VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)
Special Features: 40th Anniversary
Julie Andrews received her third Academy Award® nomination for this gender-bending musical farce directed by her husband, filmmaker Blake Edwards, and based on the 1933 German film VICTOR AND VICTORIA. Victoria Grant (Andrews) is a struggling British soprano working the nightclub scene in 1930s Paris. When she meets fellow cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston), he concocts the idea of billing Victoria as a female impersonator named Victor. When the act is a hit, the duo makes it big — and a Chicago mobster (James Garner, Andrews' costar in THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY) becomes enamored with the performer, suspecting the truth. But Victor isn't the only one who isn't all that he seems, and keeping up the charade is no easy task. VICTOR/VICTORIA was nominated for seven Oscars® and won for Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse's showstopping score. DIR/SCR/PROD Blake Edwards, from the 1933 film written by Reinhold Schünzel; PROD Tony Adams. U.S./UK, 1982, color, 132 min. RATED PG
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Run Time: 132 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Genre: Musical comedy