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Contempt (1963) [NR]

Release Date:
October 29, 1963

Original Title:
Le Mépris

Alternate Titles:
Contempt!
Desprezo
El menyspreu
I perifronisi
Jag föraktar dig
Keibetsu
Prezir
Sen täytyi tapahtua
Περιφρόνηση
Презрение

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
C. C. Champion
Les Films Concordia
Rome-Paris Films

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  BR: 16  DE: 16|6  FI: K-16  FR: TP  IT: 14+  NL: 12  PT: M/12  SE: 11  US: NR 

Runtime: 103

More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!

Overview from TheMovieDB

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

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British Film Institute (BFI)
2012
#21		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#44		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Joe D'Amato

Assistant Director:
Charles L. Bitsch

Costume Design:
Tanine Autré

Director:
Jean-Luc Godard

Director of Photography:
Raoul Coutard

Editor:
Agnès Guillemot
Lila Lakshmanan

Electrician:
Cristo Verrillo

Grip:
Roger Robert

Makeup Artist:
Odette Berroyer

Novel:
Alberto Moravia

Original Music Composer:
Georges Delerue

Producer:
Joseph E. Levine
Carlo Ponti
Georges de Beauregard

Production Manager:
Philippe Dussart
Carlo Lastricati

Publicist:
Annie Chauvet
Bertrand Tavernier

Screenplay:
Jean-Luc Godard

Script Supervisor:
Suzanne Schiffman

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Alain Levent

Sound:
William Robert Sivel

Still Photographer:
Jicky Dussart

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