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My Geisha
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC |
| Contributor | Edward G. Robinson, Yves Montland, Jack Cardiff, Shirley Maclaine |
| Language | English, Spanish, French |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 59 minutes |
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A director's wife poses as a geisha to win the lead in his Japanese production of "Madame Butterfly.]Director's wife poses as geisha to be in opera.]0]]Jack Cardiff]]]Shirley MacLaine]Yves Montand]Edward G. Robinson]Robert Cummings]Yoko Tani]Tatsuo Saito]Tamae Kyokawa]Ichi Hayakawa]Alex Gerry]
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
- Item model number : PAMT675516DVD
- Director : Jack Cardiff
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 59 minutes
- Release date : August 6, 2013
- Actors : Shirley Maclaine, Edward G. Robinson, Yves Montland
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : Unqualified (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (Mono)
- Studio : Warner Archive / Paramount
- ASIN : B00ECWA0PW
- Country of Origin : Andorra
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #98,209 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #12,254 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
- #17,409 in Drama DVDs
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When celebrated movie director Paul Robaix (Yves Montand) decides to do a new version of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" on location in Japan, his actress wife Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine) secretly follows him, dresses in traditional geisha costume and lands the title role! An hilarious comedy of switched identity ensues.
Shirley MacLaine positively glows as Lucy, and looks very beautiful in her geisha disguises (Edith Head deservedly received an Oscar nomination for her colour costume designs). Yves Montand, always a little bit stiff when paired with his American leading ladies, tries his best to conjure up a rapport with MacLaine, but this is very much Shirley's show. Edward G. Robinson and Bob Cummings have fun supporting roles.
Filmed entirely on location in Japan, MY GEISHA was the climax of a fascination with the country for MacLaine and her husband Steve Parker, who lived there for a period. The visuals capture Japan at the height of it's beauty.
The new DVD edition of MY GEISHA is very pleasing. There is some minor image-flicker in certain scenes, but the colours are bold and strong; audio is offered in both 5.1 surround and 2-channel mono.
The DVD is gorgeous, the beautiful filming owing to the peerless Jack Cardiff, who can make you think the shots are really where they look like they're happening, on Mount Fujiyama. If you look closely you can see they're not what they appear to be. Cardiff (as cinematographer) fooled us in Black Narcissus, making us believe the scenes took place in the Himalayan Mountains, rather than the studio lot.
This time, not only do the settings deceive us, but the characters deceive each other in the same kind of way.
Like Julie Andrews in "Victor Victoria", you need to suspend disbelief a little, even with the Geisha makeup, one cant imagine how husband Yves Montand doesnt recognise her, but the performances and the charm of the idea and the lush cinematography an d the theatrics of the piece make up a delightful package. Interesting to note that the film was inspired somewhat by Maclaine's relationship with film producer Steve Parker who also produced the film and to whom she was married at the time of the making of it.

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