Boeing Boeing (1965 film)

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This article is about the 1965 Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis comedy. For 1960 French movie, see Boeing Boeing (1960 film).

Boeing Boeing

Directed by	John Rich
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	Edward Anhalt Marc Camoletti
Starring	Jerry Lewis Tony Curtis Dany Saval Thelma Ritter
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	December 22, 1965
Running time	102 minutes
Language	English
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Boeing Boeing is a 1965 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis. It was released on December 22, 1965 by Paramount Pictures.

1 Plot
2 Production
3 Remake
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Bernard Lawrence (Tony Curtis) is an American journalist stationed in Paris, France. A playboy, he has devised an ingenious system for juggling three different girlfriends: by dating stewardesses who are assigned to international routes on non-intersecting flight schedules, only one woman is in the country at any given time. He has their comings and goings timetabled with such precision that he can drop off his British United girlfriend for her outgoing flight and pick up his inbound Lufthansa girlfriend on the very same trip to the airport.

With help from his long-suffering housekeeper Bertha -- who swaps the appropriate photos and food in and out of the apartment to match the incoming girlfriend -- none of the ladies are aware of each other's presence in the apartment. They regard Curtis' flat as their "home" during their Paris layovers.

Bernard is so happy with his life in Paris that he intends to turn down an imminent promotion that would require him to move to New York City.

Bernard's life is turned upside down when his girlfriends' airlines begin putting new, state-of-the-art aircraft into service. These faster airplanes change all of the existing route schedules and allow the stewardesses to spend more time in Paris. Most alarming for Bernard, his three girlfriends will now all in Paris at the same time.

Robert Reed, a fellow journalist and an old acquaintance, complicates Bernard's life even further when he arrives in town and is unable to find a hotel room. He insists on staying in Bernard's apartment for a few days. When he sees Bernard's living situation, he schemes to take over Bernard's apartment, his girls, his housekeeper, and Bernard's Paris job and manipulate him into taking the new job in New York.

[edit] Production

Boeing Boeing was filmed from April 8 to June 30, 1965 and marked Jerry Lewis' last film for Paramount, for which he had made films exclusively since 1949's My Friend Irma.

[edit] Remake

It was remade in 1985 as a Malayalam movie Boeing Boeing by director Priyadarshan starring Mohan Lal. Priyadarshan then remade it as a 2005 Bollywood feature film, Garam Masala.