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6.2A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
Released: 1958-05-15115 minDir: Vincente MinnelliComedy, RomanceBudget: $3.3MBox office: $13.2M
Cast
- Leslie Caron as Gigi
- Maurice Chevalier as Honoré Lachaille
- Louis Jourdan as Gaston Lachaille
- Hermione Gingold as Madame Alvarez
- Eva Gabor as Liane D'Exelmans
- Jacques Bergerac as Sandomir
Themes
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
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Gigi ( French pronunciation: [ʒiʒi]) is a 1958 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and processed using Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Eastmancolor film process Metrocolor. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella by Colette. The film features songs with lyrics by Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and conducted by André Previn. Costume design was done by Cecil Beaton (hats by Madame Paulette).
At the 31st Academy Awards, the film won all nine of its nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Minnelli. It held the record for the highest clean sweep of nominations (later shared with The Last Emperor) until The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all eleven of its nominations at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004.
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1950s romantic musical films1958 American films1958 English-language films1958 films1958 musical comedy films1958 romantic comedy filmsAmerican CinemaScope filmsAmerican musical comedy filmsAmerican romantic comedy filmsAmerican romantic musical filmsBelle ÉpoqueBest Musical or Comedy Picture Golden Globe winners