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Once in Paris...
Once in Paris... is a 1978 American drama film written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy and is inspired by his experiences in Paris during the filming of the 1970 film adaptation of his play The Only Game in Town.
An American screenwriter encounters love while working on rewrites of a script being filmed in Paris.
The story is inspired by Gilroy's experiences working in Paris on the film adaptation of his stage play The Only Game in Town starring Elizabeth Taylor, who insisted that it be shot in Paris, France despite being set in Las Vegas. This is alluded to when the chauffeur looks at the screenwriter's small hotel room and remarks, "Elizabeth Taylor's closet was bigger than this."
Like The Only Game in Town, Once in Paris... was shot in Paris, albeit with a French crew (whereas The Only Game in Town used an American crew).
Jack Lenoir, who plays the chauffeur in Once in Paris..., was actually Gilroy's chauffeur during the filming of The Only Game in Town.
Reviewer Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "This is a very New York film, with its emphasis on characterization rather than style, with its cast composed of actors rather than movie stars. [...] 'The Luckiest Man in the World' is the kind of film that many people would enjoy; it has more substance than chic, and its sensibility and perspective are comfortably middle-aged."
A reviewer for The New York Times wrote, "Though its hero, a high-powered screenwriter, travels by Concorde, Frank D. Gilroy's 'Once in Paris' appears to be a tale out of the comparatively naïve, propeller-driven 1950's rather than the more jaded, jet-propelled 1970's, the period when it's all supposed to take place. [...] The film means to be a romantic lark, but this lark seldom becomes airborne."
A reviewer for Variety wrote, "Writer-director Frank Gilroy has come up with a highly personalized tale of a rough around-the-edges Yank screenwriter’s relationship with a worldly chauffeur and a bauteous British aristocrat. Gilroy’s developed the triad in subtle, believable, intelligent and often humorous fashion making Once in Paris a super film."
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Once in Paris...
Once in Paris... is a 1978 American drama film written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy and is inspired by his experiences in Paris during the filming of the 1970 film adaptation of his play The Only Game in Town.
An American screenwriter encounters love while working on rewrites of a script being filmed in Paris.
The story is inspired by Gilroy's experiences working in Paris on the film adaptation of his stage play The Only Game in Town starring Elizabeth Taylor, who insisted that it be shot in Paris, France despite being set in Las Vegas. This is alluded to when the chauffeur looks at the screenwriter's small hotel room and remarks, "Elizabeth Taylor's closet was bigger than this."
Like The Only Game in Town, Once in Paris... was shot in Paris, albeit with a French crew (whereas The Only Game in Town used an American crew).
Jack Lenoir, who plays the chauffeur in Once in Paris..., was actually Gilroy's chauffeur during the filming of The Only Game in Town.
Reviewer Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "This is a very New York film, with its emphasis on characterization rather than style, with its cast composed of actors rather than movie stars. [...] 'The Luckiest Man in the World' is the kind of film that many people would enjoy; it has more substance than chic, and its sensibility and perspective are comfortably middle-aged."
A reviewer for The New York Times wrote, "Though its hero, a high-powered screenwriter, travels by Concorde, Frank D. Gilroy's 'Once in Paris' appears to be a tale out of the comparatively naïve, propeller-driven 1950's rather than the more jaded, jet-propelled 1970's, the period when it's all supposed to take place. [...] The film means to be a romantic lark, but this lark seldom becomes airborne."
A reviewer for Variety wrote, "Writer-director Frank Gilroy has come up with a highly personalized tale of a rough around-the-edges Yank screenwriter’s relationship with a worldly chauffeur and a bauteous British aristocrat. Gilroy’s developed the triad in subtle, believable, intelligent and often humorous fashion making Once in Paris a super film."