Viva Maria!
by Louis Malle
List Price:
Our Price: $4.37
You Save: $10.61 (71%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.99 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Brigitte Bardot, Claudio Brook, George Hamilton, Jeanne Moreau, Paulette DubostDirector: Louis Malle
Brand: BARDOT,BRIGITTE
Cinematographer: Henri Decaë
Writer: Louis Malle
Editor: Kenout Peltier
Editor: Suzanne Baron
Producer: Óscar Dancigers
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Viva Maria!
Movie Review: Malle, Bardot and Moreau: a unique combination
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I've fallen in love with this movie when I was 22 and I still love it at 64. Did Louis Malle make any other comedies like this? I don't know. It's a masterpiece by an allround master of cinema giving his hand to comedy. Of course I know all his great 'serious' movies, what film-goer doesn't at my age in Europe. Newcomers please consult the IMDB. "Show but no substance" says Halliwell. But then he probably didn't get the satire (very French). And not the unique interplay of Bardot (for once allowed to be as beautifull as sexy and intelligent) and Moreau (who was always the sophisticated sexy one). "But" a show? what a show!
So I won't give you a summary - you can easily get that at Am.com, but a rating of what interests ME most cf. new releases: This DVD-transfer is ok, clear picture and sound, not restored but acceptable, and I wish I could get rid of the English subtitles.
Summary of Viva Maria!
France's most famous bombshells, Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, "make an unbeatable comedy team" (Motion Picture Herald) in this "joyfully romantic fairy tale for adults!" (Life)! "Fast-moving, eye-catching and filled with sight gags" (Cue), this hysterical film from three-time OscarÂ(r)-nominated* director Louis Malle (My Dinner With Andre) and co-writer Jean-Claude Carriere satirizes everything from American westerns to revolutions, dictators, the Church, priesthood and even sex itself! When two women Â? both named Maria Â? unwittingly invent the striptease circa 1910, they become such a hit that enthusiastic audiences strip along with them! But when one of the Marias falls for a handsome revolutionary (George Hamilton), she finds that she has unwittingly embroiled the two of them in an armed peasant revolt! *1987: Original Screenplay, Au Revoir Les Enfants; 1981: Director, Atlantic City; 1972: Director, Murmur of the HeartSimilar DVD Movies
MademoiselleMOREAU,JEANNE; Release date: 2002-03-05; DVD
Best price: $2.19
Price in other shops:
Les FemmesRelease date: 2000-04-25; DVD
Best price: $49.94
Please Not Now!Release date: 2000-04-25; DVD
Best price: $49.15
The NovicesPathfinder Home ENT; Release date: 2003-07-29; DVD
Best price: $10.95
Price in other shops:
The Girl in the BikiniKoch International; Release date: 2007-02-13; DVD
Best price: $8.29
Price in other shops:
Contempt (The Criterion Collection)Release date: 2002-12-10; DVD
Best price: $17.99
Price in other shops:
mademoiselle stripteaseRelease date: 2009-08-26; DVD
Best price: $8.99
The Brigitte Bardot Classic CollectionImage Entertainment; Release date: 2009-12-08; DVD
Best price: $10.73
Price in other shops:
Brigitte Bardot Five-Film Collection (Naughty Girl / Love on a Pillow / The Vixen / Come Dance with Me / Two Weeks in September)Lions Gate; Release date: 2007-08-07; DVD
Best price: $19.43
Price in other shops:
...And God Created Woman (The Criterion Collection)Image Entertainment; Release date: 2000-11-21; DVD
Best price: $17.71
Price in other shops: