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Casanova (1987 film)

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407:"I think you have to be very careful about excess in television", said Chamberlain. "There were a lot of seduction scenes. But those are sort of the same the world over through the centuries. Then there were court scenes with people in fantastic court dress and lots of bowing and little comments and asides and fans fluttering. I wasn't particularly aware of being on the edge of a precipice, but I felt that one's concentration had to be very sharp to keep it real." 453:
long, tedious passages... Chamberlain exudes his usual charm, but even that is put to poor use... There is little evidence of his seduction skills here. Women fling themselves at him and apparently want nothing more than his sexual favors... doesn't want to be taken very seriously, but it's too muddled and drawn out to be taken for fun, either."
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said "the film suffers for its identity crisis" and the filmmakers lacked "a clear point of view about their subject" and were "unable to establish a sustaining tone. Chamberlain's scenes with Faye Dunaway... are played as farce, while those with Ornella Muti... are played for pathos. In between are
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Chamberlain said he enjoyed playing the role "because he believed in grasping every moment of life and making the most out of it. He wasn't a tremendously high-principled man, but he lived in a time when there weren't a whole lot of highly principled people around. It was a time for fun. It was a
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said "broadly and clumsily directed by Simon Langton from a disappointing script by George MacDonald Fraser (there is also a longer, European version with nude sequences), it is consistently stolid and curiously lacking in sensuality--tepid
404:"We have the classic American and European dichotomy", said Chamberlain. "For the American version the women are covered up, and then when we switch to the European version, blouses come ripping off and there is considerably more flesh." 400:
Filming began in October 1986 and went until December. The film was shot in Spain and Italy. There were two versions – one of American television and one for European television, which was longer and contained more nudity.
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Giacomo Casanova has to give up law studies because he sleeps with his teacher's daughters. He tries the priesthood but seduces a young widow. He feuds with an Austrian noble, Razetta, after stealing the latter's mistress.
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Shales, T. (Feb 28, 1987). "The rake's progress;charming 'Casanova,' with chamberlain".
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He is thrown into prison but escapes. He later helps the French king establish a lotto.
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Henry Mietkiewicz, T. S. (Feb 25, 1987). "Chamberlain relished lusty libertine role".
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Shister, G., & David Walstad (May 11, 1985). "CAVETT'S FIGHT WITH DEPRESSION".
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Clifford Terry, T. c. (Feb 27, 1987). "DREARY TACKINESS SINKS 'MANHATTAN'".
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Luaine Lee, K. (Feb 25, 1987). "MINISERIES KING ACCEPTS NEW CHALLENGE".
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Margulies, L. (Feb 28, 1987). "ABC BURNS BOTH ENDS IN 'CASANOVA'".
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The project was announced in May 1985 with Chamberlain attached.
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George MacDonald Fraser
Simon Langton
Richard Chamberlain
Faye Dunaway
Sylvia Kristel
Ornella Muti
Hanna Schygulla
Michel Legrand
José Luis Alcaine
Hessischer Rundfunk
ABC
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Simon Langton
Giacomo Casanova
Richard Chamberlain
Faye Dunaway
Sylvia Kristel
Ornella Muti
Hanna Schygulla
Sophie Ward
Frank Finlay
Roy Kinnear
Kenneth Colley
Richard Griffiths
Patrick Ryecart
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Toby Rolt

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