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The Balcony is a 1963 film adaptation of Jean Genet's 1957 play The Balcony, directed by Joseph Strick. It stars Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant and Leonard Nimoy. George J. Folsey was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Ben Maddow was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. The film also credits the photographer Helen Levitt as an assistant director and Verna Fields as the sound editor.[2]

The Balcony
Cover art for 2000 DVD release
Directed by	Joseph Strick
Written by	Jean Genet Ben Maddow
Produced by	Ben Maddow Joseph Strick
Starring	Shelley Winters Peter Falk Leonard Nimoy Ruby Dee Lee Grant
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Chester W. Schaeffer
Distributed by	Continental Distributing
Release date	March 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,200,000 (US/Canada)[1]

Plot

Shelley Winters plays the madam of a brothel where customers play out their erotic fantasies, oblivious to a revolution that is sweeping the country. When her old friend, the chief of police (Peter Falk), asks her to impersonate the missing queen in order to reassure the people and halt the revolution, she offers instead that three of her customers play the general, bishop and chief justice, all of whom have died in the revolution.[3]

Cast

Reception

Shortly after its release, the film was negatively reviewed by The New York Times' critic Bosley Crowther,[4] but favorably reviewed in Variety: "With Jean Genet's apparent approval, Joe Strick and Ben Maddow have eliminated the play's obscene language (though it's still plenty rough) and clarified some of its obscurations. The result is a tough, vivid and dispassionate fantasy."[5]

Following the release of the DVD in 2000, Karl Wareham also reviewed the film favorably: "The Balcony is recommended for those who like an enigma of a film, one that tugs at your subconscious long after the titles fade. It’s a film that reaches to the very heart of why our society works in the way it does, and presents unrelenting questions and dilemmas."[6]

Preservation

The Academy Film Archive preserved The Balcony in 2010.[7]

See also

• List of American films of 1963

References

External links

• The Balcony at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Balcony at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] The Balcony (film)

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[ru] Балкон (фильм, 1963)

«Балкон» (англ. The Balcony) — кинематографическая адаптация пьесы Жана Жене «Балкон» режиссёра Джозефа Стрика, вышедшая на экраны в 1963 году. В фильме снимались Шелли Уинтерс, Питер Фальк, Ли Грант и Леонард Нимой. Оператор картины Джордж Дж. Фолси был номинирован на премию Американской киноакадемии за лучшую операторскую работу. Сценарист Бен Мэддоу был номинирован на премию Гильдии писателей Америки. Над фильмом также работали фотограф Элен Левитт в качестве помощника режиссёра и Верна Филдс  (англ.) (рус., который впоследствии выиграл Оскар за Лучший монтаж звука в триллере «Челюсти». Премьера картины в мире — 21 марта 1963 года.

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