Sunday Lovers
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Sunday Lovers is a 1980 internationally co-produced romantic comedy film
directed by Bryan Forbes
, Gene Wilder
, Dino Risi and Edouard Molinaro
. It starred Roger Moore
, Gene Wilder, Priscilla Barnes, Lynn Redgrave
, Denholm Elliott
and Kathleen Quinlan
. It is split into four segments, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy).
The film is notable for its use of sepia tones and slow wide angle shots to build a sense of impending dread. It was released in Italy in October of 1980 and in America in early 1981 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists.
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...
directed by Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes, CBE is an English film director, actor and writer.-Career:Bryan Forbes was born John Theobald Clarke on 22 July 1926 in Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, West Ham, Essex , and grew up at 43 Cranmer Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex .Forbes trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of...
, Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder is an American stage and screen actor, director, screenwriter, and author.Wilder began his career on stage, making his screen debut in the film Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. His first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers...
, Dino Risi and Edouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro is a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was born in Gironde, Bordeaux.He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès , My Uncle Benjamin , Dracula and Son , and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro (born 13 May 1928) is a French...
. It starred Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
, Gene Wilder, Priscilla Barnes, Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
, Denholm Elliott
Denholm Elliott
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English film, television and theatre actor with over 120 film and television credits...
and Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.-Personal life:...
. It is split into four segments, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy).
The film is notable for its use of sepia tones and slow wide angle shots to build a sense of impending dread. It was released in Italy in October of 1980 and in America in early 1981 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists.
Cast
- Roger MooreRoger MooreSir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
... Harry Lindon (segment "An Englishman's Home") - Lino VenturaLino VenturaLino Ventura , was an Italian actor who starred in French movies.-Biography:Born as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, "Lino" dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs...
... François Quérole (segment "The French Method") - Priscilla Barnes ... Donna (segment "An Englishman's Home")
- Gene WilderGene WilderGene Wilder is an American stage and screen actor, director, screenwriter, and author.Wilder began his career on stage, making his screen debut in the film Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. His first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers...
... Skippy (segment "Skippy") - Lynn RedgraveLynn RedgraveLynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
... Lady Davina (segment "An Englishman's Home") - Kathleen QuinlanKathleen QuinlanKathleen Denise Quinlan is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.-Personal life:...
... Laurie (segment "Skippy") - Ugo TognazziUgo TognazziUgo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life:Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.After his return in the native city in 1936, he...
... Armando (segment "Armando's Notebook") - Catherine Salviat ... Christine (segment "The French Method")
- Liù Bosisio ... Anna (segment "Armando's Notebook")
- Denholm ElliottDenholm ElliottDenholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English film, television and theatre actor with over 120 film and television credits...
... Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home") - Sylva KoscinaSylva KoscinaSylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:...
... Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook") - Beba LoncarBeba LoncarDesanka "Beba" Lončar is a Serbian-Italian film actress. She appeared in 52 films between 1960 and 1982. She was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia...
... Marisa (segment "Armando's Notebook") - Rossana PodestàRossana PodestàRossana Podestà is a former Italian actress.-Life:She was born in the Italian colony of Libya, where she spent her first years in Tripoli and later moved to Rome after World War II...
... Clara (segment "Armando's Notebook") - Milena VukoticMilena VukoticMilena Vukotic is a former ballerina and a stage, television, and film actress.Vukotic was born in Rome, to a Serbian Montenegrian comediographer father and an Italian pianist/composer mother....
... Nora (segment "Armando's Notebook") - Robert WebberRobert WebberRobert L. Webber was an American actor who starred as Juror #12 in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men.Webber was born in Santa Ana, California, the son of Alice and Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman. He was a U.S. Marine during World War II serving on Guam and Okinawa...
... Henry Morrison (segment "The French Method") - George Hillsden ... (segment "An Englishman's Home")
- Adelita Requena ... (segment "The French Method")
- Tommy DugganTommy Duggan (actor)Tommy Duggan was an Irish actor who contributed to British television and film from the 1940s to the 1990s. Film appearances include supporting roles in Dangerous Moonlight , Thunder Rock , A Matter of Life and Death , The Elusive Pimpernel , The Belles of St Trinian's , Gorgo , The Omen...
... (segment "Skippy") - Pierre Douglas ... Levègue (segment "The French Method")
- Michèle Montel ... Michèle Perrin (segment "The French Method")
- Madeleine Barbulée ... Mamie (segment "The French Method")
- Gino Da Ronch ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
- Lory Del Santo ... (segment "Armando's Notebook") (as Loredana Del Santo)
- Gianfilippo Carcano ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
- Vittorio Zarfati ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
- María Teresa Lombardo ... (segment "Armando's Notebook")
- Dianne Crittenden ... Maggie (segment "Skippy")
- Luis AvalosLuis AvalosLuis Avalos is a Cuban character actor. He has made numerous film and television appearances, most notably in the 1970s children's television show, The Electric Company...
... (segment "Skippy") - Randolph Dobbs ... (segment "Skippy")
- Catherine SpaakCatherine Spaak-Biography:Spaak was born at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine . She is the niece of Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak.She spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star...
... Carletta, the psychoanalyst (segment "Armando's Notebook") - Francesco D'Adda ... Husband of Woman Next Door (segment "Armando's Notebook") (uncredited)