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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381186727
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 26, 2002
Running Time: 76 minutes
Sales Rank: 116058
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1934
Editorial Review:
Description:
This sly, bouncy comedy set in the sunlit avenues of 1930s Paris is the remarkable directorial debut of Billy Wilder, the sharp-witted creator of such American classics as 'Sunset Blvd.,' 'The Apartment' and 'Irma la Douce.' Spoiled doctor's son Henry (Pierre Mingand) discovers high-octane thrills and jazz-era romance when he falls in with an organized ring of car thieves. After befriending Jean, a dapper young chap with a curious fetish for men's neckties, Henry falls for Jean's sister, Jeannette ('8 Women's' Danielle Darrieux), who works as car-bait by luring love-hungry Parisian gentlemen away from their chrome-plated carriages. Weaving suspense with risque comedy in the style of Wilder's classic 'Some Like It Hot,' this effervescent cinematic highball was shot in France by Wilder (during his migration from Germany to the U.S.) and co-director Alexander Esway, garnished with a lively jazz score by Franz Waxman.
Amazon.com:
While fleeing to Hollywood from the Nazi threat in Germany, Billy Wilder laid over in Paris long enough to make his directing debut. Which means Mauvaise Graine just happens to be the beginning of one of the great directing careers in movies. This lark, codirected by Alexander Esway, follows a wealthy young man who falls in with a gang of thieves. It has the wonderful feel of open-air French filmmaking of the 1930s, and Wilder's direction has the anything-goes spirit of an ambitious kid throwing away his training wheels. A bonus is the leading lady, the charming Danielle Darrieux (still starring in movies in 2002's Eight Women), then a teenager. It may be a rough sketch for the Wilder movies to come, but the sense of adventure and the bittersweet tone are unmistakable. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Foreshadows the greatness to come.
To start off I just want to say that this is by no means a masterpiece like Double Indemnity or Sunset Boulevard. I would only recommend this to a true Wilder or classic-French cinema fan. But now that I've written my disclaimers I'll tell you what I did like about this film. I went into this film somewhat hesitant, even though Billy Wilder is easily my favorite director. It did not take long, though, to realize that this master auteur had already begun to develop his signature style. From ... Read More
Rating:  - Great French car flick...
The great German-born director, Billy Vilder, on his vay from Deutschland to Hollywood, stopped off in Paris to make this early car chase classic. A young French dandy, suddenly down on his luck, falls in with a slick gang of car thieves who run a phony auto shop, and who take him in and teach him the ropes in their cynical racket. He also falls in love, and attempts to break away from his criminal pals in order to live a clean life with his gal. Pretty cool presentation of French life in the ... Read More
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