Later they drop her off on the roadside and continue on. Then there's the Trolley Witch (Jean Southern) who arrives mid-journey to offer magical confections like Chocolate Frogs and Cauldron Cakes to the young witches and wizards. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Trading Places. I find the smirk on Blier's face, the face behind the camera, annoying. All aboard! Lastly, "Les Valseuses" would be remembered as a film wherein Bertrand Blier imposed his anti conformist stance against French society and its false values. Most of the films on this list only feature a train in one or two key sequences. This movie proves that with a talented cast & also talented directing a good movie is a good movie no matter the subject.It saddened me to find out Patrick Dewaere committed suicide & in the near future I,ll will check him out with Depardieu & Miou-Miou in Get Out Your Hankerchief. Simply because they are different kinds of people. When Jean-Claude and Pierrot are sleeping, Jeanne, seemingly content, commits suicide by shooting herself in the groin. A few reviewers have mentioned the word 'misogynist' in connection with this film. Unfortunately, Doc's girlfriend Clara (Mary Steenburgen) unknowingly boards the doomed train, forcing Doc to go back for her just as the furnace explodes. and the One of the most erotic scenes of this movie takes place in an empty train. Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasu Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure. Drama, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Reunite to Play. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. The rape of "Ursula" and the fight/chase sequence with the locals afterwards. Back then it was UNRATED and was the only movie of its kind ever shown on pay televisionespecially back then. Dangers aside, riding on the Hogwarts Express ranks high on the wish lists of many fans. Yes these guys were on the run, but I don't think much of note happened. (new edition). The problem I have with the majority of the movie is that it seemed to be going nowhere for a lot of it. It is also one of the many dark psychological dramas of the seventies/eighties, such as "Serie Noire", "Buffet Froid", "Beau Pere", all realized by Blier. Their encounter with Jeanne Moreau elevates this comedy to the tragic level. This is one a most famous movies of the French sexual empowerment of the seventies, starring Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere in extremely sarcastic roles. Yet by the end, everyone gets to see just how dangerous Thomas the Tank Engine can be when one of Ant-Man's growth discs accidentally lands on the toy, expanding it to the size of a real train that smashes through the house of Scott's ex-wife and crushes a police car. They notice that the home belongs to a family of three, with a daughter named Jacqueline. Coming Soon. "The Lone Ranger" (2013) was a box office bomb and disappointed audiences. An interesting but uncomfortable look at the French post-new wave sex revolution through the story of two sociopaths on a endless road trip to satisfying their desires. Support the Podcast for $5 or more, and receive cool rewards! They pick her up, determine to be kind to her, spend time with her, have lunch with her, make love with her, and she informs these scenes with a grace and dignity of her own -- before Bliers screenplay requires her to exit the film by a method as cruel as it is meaningless. The movie has a distinct (albeit brutish and rough) humanity for all its borderline depravity - the zippy/lyrical score points up the comic side of their misadventures, and even when they're at their most thuggish (like terrorizing the woman on the train), a semi-pitiful vulnerability lurks never far away (Dewaere sucks on her breasts like a baby). Though I can appreciate the central performances of Miou Miou, Patrick Dewaere ( as Pierrot) and Gerard Depardieu ( as Jean-Claude) it is not until the legendary Jeanne Moreau shows up as a just released, wary jailbird with a secret, Jeanne Pirolle that I realize what my problem is with Bertrand Blier's "Going Places": it lacks humanity, it lacks a heart, it is cold, beautifully made and . Filmed with his fave duo (Depardieu and Dewaere) and the usual dose of sex (Miou-Miou plays her typical role, at least the one from the seventies as little could we know that a decade later she would be the best French actress ever). The original French title is slang for "balls" (the testicular variety). Needing to get the train up to 88 miles per hour so it can push the DeLorean time machine into the future, Doc develops his version of "Presto Logs" to provide the engine with enough power. One gasps at the way the women are treated and yet ultimately they seem to come through very well and it is much credit to all concerned that so many potentially disastrous scenes all work so very well. I would not call it vulgar ("Dumb and Dumber" is vulgar, "The Sweetest Thing" is both vulgar and unforgivably stupid); I would call it shocking and offensive. Courageous and effective filmmaking, and a very nice introduction from Gerard Depardieu. Jeanne Moreau performs outstandingly in what must have been a very difficult role to play and including vigorous sex scenes with a couple of guys at least half her age. I wonder what women think when they see such movies. Breaking into houses to sniff underwear, feeding on a stranger's breast milk on a public bus, and fornicating in a cab at the request of one of their female subjects were just a few of the whacked escapades these guys were pulling off. I originally saw this film over 20 years and quite recently I had the misfortune to see it again. The film had a total of 5,726,031 admissions in France where it was the third highest-grossing film of the year. And even at that, its not their actions that offend us; Its the movies attitude toward them. Let's be honest if you could choose only one fantasy train to ride in, the Hogwarts Express would easily top the list. They're not experts, but they're competent enough to make their way through France by knocking over stores and lifting cars. As with that film we follow the implausible if always engaging adventures of the 2 lead characters. I guess theyre supposed to come off as pathetic anti-heroes, driven to their cretinism out of terminal ennui. Until I checked IMDb, I had no idea this movie had such a following. And that is part of their genius. "[8], The film premiered in France on 20 March 1974. As he moves from one car to another, Indy falls into a snake pit, giving him a crippling new phobia. There are laughs in it, yes, but how could anyone take this as a comedy? HBO would show it late at night back when they were they one and only movie pay channel in existence. "The Incredibles" gave us one of animation's best superhero families but it all started with a massive train accident that completely destroyed the superhero community. Walt Disney Studios. In a world of bourgeois hypocrisy, he seems to be saying, these drifters are revolutionaries: The only authentic lives are those lived by outlaws. The Lone Ranger. [9], In 1974, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "Despite its occasional charm, its several amusing moments and the touching scenes played by Jeanne Moreau, Going Places is a film of truly cynical decadence. Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) and Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) get into a punch up that takes them up and down a skyscraper and then inside and outside a high-speed train. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. Dont worry, it wont take long. It was probably the closest thing I had ever seen to pornography at the young age of 7 or 8. Back then it was UNRATED and was the only movie of its kind ever shown on pay televisionespecially back then. They also have plenty of sexual conquests, including one with the young, attractive Marie-Ange (Miou-Miou), and the older ex-con, Jeanne (Jeanne Moreau). The train wreckage actually stayed at the bottom of Oregon's Row River until it was salvaged for iron during World War II although you can still see bits of it today. Fortunately, Peter recovers his powers for the film's climax just in time to face off against Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina), on top of a high-speed train. His talent is trivialized in "The Waltzers" aka "Going Places". Seen up close, the battle takes on epic proportions as Ant-Man lifts entire box cars and flings them at his enemy. Hell the main characters are definitely easily unlikable, but the movie doesn't try to present them as anything other than that. After gaining size-altering powers from Doctor Hank Pym's Ant-Man suit, Scott Lang secretly uses his abilities to watch over his daughter Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson). It would be far more offensive if these men, who would do favors for women just so they can get laid, if the movie tried to make them into good and likable characters. Box office flop or not, this scene holds up remarkably well in repeat viewings. Despite being already rated "18" the German version is heavily cut, removing the following scenes: I can remember seeing this movie as a kid in 1977 or 1978. Copyright Fandango. But it's Ethan'sepic battle atop a speeding TGV train in the original "Mission Impossible" (1996) that first made audiences sit up and take notice. I mean it only becomes like that in the last act of the movie or so, when Jeanne's son gets out of prison. Pure logic (not to mention our hopes against hope) would have had her killing them and finishing the movie by herself. Its story involved two loutish, brutal and unclean young men, Jean-Claude and Pierrot, who drift about France endlessly in a series of stolen cars. Going Places Movie. Taking place during the American Civil War, we follow the adventures of Western & Atlantic Railroad Confederate train engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton) and his beloved locomotive "The General.". There's a complex and disturbing sequence in a train with a young woman (Brigitte Fossey) nursing her baby. There was Easy Rider, with its narcissistic, and masochistic victims of society. Romantic movies offer tearful farewell scenes at train stations. Good for Cinema Vampires, Not for the General Public. It was released in the United States on 13 May the same year and the United Kingdom on 23 October 1975. However, even the harshest critics couldn't help but admire the final chase scene where the Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) and Tonto (Johnny Depp) engage in one of the mostepic train battles in movie history. And no, I'm not particularly proud of that feeling. Spider-Man 2. Actually, when I think of it, two buddies had done something good to the women they came across to: they prepared a woman in the train (the lovely, docile blonde Brigitte Fossey who started her movie career with one of the most impressive debuts in Ren Clment's "Forbidden Games"(1952) at age 6) for the meeting with her husband whom she had not seen for two months; they found a man who was finally able to get a frigid Marie-Ange (Miou-Miou) exited and satisfied; they enlightened and educated young and very willing Isabelle Huppert (in one of her early screen appearances.) You're almost there! Print or cut out a variety of transportation pictures (airplane, train, ship, bus, car). In any event, not much further on down the road they kidnap a dumb blond (thats the only term for her, as portrayed) and she comes along as a sort of sexual punching bag. Sometimes, what makes a good train scene is all a matter of perspective. What's truly remarkable about this scene is that the train that falls into the river really is a full working steam locomotive and cars and not a model. Stupid. However, even the harshest critics couldn't help but admire the final chase scene . If a movie is advertised as a comedy, its got to be funny -- right? Since the early silent films, trains have been a staple in practically every movie genre imaginable. The sources for a movie like this are in pretty clear view. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. I'd give it a ten for atmosphere and performances, but the misogyny of the characters (and, by implication, that of the author, who both wrote the story and filmed it) is too sickening, reaching truly horrifying proportions in the end chosen for Jeanne Moreau's character. After they evade their pursuers, they loot the purse but are disappointed to find almost no money. / Les valseuses / Street Date November 1, 2011 / 29.95 Starring Grard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Chailleux, Isabelle Huppert. They return to Marie-Ange and force her to have sex with both of them, Pierrot again being able to get an erection. The film was produced by CAPAC, UPF and Prodis. The only authentic women are those who are degraded. Depending on the type of movie you're watching, however, a train scene can evoke a wide range of emotions. Ethan follows and, against insane wind resistance, tethers the helicopter to the train so that it flies into the Channel Tunnel. GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS and TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU will follow this gem. When he is released several weeks later, Jean-Claude and Pierrot tell him that Jeanne asked them to help him. His performance shocks, entertains, disgusts and charms you while leaving you breathless. There were all the other road movies, concealing their lack of form and direction by making an episodic journey into an excuse for itself. Then in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," rival Draco Malfoy petrifies Potter when he spies on the Slytherin carriage. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. I saw this film when it first played in 1974 and hated it. Bertrand Blier's anarchic comedy is full of artistic resonance, and it sure has a special meaning to me: not only because a friend of mine made me see it to let me know what he wanted to do (oh, those labyrinthine tactics of old! This film was shot in the very early days of his film career and is very raw, but still is able to convey the mastery of Depardieu. 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