Charade (1963) |
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Audrey Hepburn
(as Regina 'Reggie' Lampert)
with Cary Grant
(as Peter Joshua)
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Other InformationAwardsBest Foreign Actor BAFTA Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best British Actress BAFTA Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Written American Comedy Writers Guild of America, USA [1964] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Top Song Laurel Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Top Female Comedy Performance Laurel Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: 3rd place) Top Comedy Laurel Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: 3rd place) Top Male Comedy Performance Laurel Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: 2nd place) Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy Golden Globes [1964] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy Golden Globes [1964] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Motion Picture Edgar Allan Poe Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Music, Original Song Academy Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Plot SummaryReturning to Paris from an Alpine ski holiday, Reggie Lambert finds her husband, Charles, murdered. A vacation acquaintance, Peter Joshua, offers his services and assists her in finding a hotel room. Lambert`s funeral is attended by three strange A... TaglinePlease don`t tell who did what to whom! It`s a guessing game of mirth and mystery! You can expect the unexpected when they play..."Charade" Related MoviesDuplicity [Remade as] (Year of movie: 2004) The Truth About Charlie [Remade as] (Year of movie: 2002) Somebody Killed Her Husband [Remade as] (Year of movie: 1978) DiscographySinglesCharade |
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Charade (1963) was nominated for the following awards:
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Reggie Lampert: [explaining a puppet show] The man and woman are married.
Peter Joshua: I can see that. They`re batting each other over the head. Sylvie: I don`t understand. Why do you want a divorce?
Reggie Lampert: Because I love him and he doesn`t love me.
Sylvie: That`s no reason to get a divorce! Reggie Lampert: Silvie, I am going to get a divorce.
Sylvie: From Charles?
Reggie Lampert: He`s the only one husband I have. Reggie Lampert: This is a ludicrous situation. I can think of a dozen men who are just longing to use my shower. Reggie Lampert: Brian Crookshank. Serves me right if I get stuck with that one. Peter Joshua: Reggie, cut it out.
Reggie Lampert: Okay.
Peter Joshua: Well, now what are you doing?
Reggie Lampert: Cutting it out.
Peter Joshua: Who told you to do that? Reggie Lampert: Here it comes, the fatherly talk. You forget I`m already a widow.
Peter Joshua: Well, so was Juliet, at fifteen.
Reggie Lampert: I`m not fifteen.
Peter Joshua: Well, that`s your trouble. You`re too old for me. Reggie Lampert: Which one are you?
Peter Joshua: A truthful white-foot.
Reggie Lampert: Come in. Sit down.
Peter Joshua: Why, do you want to look at my feet?
Reggie Lampert: Yes.
[sits on his lap] Reggie Lampert: Any minute now we could be assassinated. Would you do anything like that?
Peter Joshua: What, assassinate someone?
Reggie Lampert: No, swing down from there on a rope to save the woman you love. Like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Reggie Lampert: You know, I can`t help feeling sorry for Scobie. Wouldn`t it be nice if we were like that?
Peter Joshua: What, like Scobie?
Reggie Lampert: No, Gene Kelly. Reggie Lampert: Could I have one of those?
Peter Joshua: One of what?
Reggie Lampert: I think Tex did it. Reggie Lampert: I`m in the book.
Peter Joshua: Are you?
Reggie Lampert: Charles is.
Peter Joshua: Is there only one Charles Lampert?
Reggie Lampert: Lord I hope so! Reggie Lampert: We`ll have lots of sons and name them all after you. Tex Panthollow: Oh, poor old Herman. It seems like him and good luck always was strangers. Well, maybe now he`ll meet up with his other hand some place. Reggie Lampert: Well, wasn`t it Shakespeare that said, "When strangers do meet in far off lands, they should e`er long see each other again"?
Peter Joshua: Shakespeare never said that!
Reggie Lampert: How do you know?
Peter Joshua: It`s terrible. You just made it up.
Reggie Lampert: Well, it sounds right... Reggie Lampert: Why do people have to tell lies?
Peter Joshua: Usually it`s because they want something. They are afraid the truth won`t get it for them. Peter Joshua: Is there a Mr. Lampert?
Reggie Lampert: Yes.
Peter Joshua: Good for you.
Reggie Lampert: No it isn`t, I`m getting a divorce.
Peter Joshua: Please! Not on my account. [after Dyle sees Herman Scobie hanging from the edge of the building]
Alexander Dyle: How are you doing?
Herman Scobie: HOW DO YOU THINK?
Alexander Dyle: If you get bored, try writing `Love Thy Neighbor` a hundred times on the side of the building! Hamilton Bartholomew: [watching Reggie light another one of his cigarettes, immediately after snuffing one out she had barely puffed] Do you know what these things cost over here? Reggie Lampert: Come in. I`ve got something that stings like crazy.
Alexander Dyle: You`re the kind of girl who`d have something like that. Adam Canfield: Heroin, peppermint-flavored heroin. Peter Joshua: Why do you think Tex did it?
Reggie Lampert: Because I really suspect Gideon and it`s always the person you don`t suspect.
Peter Joshua: Do women find it feminine to be so illogical, or can`t they help it? [the third murder has just been discovered]
Inspector Grandpierre: Three of them. All in their pyjamas? C`est ridicule! What is it, some new American fad? Leopold Gideon: Well, you know I`d tell you if I had it.
Tex Panthollow: Oh *naturally*, just like I`d tell you if I had it.
Leopold Gideon: *Naturally*. And that goes for Herman too.
Tex Panthollow, Leopold Gideon: *Naturally*. Inspector Grandpierre: This nose tells me when you are lying. It is never mistaken, not in 23 years. This nose will make me commissioner of police. [Gideon is looking at Charles` body in the coffin and begins to sneeze violently]
Sylvie Gaudel: He must`ve known Charles pretty well.
Reggie Lampert: How can you tell?
Sylvie Gaudel: He`s allergic to him. Peter Joshua: [opening the phone booth to see Regina]
[Regina screams]
Peter Joshua: What are you doing in here?
Reggie Lampert: I`m having a nervous breakdown. Reggie Lampert: You`re blocking my view.
Peter Joshua: Ohh... which view would you prefer?
Reggie Lampert: The one you`re blocking. Reggie Lampert: Is there a Mrs. Joshua?
Peter Joshua: Yes, but we are divorced.
Reggie Lampert: Oh, that wasn`t a proposal. I`m just curious. Reggie Lampert: Is there a Mrs. Crookshank...?
Adam Canfield: Yes.
Reggie Lampert: But you`re divorced!
Adam Canfield: No...
[Regina`s face drops]
Adam Canfield: [Brian/Adam gets out his wallet to show her the picture] My mother, she lives in Detriot, you`d like her, she`d like you too.
Reggie Lampert: Oh, I love you, Adam, Alex, Peter, Brian, whatever your name is, I love you! I hope we have a lot of boys and we can name them all after you! Reggie Lampert: Marriage license, did you say marriage license? Oh I love you Adam, Alex, Peter, Brian, whatever your name is. Inspector Grandpierre: Tell me, Mister Dyle. Where were you at 3:30 a.m.?
Adam Canfield: In my room. Asleep.
Inspector Grandpierre: And you, Mrs. Lampert?
Reggie Lampert: I was, too.
Inspector Grandpierre: In Mister Dyle`s room?
Reggie Lampert: No, in my room.
Inspector Grandpierre: Obviously you`re telling the truth, for why would you invent such a ridiculous story? Tex Panthollow: She batted them pretty little eyes at you, and you fell for it like an egg from a tall chicken! Adam Canfield: Well, what did you expect me to say? That a pretty girl with an outrageous manner means more to an old pro like me than a quarter of a million dollars?
Reggie Lampert: I don`t suppose so.
Adam Canfield: Well, it`s a toss-up, I can tell you that.
Reggie Lampert: What did you say?
Adam Canfield: Hasn`t it occurred to you that I`m having a tough time keeping my hands off you?
[Regina is stunned]
Adam Canfield: Oh, you should see your face.
Reggie Lampert: What`s the matter with it?
Adam Canfield: It`s lovely.
[Regina drops her knife and fork]
Adam Canfield: What`s the matter now?
Reggie Lampert: I`m not hungry anymore; isn`t it glorious? Herman Scobie: Now we wait. With our mouths shut.
Alexander Dyle: [yawns] Sorry about that. Adam Canfield: We didn`t steal it, there`s no law against stealing stolen money.
Reggie Lampert: Of course there is!
Adam Canfield: There is?
Reggie Lampert: Yes!
Adam Canfield: When did they pass such a silly law? Reggie Lampert: Is there a Mrs. Canfield?
Adam Canfield: Yes...
Adam Canfield, Reggie Lampert: [both] But we`re divorced. Reggie Lampert: Wonderful! Do you realize you`ve had three names in the past two days? I don`t even know who I`m talking to any more! Alexander Dyle: All right, get set for the story of my life.
Reggie Lampert: Fiction or non-fiction? Reggie Lampert: [pondering] Is there a Mrs. Dyle?
Alexander Dyle: Yes...
[Reggie`s face drops]
Alexander Dyle: but we`re divorced!
Reggie Lampert: [Reggie smirks] I thought that was Peter Joshua?
Alexander Dyle: I am just as difficult to live with as he was. Reggie Lampert: Hello, Mr. Dyle.
Alexander Dyle: Reggie?
Reggie Lampert: Well, that`s the only name I`ve got. Alexander Dyle: What do I have to do to satisfy you? Become the next victim?
Reggie Lampert: That`s a start anyway. Inspector Grandpierre: We use the guillotine in this country. I have always imagined that the blade, coming down, causes no more than a slight tickling sensation on the back of the neck. It is only a guess, of course. I hope none of you ever finds out for certain. Reggie Lampert: Of course, you won`t be able to lie on your back for a while but then you can lie from any position, can`t you? [Touching the cleft in his chin]
Reggie Lampert: How do you shave in there? Sylvie: It is infuriating that your unhappiness does not turn to fat! Reggie Lampert: Do you know what`s wrong with you?
Peter Joshua: No, what?
Reggie Lampert: Nothing! Adam Canfield: Wow, when you come on, you come on, don`t you?
Reggie Lampert: Oh, come on! Reggie Lampert: I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn`t possibly meet anyone else.
Peter Joshua: Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know. [Tearing filter off cigarette]
Reggie Lampert: I can`t stand these things... it`s like drinking coffee through a veil. Peter Joshua: How about making me vice president in charge of cheering you up?Trivia It was agreed that Cary Grant would not remove his shirt in the shower scene since he was nearly sixty and slightly overweight. Thomas Chelimsky was dubbed by a French woman. Charles Lampert`s passports found in the evidence bag are from the following countries, in order: Switzerland, the United States, Chile and Italy. On the property list that the police officer gives Reggie, the date says 5/4/63: Audrey Hepburn`s birthday. Cary Grant initially turned down the movie because he felt he would be too much of a predator pursuing the much-younger Audrey Hepburn. In a last-ditch attempt to sign Grant, Peter Stone worked all night on the script and presented it to Grant to look over just once more. Grant gleefully accepted the role, prompting producers to demand to know what Stone had done. Stone had simply moved all of the romantically aggressive lines from Grant`s character to Audrey Hepburn`s, making her the predator. This film is public domain due to the failure to put the then-required copyright notice in the released print. The supposed copyright notice in the film failed to include the text "Copyright", "Copr." or "©", as was needed by pre-1989 US law (only the year and supposed copyright holder were listed). The character of Peter Joshua was named after Stanley Donen`s two sons: Peter and Joshua. Cary Grant initially turned down the film, after which it was briefly considered a possible vehicle for Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. The voice of the Marine in front of the Embassy is dubbed by screenwriter Peter Stone The young man in the Embassy elevator telling the story about the poker game is screenwriter Peter Stone - with the dubbed voice of director Stanley Donen. Filmed virtually back-to-back with Paris - When It Sizzles (1964). The small park with its Punch and Judy puppet stage appears in both films. After finishing this film, Cary Grant was quoted as saying, "All I want for Christmas is to make another movie with Audrey Hepburn," Sadly, that never happened. The character played by Cary Grant quotes a line from My Fair Lady ("On the street where you live"), the film version of which would star Audrey Hepburn the following year. Cary Grant, who celebrated his 59th birthday during filming, decided it was time to stop playing the romantic lead after reviews focused on the 26-year age difference between him and Audrey Hepburn, who was only 33 when the movie was made. Cary Grant was uncomfortable playing a romantic lead with an actress young enough to be his daughter. He was appeased when jokes about the age difference were added to the script and it was made clear that it was Regina who was pursuing him, not vice-versa. According to Audrey Hepburn, the scene where Regina spills ice cream on Adam`s suit is based on a real-life accident where Hepburn spilled red wine over Cary Grant`s suit at a dinner party. In the scene where Audrey Hepburn is smoking a cigarette alone in her empty apartment and Cary Grant enters, the backs of his ears had to be covered with masking tape since the backlighting made them appear red. Seven studios rejected the original screenplay. Peter Stone turned it into a novel which was serialized in Redbook, and it was then turned back into a screenplay - which had interest from all 7 studios. | ||
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