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Le professeur de piano jaloux Orville Spooner tente de vendre une chanson au célèbre chanteur de boîte de nuit Dino, qui est coincé en ville.Le professeur de piano jaloux Orville Spooner tente de vendre une chanson au célèbre chanteur de boîte de nuit Dino, qui est coincé en ville.Le professeur de piano jaloux Orville Spooner tente de vendre une chanson au célèbre chanteur de boîte de nuit Dino, qui est coincé en ville.
Tom Nolan
- Johnnie Mulligan
- (as Tommy Nolan)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe car that Polly drives at the end is a 1958 Fiat 600, a most unusual car to be found in a small American town at the time - so: likely nod / recognition to original playwrite Anna Bonacci's Italian play, 'L'Ora della Fantasia' this film was based on.
- GaffesAfter Orville's wife digs under his sweatshirt for a pen while Johnny is playing the piano, the sound of the piano distorts as if the sound tape slowed down for a second.
- Autres versionsThere is an American version and a version released outside the U. S. of Embrasse-moi, idiot! (1964). Deemed too sexually charged for U.S. audiences, the scene with Dean Martin and Felicia Farr in Kim Novak's trailer was re-shot for American release.
- ConnexionsFeatured in E! True Hollywood Story: Dean Martin (1999)
- Bandes originales'S Wonderful
(uncredited)
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Dean Martin
(in the opening scenes)
Commentaire en vedette
Billy Wilder could well have entitled his best known comedy "Nobody's Perfect" after its unforgettable last line. Instead he saved this ploy for a a later work that I admire almost as much, "Kiss Me, Stupid". Two things have always puzzled me about this film, one, that a work so innocently harmless unleashed such a furore of moral indignation on its first appearance and two, that it has never become one of the most revered of the Wilder canon. Comedies that retain a freshness long after one knows all the jokes are rare, but, for me, "Kiss Me, Stupid" is one of the chosen few. Like all the best comedies it builds on a situation that gets more and more out of hand. A pair of frustratedly unrecognised songwriters, a small town piano teacher (Ray Walston) and his garage mechanic friend (Cliff Osmond) sense a golden opportunity to become known when a famous pop-singer and stand up comic (Dean Martin) needs to stop off in their town for petrol. It's really a single gag film dealing with the pair's machinations to prevent the singer from continuing his journey before they have played him their songs. Their scheming includes getting the piano teacher's wife out of the way and hiring a substitute in the form of a sexy floozy (Kim Novak) who is one of the attractions of the town's recently opened nightclub. To say more would be to spoil the fun. Suffice to say that all the main protagonists are perfectly cast. It has often been remarked that Ray Walston is no match for Peter Sellers who was originally due to play the role. I cannot but disagree fearing that Sellers might have invested the jealousy obsessed piano teacher with that element of caricature that the role does not quite need. All it requires are a few quirky props such as the Beethoven tee-shirt and the buttermilk deposited in the piano and the rather less than over the top quality of Walston's performance is able to convey the humour and fun of the situation without smothering them . There is one superbly funny cameo by Doro Merande (the waitress in "The Seven Year Itch")as his tetchy mother-in-law. Add to this some stalwart work by the great production designer, Alexander Trauner in recreating the atmosphere of small town Nevada and a sparklingly inventive score by Andre Previn and the result is an extremely enjoyable piece of movie escapism.
- jandesimpson
- 29 nov. 2004
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Kiss Me, Stupid
- Lieux de tournage
- Twentynine Palms, Californie, États-Unis(exteriors: Climax, Nevada)
- sociétés de production
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- Budget
- 3 500 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 8 869 $ US
- Durée2 heures 5 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Embrasse-moi, idiot! (1964) officially released in Canada in English?
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