*On TCM @ 2:45 a.m, Victor/Victoria (1982)

[elleng]

2:45 AM -- Victor/Victoria (1982)
2h 14m | Comedy | TV-MA
Julie Andrews stars as a struggling Paris cabaret singer who becomes the toast o...
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston

Winner of an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score -- Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse

Nominee for Oscars 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 Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Blake Edwards, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -- Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith and Harry Cordwell, and Best Costume Design -- Patricia Norris

Leslie Ann Warren in an interview said that as written the role of Norma was just acting. She had her hair bleached and created her accent, and when Blake Edward's saw and heard her he asked if she still sang and danced. She replied yes, and he then had the nightclub chorus line song and dance number written and added to the movie to show her off even more as a chorus girl.


((P.S. Watched last 1/3 of Two Women after 1 p.m. ))

[Grasswire2]

1. My ALL-TIME favorite movie.

Just love it.

[Mad_Dem_X]

2. Sensational Movie.

Such great music in it, too. ("Le Jazz Hot" is my fave.)

[mysteryowl]

3. I just have basic tv, so no TCM

Enjoy! but that is in the middle of the night!

[ShazzieB]

4. I just set my DVRo record this.

Will watch sometime this weekend.

[Paladin]

5. Robert Preston hits it out of the park. Great movie. (nt)