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Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still ... Read allMonsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

27K

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The elaborate set of Tativille had its own roads, electrical systems and - in one of the office buildings - a fully working elevator.

Goofs
The escalator handrails aren't moving in the airport scene. The actors skim their hands along pretending it's moving, when you can see by reflections of its surface that it is indeed not.

Quotes
Barbara, Young Tourist: How do you say "drugstore" in French?
Monsieur Hulot: Drugstore.

Crazy credits
The title isn't shown until the end of the opening credits. Additionally, there are no end credits. The final shot simply fades out and there is about a minute of exit music.

Alternate versions
The first cut of the film ran 155 minutes with intermission and exit music. This version, which ran for six months, was edited down by Tati himself to 135 minutes based on audience reactions. It was released on 70 mm with 6-Track sound. In the US the film was released with a running time of 93 min. and 1-Track mono sound. Other versions ran between 108-120 min. and were released on 35 mm with 4-Track Stereo sound (quadraphonic). When the film was re-released in France of 1978, cinemas refused to screen the film if it was over two hours long so Tati edited it down to 119 minutes. In 2002 the film was restored a length of 124 minutes based on two surviving copies of the 135 minute cut. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 and is the version that is widely available since.

Connections
Edited into L'ombre qui pensait plus vite que son homme (1991)

Soundtracks
L'Opéra des Jours Heureux
Music by Francis Lemarque
Lyrics by Francis Lemarque
Performed by Francis Lemarque

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Featured review

9/10

Strong warning about this masterpiece

Don't see this film on TV. This film was shot on 70 mm and you should see it in the cinema on a LARGE screen. I've seen the film in the cinema first, it was brilliant. Later I saw it on TV, it was mediocre the most. Then I saw it in the cinema again, and again it was brilliant. Why? The quality of this film is in the small details. In some scenes, you just don't know where to look because so much is happening at once. On TV, all these details get lost. DVD won't help! A TV just has way too few pixels! This film relies not on story (there hardly is one), but on inventive and imaginative images. Watch the 70 mm version in the cinema, and enjoy the biggest film this genius ever made, with sometimes subtle, sometime hilarious humor!!!