Commencez la révolution sans nous

Original title: Start the Revolution Without Me

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6.4/10

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Donald Sutherland and Gene Wilder in Commencez la révolution sans nous (1970)

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Two mismatched sets of identical twins, one aristocrat, one peasant, mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.Two mismatched sets of identical twins, one aristocrat, one peasant, mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.Two mismatched sets of identical twins, one aristocrat, one peasant, mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.

Director
- Bud Yorkin
Writers
- Fred Freeman
- Lawrence J. Cohen
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bud Yorkin
Writers
- Fred Freeman
- Lawrence J. Cohen
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Gene Wilder already was adept with a sword from his days on his college fencing team.

Goofs
Twentieth century buses visible on a bridge in background of swordfight.

Quotes
Duke d'Escargot: What brings you to Paris?
Claude: Oh, you might say a little business...
Charles: ...and a little pleasure.
Duke d'Escargot: Which do you prefer? Business, or pleasure?
Charles: Well that depends on what you regard as business.
Claude: And, what you may regard as pleasure!
Duke d'Escargot: In Paris we say, business is pleasure.
Charles: And to us, pleasure is our business.
Duke d'Escargot: Then your business should be a pleasure, making my pleasure a business.
Claude: Unless, some mistake business for pleasure. While others know no business but pleasure.
Duke d'Escargot: In that case sir I will show you my business.
Claude: My pleasure.

Connections
Edited into The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova (1977)

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Featured review

9/10

FANTASTIC but not for everyone

I loved this movie and it's one of my all-time favorite comedies, though I realize it is NOT for everyone's taste.

To enjoy this movie, you MUST have a high tolerance for the weird and silly. So, this means that the movie would go over well with Monty Python fans but would not appeal to most teenagers or those who MUST view only conventional comedies.

The plot is a hopeless mish-mash of both Alexander Dumas' books and French history. Is it historically accurate? Not even close!! But, its non-stop energy and weirdness is VERY infectious if you give it a chance. The story begins with the Count DeSisi and his wife stopping at a country doctor's home as the Countess is about to give birth. Only minutes later, a commoner, Mr. Coupe arrives with his extremely pregnant wife as well. BOTH women give birth to identical twins but the babies are mismatched and both families raise both a DeSisi AND a Coupe child.

Years pass until the poor Coupes are mistaken for the highly dangerous (and psychotic) DeSisis--and then the fun begins!!! People who would like this film are also those who love The Producers, Monty Python and the Hold Grail and Strange Brew. If any of these movies make your head hurt or just don't make sense, then avoid Start the Revoluition Without Me--because it WILL hurt your head and make NOT ONE BIT OF SENSE.

"Are you HAPPY?!.......You've Broken My Bird!!!"