Coco Chanel (film)
| Coco Chanel | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Biopic |
| Directed by | Christian Duguay |
| Produced by |
Luca Bernabei Matilde Bernabei Nicolas Traube |
| Written by |
Jeffrey Hatcher Enrico Medioli Lea Tafuri |
| Screenplay by |
James Carrington Carla Giulia Casalini |
| Starring |
Shirley MacLaine Malcolm McDowell |
| Music by | Andrea Guerra |
| Cinematography | Fabrizio Lucci |
| Editing by | Alessandro Lucidi |
| Production company |
Lux Vide Pampa Production Alchemy Television |
| Country |
Italy France United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Original airing |
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| Running time | 139 minutes |
Coco Chanel is a 2008 television film directed by Christian Duguay and written by Ron Hutchinson, Enrico Medioli and Lea Tafuri. It stars Shirley MacLaine as (the older) Coco Chanel, the pioneering French fashion designer. MacLaine was nominated for a Golden Globe award, an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild award for her work in the film.
Although an Italian-French-British production backed by Rai Uno and France 2, Coco Chanel was primarily intended for the US market[1] and was first broadcast in the United States on 13 September 2008 by cable channel Lifetime Television. It premiered in Italy three weeks later, and in France on 29 December 2008.[2] In Britain, it was first released on DVD, in June 2011.[3] Its first British TV broadcast was on True Entertainment in April 2014.[4]
Main cast
- Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel (elder)
- Barbora Bobuľová as Coco Chanel (young)
- Robert Dawson as Lord Fry
- Olivier Sitruk as Arthur "Boy" Capel
- Marine Delterme as Émilienne d’Alençon
- Anny Duperey as Madame Desboutins
- Cosimo Fusco as Albert
- Valentina Lodovini as Adrienne (young)
- Maggie Steed as Adrienne (elder)
- Malcolm McDowell as Marc Bouchier
- Sagamore Stévenin as Etienne Balsan
- Cecile Cassel as Gabrielle Dorziat
- Brigitt Christensen as Tsarina Alexandra of Russia
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Paul Poiret
- Vincent Nemeth as Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)
Home video release
On July 7, 2009, Coco Chanel was released on DVD in the Region 1 (US) format.
Awards and nominations
- Golden Globe Award
- Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)
- Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
- Outstanding Female Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)
- 61st Primetime Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Nominated)
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (MacLaine, nominated)
References
- ↑ BBC News, 24 July 2009: New film puts the Coco into Chanel Linked 2014-08-27
- ↑ IMDb: Coco Chanel (2008) Release Info Linked 2014-08-27
- ↑ Amazon UK: Coco CHanel (DVD) Linked 2014-08-27
- ↑ TV Guide: Coco Chanel, True Entertainment 7 April 2014 Linked 2014-08-27
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