Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria is a 1982 musical comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, and John Rhys-Davies. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Tony Adams and scored by Henry Mancini, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Victor/Victoria was adapted as a Broadway musical in 1995. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score. It is a remake of the 1933 German film Victor and Victoria.
Plot
In 1934 Paris, Carroll "Toddy" Todd, an aging gay performer at Club Chez Lui, sees Labisse, the owner, auditioning frail and impoverished soprano Victoria Grant. After her failed audition, Victoria returns to her hotel room to find herself about to be evicted, as she cannot pay her rent. That night, when hustler Richard, with whom Toddy is romantically involved, comes to Chez Lui as part of a straight foursome, Toddy incites a brawl resulting in damages and the police locking up whomever they can get their hands on. Labisse fires Toddy and bans him from the club. Walking home, Toddy spots Victoria in a restaurant. She invites him to join her. As both of them are poor, she plans to dump a cockroach in her salad to avoid paying, but it escapes and mayhem ensues.
More details
author | Blake Edwards |
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director | Blake Edwards |
editor | Ralph E. Winters |
genre | comedy romance |
keywords | arrest break business partner clothe club owner drag queen dump end evict female impersonator gun moll happen hotel room impoverish lock moll morning open paris pass private investigator talent agent walk |
musicBy | Henry Mancini Leslie Bricusse |
producer | Blake Edwards Tony Adams |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pinewood Studios |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United International Pictures |
theme | musical musical comedy romantic comedy romantic musical |