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Atlantic City
Atlantic City is a 1980 romantic crime film directed by Louis Malle from a screenplay by John Guare. It stars Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon in the leading roles, with a supporting cast featuring Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Robert Joy, Hollis McLaren and Al Waxman. A co-production between French and Canadian companies filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and Germany in September 1980 and in the United States later that year by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Sally Matthews is a young waitress from Saskatchewan, Canada, working at an oyster bar in an Atlantic City casino. She has dreams of becoming a blackjack dealer, going through dealer training under the tutelage of Joseph. Joseph, from France, encourages her to learn French and become a dealer in Monte Carlo.
Awards
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| author | John Guare |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Lion National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Atlantic City New Jersey |
| director | Louis Malle |
| editor | Suzanne Baron |
| events | gambling old age |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | apartment building attack beauty queen build car keys cocaine criminal record dead drop estrange first time hotel room kill miami monte carlo morning news report nothing numbers game one night philadelphia poker game report saskatchewan train tv news |
| musicBy | Michel Legrand |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Denis Héroux John Kemeny |
| productionCompany | Famous Players Telefilm Canada |
| publisher | Library and Archives Canada Paramount Pictures UniFrance |
| theme | gangster independent romantic drama |