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The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe Collection [DVD]

Mireille Darc , Bernard Blier , Yves Robert    Parental Guidance   DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort
  • Directors: Yves Robert
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Arrow Video
  • DVD Release Date: 23 April 2007
  • Run Time: 163 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000MQCBLS
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,990 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Pair of farcical French comedy/mystery classics by Yves Robert: In 'The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe' (1972) secret agency chief Toulouse knows that his assistant is after his job. To thwart his deputy's ambitions he sets a trap by arranging for him to investigate a 'nobody' he has picked out at Orly Airport. In fact this decoy is a harmless violinist completely innocent of any crimes. But even his ordinary life under the constant scrutiny of surveillance appears to be weird and suspicious. In 'The Return of The Tall Blond Man' (1974) after his initial series of misadventures, the Tall Blond Man with his Catherine by his side has left for Brazil, wearing his trademark one black shoe and carrying his violin. Unbeknownst to him, however, he's still under surveillance as Milan's death is under investigation by a diligent and over-zealous police captain.


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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Director Yves Robert (who cameos as a conductor) and co-writer Francis Veber's The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe is built around a simple idea: that any innocent man seen at close range looks inherently suspicious. In this case the man is Pierre Richard's weak-willed concert violinist who unwittingly finds himself used by Jean Rochefort's secret service chief to distract ambitious rival Bernard Blier into revealing his own private spy network. Unfortunately the set up takes so long that the picture is in danger of turning into a genuine run of the mill spy thriller for the first half hour, but once it gets going and Richard is allowed to display his impressive talent for physical comedy, whether it be with a dropped cigarette or a flawless pratfall, and best friend Jean Carmet goes through an impressive display of numbed reactions to the mounting number of dead bodies no-one else ever seems to discover, it's not too hard to understand why it became one of the best loved French comedies both at home and abroad. Vladmir Cosma's infectiously enjoyable theme tune with Gheorghe Zamfir on the pan pipes doesn't hurt any either.

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe cleverly reverses the premise of the original: rather than being an unwitting tool unaware he's supposed to be a spy drawn into a plot, this time Richard has to pretend to be a spy to get out of one as Rochefort finds himself alternately trying to kill him or protect him in the political fallout from the events in the previous film. In some ways it's a weaker film with a thinner and more obvious plot, but along the way it offers plenty of laughs built around Richard's ongoing obliviousness to the numerous failed attempts on his life and his own constant confusion over who is and who isn't in on his masquerade and Carmet's confusion over whether his friend is or isn't really a spy. Mireille Darc has a lot less to do this time - mainly be happy in the first half hour and turn up in another very low-cut dress in the finale - but things are a lot quicker to get started this time round.

While Arrow's UK DVD with both films is fairly aedequate, the remastered French widescreen DVDs are a better bet, with a superior English subtitle translation and some decent extras with the main players that are unfortunately unsubtitled.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a viewer 20 April 2012
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Very difficult to find more ways of complimenting such a fine film. Very funny. Great timing. So well acted. Farcical but not ridiculously so. Deserves all the high praise it has been given. Great entertainment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent French comedy classic 14 Jan 2012
By Artsreadings TOP 1000 REVIEWER
The storyline was written by one of the best in their category in France at the time.

The cast gathered some of the best actors of the day and the story is really good to hook the viewer from beginning to end.

Beyond the comical dimension of the story, there is also a prompt to reflect on individual liberty and privacy rights which is a timeless issue.

Great soundtrack too by one of the best - if not the best - France-based soundtrack composer.
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