Charade

I love old movies - especially if they star Cary Grant. I also love Paris. Audrey Hepburn is wonderful in this role, and Cary Grant is handsome and suave as ever. Miss Hepburn holds her own with the witty repartee. The twists and turns of the plot will keep you guessing, and the ending is a big surprise.

Audrey Hepburn is, oh, so, charming...and looks so very young. Cary Grant is so, ....so Cary Grant....oh, so charming...but looks like a middle aged man. Soon he was to feel too old to play against a young woman at all...but here he clearly knows his age and, he or the Director (Donen), most likely both agreeing, let him play the middle aged man who can't resist the lure of a woman who could be his youngest daughter. It works, but just barely, thanks to the two Stars and the emphasis on the interaction between the two and the four strong supporting players. Everyone is in top form with light comedy, romance and occasional violence providing just the right mix for their acting strengths to emerge and the film to be well balanced. The story is a simple one: during the second World War, money intended to provide for military purposes has been stolen by five soldiers. The film opens with the death of the second one and, briefly thereafter, with our meeting his widow, Hepburn, who knows nothing about his affairs. The search then begins among the three remaining soldiers, Grant, who possesses a shadowy background, and Mathieu, a CIA administrator, to find the money her husband is thought to have stolen from its hiding place. Donen keeps things moving with unexpected stumbling blocks in the Hepburn-Grant relationship and the suspicions and reactions of the remaining searchers for the stolen money. I did not find the appeal to be weakened despite having seen the picture when it came out (1962) and periodically since. Certainly older viewers will still enjoy it, about younger ones I cannot guess.

Another fine adventure classic with a few twists and good looking people

The best Alfred Hitchcock movie Alfred Hitchcock never made. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn make the greatest duo that is a dark comedy/mystery set in Paris. There are great twists and turns - very funny movie.

OK this is a first rate cast with a first rate director, beautifully photographed. Unfortunately the Criterion Blu Ray is noticeably grainy in places. Maybe this is the best print around given the movie's age. The graininess is the only drawback though; other wise I'd give it 5 stars. Audrey Hepburn is at her wide-eyed best up against the always perfect Cary Grant. This movie is FUN to watch - great plot from beginning to surprising ending, great dialogue, good direction and cinematography, and oh yes, toss in the Oscar-winning score by Henry Mancini. If I didn't know better, I'd swear it was a Hitchcock movie - its that good! I was just expecting a perfect 'picture' from Criterion and didn't get it. Blu ray has me spoiled, I guess.

This is one of my most favourite films. I own this film on VHS but haven't been able to find it on DVD, (unless it was an import that cost almost $100) so I was super excited to see that it was available on Amazon, for a very modest price. Of course I clicked "Add to Cart." Duh. It was a no-brainer. I am reviewing the DVD, not the film itself, because ones taste in films is subjective. The DVD comes in standard packaging, and the cover, also standard, is good quality. There is no insert, which I would have liked to have seen, but it isn't necessary. The film has been remastered and is also good quality, not like a bootleg that someone has ripped and burned in their mother's basement. Sound quality is great as well. In addition to the feature film, this DVD also comes with bonus material, such as the original theatrical trailer, and two mini-documentary segments on 100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era, and The Lew Wasserman Era. That was a nice surprise. I give it five stars. As for the film, "Charade," well that's five stars also. If you are a fan of classic films and haven't ever seen this one, I highly recommend it.

Arrived in excellent condition and in time and works perfectly, Great Movie!

Cette production cinématographique est un savoureux cocktail préparé par le virtuose Stanley Donen : charme, humour, amour, suspense, bonne et belle utilisation des décors parisiens. La distribution des rôles (casting) est solide et judicieuse; le jeu des comédiens est charmant et plein de de ferveur et d'enthousiasme. Et quelle belle chimie entre Cary Grant et Audrey Hepburn, de 25 sa cadette..........C'est un film que les philatélistes adorent. Toute l'intrigue repose en effet sur une énigme...philatélique dont on n'aura la clé qu'à la fin..........Le fabuleux trésor recherché pendant près de deux heures de projection se révèle être une enveloppe sur laquelle ont été apposés trois timbres rares. Toutefois, la joie des philatélistes pourrait être refroidie: s'agit-il de trois vrais timbres, ou encore de reproductions de vrais timbres ? D'aucuns affirment que deux des trois timbres choisis ne sont que des distorsions imaginées par les spécialistes d'Hollywood............Cary Grant a célébré son 59e anniversaire de naissance durant le tournage et il en était à sa 70e apparition au grand écran. On ne le reverra plus que deux fois après........J'accorde une note de 5 étoiles bien que le film recèle des erreurs que le plus avisé des cinéphiles n'a peut-être pas remarquées. Par exemple, lorsque Régine se rend à l'ambassade des USA, on peut lire sur la pancarte devant l'ambassade "American Embassy"; il aurait fallu inscrire "Embassy of the United States of America"...........Au cours des funérailles de Charles (Lampert), la position des doigts croisés sur sa poitrine change entre le moment où Léopold voit le corps et celui où Tex le voit...........Également, les lumières du bateau sur la Seine s'éteignent, mais le plan éloigné qui suit montre le bateau encore illuminé.........La cerise sur le gâteau, c'est lorsque Scobie (George Kennedy) menace Pierre Joshua (Cary Grant) sur le toit de l'hôtel avec une arme à feu : il tient le révolver avec sa main artificielle. Comment diable pourrait-il appuyer sur la gachette ? Ni Cary Grant ni le réalisateur Stanley Donen ne l'ont remarqué. C'est franchement hilarant.................Comme l'instituteur qui "ne voit pas" les fautes de son élève chouchou dans sa dictée, j'oublie ces erreurs et je décerne 5 étoiles quand même. Comme conclusion, je dirais que c'est le meilleur film que monsieur Alfred Hitchcock n'a pas réalisé.

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This is a timeless thriller of typical Grant/Hepburn intrigue. The story, set in Paris in 1963 opens with Mr Lampert being murdered and thrown from a speeding train somewhere outside Paris. His widow Regina Lampert(Audrey Hepburn is informed by a Mr Bartholomew, at the US Embassy( not his real name), as we shall find out later (played by Walter Matthau) . "Mrs Lampert your husband has just been killed he has some money amounting to millions of dollars, it belongs to the US Government and we want it back. There are three men after you and one of them is Carson Dial-be careful your life is in grave danger!" he tells her. Before this,Cary Grant meets her and tells her(she is about to divorce her husband), on a ski Piste that his name is Peter Joshua. "Is there a Mrs Joshua?" she asks" Yes" comes the reply, "but we're divorced!" and as she sits at the table along with Sylvie and her young six year old son Jean-Louis, he shoots her and Peter with a water pistol!. (Sylvie is her colleague at the translation centre, where she works.) To cut a long story short, they (Grant and Hepburn) end up at a hotel in the middle of Paris in adjacent bedrooms. The plot thickens. A case is found by Jean-Louis, he says "We won, we won " and the three men appear who were at Mr Lampert's funeral, one played by George Kennedy. Regie immediately and surrepticiously replaces the case on top of the wardrobe, which contains Herman's (George Kennedy's) hook. The men are unceremoniously "bumped off", one by one, with no killer yet evident. Who could the killer be? What's more, Peter Joshua is really Carson Dial and that he's "in" with the three men. Or is he? Is he still lying about who he is? You'll have to find out! Grant informs her that they are all after a share of the "money", which turns out to be stamps, when Jean-Louis trades them in at the Jardins de Palais Royale (ficticious name) stamp market and actually filmed in Jardins de Tuileries near to the Louvre. A frantic chase on the Paris Metro ensues starting at St Jacques on Line 1 (ficticious name) filmed at Tuileries Metro station (adjacent to the Tuileries Gardens) and continuing on a classic Sprague train to the next station Palais Royale (Direction Vincennes)( there is actually a Saint Jacques station on Line 6, but this is purely coincidence!), where Audrey Hepburn (Regina Lampert) hides in a phone booth , all accompanied to Henry Mancini's music (see my CD soundtrack review) and contacts Bartholomew (Walter Matthau) by phone, whilst all the time, being chased by Cary Grant ( Peter Joshua/Carson Dial). These stamps are later retrieved from the seller at the stamp market, in the Jardins Palais Royale earlier. "I'm not a thief, Mrs Lampert,these stamps are worth some considerable money" he tells her" At least, I held them for a short while and they were mine!" He then gives Reggie the stamps back and gives Jean-Louis the package, which he has traded off against the valuable stamps, upon payment of 20 Francs from Reggie (Audrey Hepburn). To say more would spoil the plot. Find out what the "twist" is at the end, you will be intrigued. Happy viewing. I highly recommend this film. Five Stars!!!!!!!

El envío fue rápido, pero la edición de la película es penosa. Redoblaje tan cutre que parece una película porno. La devolví enseguida.