La Classe américaine (1993)
La Classe américaine (1993)
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Plot.
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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Cast & Crew.
Christine Delaroche
Dubbing Voice (voice)
John Wayne
George Abitbol
Évelyne Grandjean
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Burt Lancaster
José
Marc Cassot
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Patrick Guillemin
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Lana Turner
Isabelle
Jason Robards
Le patron du journal
Raymond Loyer
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Joël Martineau
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Peter
Robert Redford
Steven
Jean-Claude Montalban
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Paul Newman
Dave
Roger Rudel
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Orson Welles
Self
Jean-Éric Bielle
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Martin Balsam
Callaghan
Marc François
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Henry Fonda
Hugues
Lionel Abelanski
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Michel Hazanavicius
Director
Dominique Farrugia
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Dominique Mézerette
Director
Alain Chabat
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Jean-Yves Lafesse
Dubbing Voice (voice)
Robert Nador
Producer
Ève Vercel
Producer
Laurent Petitgirard
Composer
Jean-Michel Kuess
Editor
Guy Rondi
Editor
James Stewart
Jacques (archive footage)
Dean Martin
Dino (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Frankie (archive footage)
Clark Gable
The Actor (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum
Yves (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
Christelle (archive footage)
Angie Dickinson
Jacqueline (archive footage)
Ricky Nelson
George's Friend (archive footage)
Charles Bronson
The Indian (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
The Fucking Oddball (archive footage)
Stuart Whitman
A Future Man (archive footage)
Ned Beatty
Frédéric (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
The Professional Witness (archive footage)
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest (archive footage)
Jan-Michael Vincent
The Helicopter Fan (archive footage)
Yvonne De Carlo
The Actor's Wife (archive footage)
Randolph Scott
Joël (archive footage)
James Franciscus
Professor Hammond (archive footage)
Slim Pickens
'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
Antonio Fargas
'Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage)
Walter Brennan
'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bisset
The Helicopter Woman (archive footage)
Burgess Meredith
The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Jack Warden
A Journalist (archive footage)
Akim Tamiroff
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Nick Cravat
José's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Qualen
V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Donald Sutherland
Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin West
Police Officer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacqueline deWit
Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlotte Stewart
Waitress (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher George
George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elaine Devry
Prostitute #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sharon DeBord
Prostitute #2 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sue Ane Langdon
Prostitute #3 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Joseph
Prostitute #4 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Russell
Prostitute #5 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forrest Tucker
The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Colbert
A Future Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jenny Sullivan
The Water Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jane Howard
'La Choucroute' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill McKinney
Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward
Frédéric's Agressor #2 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Josh Albee
Steven's New Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pamela Tiffin
Bikini Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valentina Cortese
The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Russell Evans
Julien Lepers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyle Bettger
Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Dante
'Le Manchot' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gary Grimes
George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Goon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gila Golan
Professor Hammond's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Lettieri
Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Kelton
Gaël (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teddy Wilson
Huggy's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Penny Fuller
Sosso (archive footage) (uncredited)
Florence Pepper
'La Grosse Vache' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Philippe Charrier
Sound Post Supervisor
Dominique Blattlin
Production Coordinator
Claude Lewy
Production Manager / Production Assistant / Script Supervisor
Laurence Hamedi
Production Coordinator
Philippe Penot
Foley Artist
Laurence Kurzer
Sound Editor
Christophe Woog
Foley Artist
Claude Gazeau
Sound Mixer / Sound Recordist
Michel Lecourt
Producer
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Wiki.
La Classe américaine (French pronunciation: [la klas ameʁikɛn]; lit. 'American Class'), also known as Le Grand Détournement (The Great Détournement), is a 1993 French television film, written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Dominique Mézerette. It consists exclusively of extracts of old Warner Bros. films, put together and dubbed with new lines so as to create an entirely new film that is a parody of Citizen Kane.
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