Victor Victoria

Starring: Julie Andrews; James Garner & Robert Preston Director: Blake Edwards  Rated:

DVD Features:

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentaries - 1. Julie Andrews - Star
                                  2. Blake Edwards - Director
• Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Film Highlights - 1. Cast
                         2. Blake Edwards - Director

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1982)

Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1982)

Product Description:

Blake Edwards tones down the broadly farcical style that is his signature with this sly musical comedy starring Julie Andrews as British entertainer Victoria Grant. She and an older friend, gay impresario Toddy (Robert Preston), are close to starvation in 1930s Paris. Desperate for work, he changes her image, introducing her to the cabaret world as Polish female impersonator Victor/Victoria. Victoria, now a woman pretending to be a man in drag, becomes a huge success in the nightclub world. Chicago gangster King Marchan (James Garner) becomes especially intrigued by Victor/Victoria while visiting Paris with his dim-witted girlfriend, Norma (Lesley Anne Warren), and his ever-faithful bodyguard, Squash (Alex Karras), who's more than a little concerned by his boss's interest in a transvestite. As Marchan tries to get to the source of his attraction to the entertainer, trying to uncover the truth behind the rhinestone headdress, the farce commences, and the meaning of gender and sexual preference comes into question for all the characters. A director who often shows a willingness to let the seams in his work show for comic effect, Edwards has opted for stylish smoothness here while opening himself to questions of gender that his earlier films had anxiously mocked. Robert Preston steals the film as Victoria's graceful Svengali.

Plot Synopsis:

A down-and-out female singer takes a job as a female impersonator and to her surprise becomes the toast of Paris cabarets in the 1930s, delighting her gay mentor and confusing an American admirer. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Actress--Julie Andrews. Academy Awards: Best Original Song Score.

Plot Keywords:

Action | Classic | Comedy | Drama | Essential Cinema | Gay / Lesbian | Musical | Musicals / Music Videos | Recommended | Scams And Cons | Showbiz | Switching Roles | Theatrical Release

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