Victor / Victoria 1982

Victor / Victoria


MGM, 1982, Color, 133 minutes, ***½

Released March, 1982



A man impersonating a woman on stage? Piece of cake. But a woman whose livelihood depends on pretending to be a man who pretends to be a woman? Now you've got problems! You've also got laughs when Julie Andrews plays Victor and Victoria in this clever delight from filmmaker Blake Edwards boasting a marvelous Academy Award-winning score by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse.



Robert Preston plays a cabaret performer who devises the gender-bender stage act. Farcically complicating matters are James Garner as a mobster suspecting Victor is a Victoria and Lesley Ann Warren as a short-fused floozy. Of this movie's seven Oscar nominations, three went to Golden Globe Winner Andrews (Actress). National Board of Review Award Winner Preston (Supporting Actor) and Warren (Supporting Actress).


Produced by: Blake Edwards and Tony Adams

Associate Producers: Gerald T. Nutting, Buckhantz-NMC Co., Inc.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Screenplay by: Blake Edwards

Based on the 1933 UFA-Film "Viktor und Viktoria" conceived by Hans Hoemburg, written and directed by Rheinhöld Schuenzel)

Original Music by: Henry Mancini

Songs: Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Music by Henry Mancini

Production Orchestrations: Howard Blake

Choreograper: Paddy Stone

Assistant Choreographer: Maggie Goodwin

Production Designer: Rodger Maus

Art Directors: Tim Hutchinson and William Craig Smith

Set Decorator: Harry Cordwell

Costume Designer: Patricia Norris

Wardrobe Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls

Makeup Artists: Harry Frampton, Paul Engelen, Peter Frampton

Chief Hairdresser: Bobbie Smith

Hairdressers: Colin Jamison, Joyce James

Miss Andrews' Hair by: John Isaacs of Michaeljohn

Sound Engineer: George Rice

Special Effects: Albert Whitlock

Director of Photography: Dick Bush

Processed by Technicolor, Prints in Metrocolor

Filmed in Panavision

Editor: Alan Killick

Made by Peerford Limited in association with Artista Management A.G. at Pinewood Studios, Iver, Bucks, England



Setting: Paris, 1934



Awards: Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse); Academy Award Nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Julie Andrews); Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Preston), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lesley Ann Warren), Best Art Direction / Set Decoration (Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, Harry Cordwell), Best Costume Design (Patricia Norris), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Blake Edwards)



Cast: Julie Andrews [Count Victor Grezhinski / Victoria Grant], James Garner [King Marchand], Robert Preston [Carroll Todd], Lesley Ann Warren [Norma Cassady], Alex Karras [Squash Bernstein], John Rhys-Davies [Andre Cassell], Graham Stark [Waiter], Peter Arne [Labisse, Che Lui Nightclub Owner], Sherloque Tanney [Charles Bovin, Private Investigator], Michael Robbins [Hotel Manager], Norman Chancer [Sal Andratti], David Gant [Restaurant Manager], Maria Charles [Madame President], Malcolm Jamieson [Richard DiNardo], John Cassady [Juke], Mike Tezcan [Clam], Christopher Good [Stage Manager], Matyelock Gibbs [Cassell's Receptionist], Jay Benedict [Guy Langois], Olivier Pierre [Langois' Companion], Martin Rayner [Concierge], George Silver [Fat Man Eating an Eclair], Joanna Dickens [Large Lady in Restaurant], Terence Skelton [Deviant Husband], Ina Skriver [Simone Kallisto], Stuart Turton [Boyfriend to Actress], Geoffrey Beevers [Police Inspector], Sam Williams [Chorus Boy], Simon Chandler [Chorus Boy], Neil Cunningham [Nightclub M.C.], Vivienne Chandler [Chambermaid], Bill Monks [Leclou], Perry Davey [Balancing Man], Elizabeth Vaughan [Opera Singer], Paddy Ward [Photographer], Tim Stern [Desk Clerk Third Rate Hotel]



Musical Program: [0:00] Main Title ("Crazy World") (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] Cherry Ripe (sung by Julie Andrews); [0:10] Gay Paree (sung by Robert Preston); [0:39] King's Can Can (played by Orchestra, danced by Chorus Girls); [0:40] Le Jazz Hot (sung and danced by Julie Andrews and Chorus); [1:01] The Shady Dame from Seville (sung by Julie Andrews, danced by Andrews and Chorus); [1:18] Chicago, Illinois (sung and danced by Lesley Ann Warren and Girls Chorus); [1:26] Two-Faced Dance (played by Orchestra, danced by Chorus); [1:29] You and Me (sung and danced by Robert Preston and Julie Andrews); [1:45] Crazy World (sung by Julie Andrews); [1:49] short excerpt from MADAME BUTTERFLY (sung by Elizabeth Vaughan); [2:03] King's Can Can (played by Orchestra, danced by Chorus Girls); [2:04] The Shady Dame from Seville (comical rendition sung by Robert Preston, danced by Preston and Chorus - great!); [2:09] Finale (The Shady Dame from Seville / Le Jazz Hot / Crazy World / You And Me) (instrumental reprisals played by Orchestra behind end credits)