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Gigi
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by MGM (Video & DVD)
Sales Rank: 26366
Price: $19.98
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Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1958 direct-to-screen follow-up to their <I>My Fair Lady</I> was--miraculously--every bit as memorable as that stage smash. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris and based on a Colette story, <I>Gigi</I> also is about a girl (Leslie Caron) on a lower rung of society who blossoms into Cinderellahood before our eyes and ears. Thank heaven for Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier as her mentors, and Louis Jourdan as her prince. The screenplay writer and lyricist Lerner always said that Gigi's title song was his favorite of all he'd written, and it's easy to see why--"Gigi" is a transcendent anthem to being transformed by love from an unexpected source. The entire score, including "Say a Prayer" (which had been cut from <I>My Fair Lady</I>), "I Remember It Well," "The Night They Invented Champagne," and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," comprise a sparkling, rare soundtrack recording that stands alone and can be enjoyed and understood by those who have not yet seen the movie, deprived souls that they are. The winner of nine Academy Awards (plus a special Oscar for Chevalier), including Best Picture, <I>Gigi</I> was the last great MGM movie musical and one of the best. <I>--Robert Windeler</I>
Viewer Reviews
FYI. An American in Paris, Gigi and Quo Vadis (1951) were released
in Germany and can be ordered from Amazon.de. PQ is excelent and BD
are region free.
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