Fanny | Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier | June Nolen author of "In Reverse Time"

Fanny | Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier | Just Brilliant

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Fanny

	Fanny Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier Image Entertainment, 2008 average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

From legendary stage and screen director Joshua Logan (South Pacific Picnic Camelot) comes a timeless romance starring Leslie Caron (Gigi) as a young and beautiful girl in Marseille whose declaration of love for handsome Marius (Horst Buchholz forces him to choose between a life with her and his father's plans to send him off to sea for five years. Also starring Maurice Chevalier (Love in the Afternoon) and Charles Boyer (Gaslight) this colorful classic features stunning cinematography by the legendary Jack Cardiff (The Red Shoes) and was nominated for five Academy Awards.System Requirements:Running Time: 134 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: NR UPC: 014381431025 Manufacturer No: ID4310WCDVD

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June Nolen author of "In Reverse Time"

I first saw this picture in the seventies probably on TV. It haunted me for years trying to remember the title. So when I happened across it on TCM I was delighted and ordered it right away. It was just as I remembered it. A sweet and simple love story between a young girl and a young man who wanted more in his life. Of course the young girl lets him go and he finds that life outside of his hometown isn't as exciting as he had pictured. The characters are very young and make mistakes but the simplicity in their actions and hearts keeps you rooting for them. And as in most old movies there is a happy ending! I still love this movie. It makes me smile!

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Just Brilliant

I saw this film years ago and have been waiting ever since to see it again. It is just brilliant, do see it and enjoy one of the most romantic films ever. It is Leslie Caron at her best.

One of the Best

"Fanny" is one of my all time favorite films. Based on an original French Trilogy (Marius, Fanny and Panisse) it started as a broadway musical. In the film, the music is relegated to background music, which actually serves the film well, providing touching moments. The films stars are at their best-you have Fanny (Leslie Caron in a luminous performance) in love with Marius (Horst Buchholz) sone of bar keeper played by Charles Boyer, Who dreams of his son taking over the business. Marius has other plans and wants to see the world by becoming a seaman. Before he leaves he and Fanny spend the night together. While he is gone, Fanny finds herself pregnant and accepts the proposal of older (much!) and wealthy merchant Panisse (Maurice Chevalier). Marius returns to find out what has happened and learns a valuable lesson-you can't always change things to what you want. A great Film and very touching!

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Finally "Fanny" Remembered

My prayers have been answered. "Fanny" is now on DVD in a beautiful copy. Now you, that have never heard of "Fanny", can luxuriate in the romance of this classic. The mixture of joy, passion and tragedy are infectious. And what performances! Charles Boyer and Maurice Chevalier in the same film. Boyer is blustery and magnificent as Marius' father and Chevalier, in an Oscar-nominated performance, is Boyer's perfect foil as the self-sacrificing Panisse. Leslie Caron, in the title role, simply dominates the screen in a role that goes from a silly teenage girl to a remarkably complex mother. And Horst Bucholz, a sadly underrated actor, keeps the whole thing revolving around his angst-ridden anti-hero.

I recently bought the Marius Trilogy and was impressed by the first installment, but disappointed by the following sequels. Joshua Logan's version takes a sprawling soap opera and molds into an insistent three-act play, which is in large part due to the muscal librettist S. N. Berhman.

Which brings me to lament that Logan wasn't brave enough to bring the musical "Fanny" to the screen. Perhaps the critics' mauling of the screen version of his "South Pacific" made him hesitant. Perhaps Harold Rome's almost operatic style would have been too strong for the screen. It is a shame because the musical "Fanny" seems to have disappeared from Broadway and regional theatre. However, this film version does immortalize the musical's score by using it as the film's score, much like Billy Wilder did with another non-musical film "Irma La Douce." (In an interview with Robert Osbourne, its star Shirley MacLaine lamented that the film "Irma La Douce" wasn't a musical.)

Perhaps in the near future, someone like Bartlett Sher will take his stable of Broadway actors and stage "Fanny" at the Lincoln Center and the world will then rediscover this classic musical.

Until then the world will have to resort to this DVD version of "Fanny." Not bad for a last resort, in my opinion.

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