Viva Maria!
by Louis Malle
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Actor: Brigitte Bardot, Claudio Brook, George Hamilton, Jeanne Moreau, Paulette DubostDirector: Louis Malle
Brand: BARDOT,BRIGITTE
Cinematographer: Henri Decaë
Writer: Louis Malle
Editor: Kenout Peltier
Editor: Suzanne Baron
Producer: Óscar Dancigers
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Viva Maria!
DVD Review: Sexy, funny revolutionary adventure with Brigitte and Jeanne - but watch out for the Sixties ideology
Summary: 3 Stars
What happens when two beautiful showgirls, both named Maria (Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau) get mixed up in the middle of a Latin American revolution? Louis Malle has the answer in "Viva Maria!", and it's a laugh-a-minute, thrill-a-minute ride.
The prime reason to get this DVD, of course, is the gorgeous duo of Bardot and Moreau. One of the highlights of the movie is their unintentional "invention" of striptease when they accidentially start losing pieces of their clothing during a rather cheesy song-and-dance number and end up livening up the whole act and becoming the toast of every male in the town.
The Sixties attitude does show up, though, as in one of the Maria's comments to a reporter that she thinks "property is theft" (which is a howl when you consider just how much money both Bardot and Moreau probably got from this movie), and in the rather broad caricatures of the ruling classes that the two Marias lead the peasantry in overthrowing.
As long as you don't pay too much attention to the politically sillier parts of the dialogue, though, and just sit back enjoying the onscreen doings of the duo, you can't go too far wrong.
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Description of Viva Maria!
France's most famous bombshells, Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, "make an unbeatable comedy team" (Motion Picture Herald) in this "joyfully romantic fairy tale for adults!" (Life)! "Fast-moving, eye-catching and filled with sight gags" (Cue), this hysterical film from three-time OscarÂ(r)-nominated* director Louis Malle (My Dinner With Andre) and co-writer Jean-Claude Carriere satirizes everything from American westerns to revolutions, dictators, the Church, priesthood and even sex itself! When two women Â? both named Maria Â? unwittingly invent the striptease circa 1910, they become such a hit that enthusiastic audiences strip along with them! But when one of the Marias falls for a handsome revolutionary (George Hamilton), she finds that she has unwittingly embroiled the two of them in an armed peasant revolt! *1987: Original Screenplay, Au Revoir Les Enfants; 1981: Director, Atlantic City; 1972: Director, Murmur of the HeartBestsellers in DVD
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