Romantic comedy about insurance man Steve Blackburn and recently divorced fashion designer Vickie Alessio, who become clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst. Dame Glenda Jackson won an O... Read allRomantic comedy about insurance man Steve Blackburn and recently divorced fashion designer Vickie Alessio, who become clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst. Dame Glenda Jackson won an Oscar for her performance in the female lead.Romantic comedy about insurance man Steve Blackburn and recently divorced fashion designer Vickie Alessio, who become clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst. Dame Glenda Jackson won an Oscar for her performance in the female lead.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 10 nominations total
- Patty Menkes
- (as K. Callan)
- Miss Ramos
- (as Eve Karpf)
- Gay Worker
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Melvin Frank
- Jack Rose
- Marvin Frank(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaGlenda Jackson's Best Actress Academy Award win for this movie was so shocking to viewers of the ceremony that a recount was considered for the votes. The Oscar was rumored to be going to Marsha Mason for 'Cinderella Liberty' (1973) or Ellen Burstyn for 'The Exorcist' (1973) as they were the front runners.
- GoofsEarly on in the film, when Vicki and Steve first share the taxi, it is reflected in the windscreen of the taxi just as it pulls up to drop Vicki off in the rain.
- Quotes
Vickie Allessio: [Steve has just asked Vickie to lunch] Oh, what the hell. A girl has to eat.
- ConnectionsFeatured in It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 (1979)
The comedy is in high form as the couple spar and parry towards consummating their relationship. Unfortunately, love enters the equation, and the unwelcome friend slows the merriment further with a serious turn about guilt. Although the pace picks up again when the couple returns to London, the damage has been done, and "A Touch of Class" fails to return to the hilarity of the first hour. Segal and Jackson are certainly not to blame for the sluggish mid section, and both performers deliver fine comedic performances that never go over the top for a laugh and retain a depth of character when the mood turns serious. The film belongs to the two stars, and they play well together. However, the supporting players in general fail to register with the exception of Eve Karpf as the slyly knowing Miss Ramos at Iberia Airlines.
Symptomatic of the movie's slowdown is a scene where Jackson and Segal watch "Brief Encounter" on the television in their love nest. The Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard classic is a heavy "weepie" drama, and both characters wring the handkerchiefs while they watch the film. Although the temptation to insert shots from another film about marital infidelity was obviously too strong to resist, the scene further dampens the film and pushes the characters into a soul-searching phase that leads to the inevitable fadeout. Perhaps if the lovers had watched "A Night at the Opera" or "Bringing Up Baby," viewers would have left the theater laughing instead of sullen like the weather in the final scene.
- dglink
- Nov 4, 2005
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- Also known as
- Ljubavnik velikog stila
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- Gross US & Canada
- $18,312,000
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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