Credits
Vincente Minnelli Director
John Alton Cinematographer, Consultant/advisor
Preston Ames Art Director
Saul Chaplin Musical Direction/Supervision
Adrienne Fazan Editor
Arthur Freed Producer
Ira Gershwin Songwriter
Cedric Gibbons Art Director
Alfred Gilks Cinematographer
Johnny Green Musical Direction/Supervision
Gene Kelly Choreography
Alan Jay Lerner Original Story, Screenwriter
Warren Newcombe Special Effects
Orry-Kelly Costumes/Costume Designer
Walter Plunkett Costumes/Costume Designer
Irene Sharaff Costumes/Costume Designer
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration/Design
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- American in Paris
1. Logo / Title / Credits [5:00]
2. Pretentious Pianist [1:12]
3. Nice Work If You Can Get It [1:37]
4. "Coffee, Please!" [2:15]
5. Multifaceted Girl [2:53]
6. Oom Pa Pa / By Strauss [5:27]
7. Two Critics & A Sale [4:00]
8. Hotel Hangings [2:27]
9. I Got Rhythm [5:35]
10. A Party of Two [2:43]
11. Tommy Meets Jerry [3:38]
12. He's Got Her Number [2:39]
13. The Spurned Sponsor [:47]
14. Two Breakfast Calls [2:41]
15. An Encounter Counter [3:24]
16. Tra-La-La [3:48]
17. The Double Dater [3:55]
18. Love Is Here to Stay [6:16]
19. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise [2:36]
20. All-American News [1:15]
21. I Don't Think I'll Fall In Love Today [1:04]
22. 3rd Movement - Concerto in 'F' [5:18]
23. The Artist at Work [3:58]
24. "Woman Trouble" [3:21]
25. 'S Wonderful [5:18]
26. French Heartbreaker [2:17]
27. Into "Patronal" Arms [1:01]
28. Having an Artsy Ball [2:26]
29. Wedding Announcement [1:46]
30. Rooftop Romance [4:35]
31. American in Paris [16:54]
32. Elated Ending [1:19]
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Disc #1 -- American in Paris
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      Spoken Languages: English
      Spoken Languages: Français
      Subtitles: English
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