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{{Infobox Film
{{Infobox film
| name = Charade
| name = Charade
| image = Charade_movieposter.jpg
| image = Charade (1963 poster).jpg
| image_size = 215px
| alt =
| caption = original film poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Stanley Donen]]
| director = [[Stanley Donen]]
| based_on = {{based on|''The Unsuspecting Wife'' <br />1961 short story<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/30/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Obituary: Marc Behm|first=Christopher|last=Hawtree|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 October 2007|access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref>|[[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]] <br /> with [[Marc Behm]]}}
| screenplay = [[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]]
| story = Peter Stone<br>[[Marc Behm]]<ref name=afi />
| producer = Stanley Donen
| producer = Stanley Donen
| writer = [[Marc Behm]] ''(story)''<br> [[Peter Stone]]<br>''(story and screenplay)''
| starring = {{ubl|[[Cary Grant]]|[[Audrey Hepburn]]|[[Walter Matthau]]|[[James Coburn]]}}
| starring = [[Cary Grant]]<br>[[Audrey Hepburn]]
| music = [[Henry Mancini]]
| cinematography = [[Charles Lang]]
| cinematography = [[Charles Lang]]
| editing = [[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]
| editing = [[Jim Clark (film editor)|James Clark]]
| music = [[Henry Mancini]]<br>'''Song:'''<br>Henry Mancini (music)<br>[[Johnny Mercer]] (lyrics)
| studio = [[Stanley Donen|Stanley Donen Films]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released = 5 December {{fy|1963}} ''<small>(US)</small>''
| released = {{Film date|1963|9|24|''DC''}}{{Film date|1963|12|5|''NYC''}}{{Film date|1963|12|25|''LA''}}<ref name=afi />
| runtime = 113 minutes
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = {{FilmUS}}
| country = United States
| language = {{English}}
| language = English
| budget = $3 million<ref name="walker">{{cite book |first=Alexander |last=Walker |author-link=Alexander Walker (critic) |title=Hollywood, England |publisher=Stein and Day |year=1974 |page=341}}</ref>
| budget =
| gross = $13.4 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Movie: Charade |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1963/0CRDD.php |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref>
| gross =
| imdb_id = 0056923
}}
}}
'''''Charade''''' is a {{fy|1963}} film written by [[Peter Stone]] and [[Marc Behm]], directed by [[Stanley Donen]], and starring [[Cary Grant]] and [[Audrey Hepburn]]. It also features [[Walter Matthau]], [[James Coburn]], [[George Kennedy]], Dominique Minot, [[Ned Glass]], and [[Jacques Marin]]. It spans three genres: [[suspense thriller]], [[romance films|romance]], and [[comedy films|comedy]].


'''''Charade''''' is a 1963 American [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy]]<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|23175|Charade}}</ref> [[mystery film]] produced and directed by [[Stanley Donen]],<ref name="Charade">{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3838/charade#credits|title=Charade|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=November 7, 2022}}</ref> written by [[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]] and [[Marc Behm]], and starring [[Cary Grant]] and [[Audrey Hepburn]]. The cast also features [[Walter Matthau]], [[James Coburn]], [[George Kennedy]], Dominique Minot, [[Ned Glass]] and [[Jacques Marin]]. It spans three genres: [[suspense thriller]], [[Romance film|romance]] and [[Comedy film|comedy]].
The film is notable for its screenplay, especially the [[repartee]] between Grant and Hepburn, for having been filmed on location in [[Paris]], for [[Henry Mancini]]'s score and theme song, and for the animated titles by [[Maurice Binder]]. ''Charade'' has been referred to as "the best Hitchcock movie that [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] never made." <ref>[http://decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/charade.html Decent Films Guide: Charade]</ref>


''Charade'' was praised by critics for its screenplay and the chemistry between Grant and Hepburn.<ref name="tomatoes"/> It has been called "the best [[Hitchcockian|Hitchcock movie]] [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] never made".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/charade.html | title = Charade | first = Steven D. | last = Greydanus | work = Decent Films | access-date = April 27, 2015}}</ref> It was filmed on location in Paris and contains animated titles by [[Maurice Binder]]. [[Henry Mancini]]'s score features the popular theme song "[[Charade (1963 song)|Charade]]".
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In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Ulaby">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1141630795/iron-man-super-fly-and-carrie-are-inducted-into-the-national-film-registry|title=' Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry|date=December 14, 2022|first=Neda|last=Ulaby|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
== Plot ==
Regina "Reggie" Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) meets a charming stranger calling himself Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) on a skiing holiday in [[Megève]]. She returns to Paris, planning to ask husband Charles for a divorce, but finds all of their possessions gone. The police notify her that Charles has been murdered, thrown from a train. They give Regina her husband's travel bag. At the funeral, Regina is struck by the odd characters who show up to view the body, including one who sticks the corpse with a pin to verify he is dead.


==Plot==
She is summoned to the [[American diplomatic missions|U.S. Embassy]], where she meets [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent Hamilton Bartholomew <!-- this is the correct spelling; IMDb is wrong; see Criterion DVD at 18:58 into the film-->(Walter Matthau). He informs her Charles was involved in a theft during [[World War II]]. As part of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] (the predecessor of the CIA), he, "Tex" Panthollow (James Coburn), Herman Scobie (George Kennedy), Leopold W. Gideon (Ned Glass) and Carson Dyle were parachuted behind enemy lines to deliver $250,000 in gold to the [[French Resistance]]. Instead, they buried it, but were then ambushed by a German patrol. Dyle was badly wounded and left to die; the rest got away. Charles doublecrossed them, digging up the gold and selling it. He was killed but the money remained missing &ndash; and the U.S. government also wants the money back. Reggie recognizes the oddballs from the funeral in pictures shown to her by Bartholomew. He insists she has the money, even if she doesn't know where it is.
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While on holiday in the [[French Alps]], Regina "Reggie" Lampert, an American expatriate working as a [[Simultaneous interpretation|simultaneous interpreter]], tells her friend Sylvie that she is divorcing her husband Charles. She also meets Peter Joshua, a charming American.


On her return to [[Paris]], she finds her apartment stripped bare. A police inspector says that Charles auctioned off their belongings, then was murdered after leaving Paris. Reggie is given Charles's small travel bag containing a letter addressed to her, a ship ticket to [[Venezuela]], four passports in multiple names and nationalities, and miscellaneous personal items. At Charles's sparsely attended funeral, three men show up to view the body. One sticks a pin into the corpse to confirm Charles is dead. Another uses a hand mirror to see if he is breathing.
Peter appears and offers to help her figure out what to do. Reggie becomes attracted to him, even though he keeps changing his name (simultaneously amusing and confusing her) and unabashedly admits he's after her late husband's money as well. The dead man's partners in crime assume Reggie knows where the money is and demand their share. Unbeknownst to her, Peter is in league with them, though none of the men trust each other.


Reggie is summoned to meet [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] administrator Hamilton Bartholomew at the [[Embassy of the United States, Paris|American Embassy]]. She learns that the three men are Herman Scobie, Leopold W. Gideon and Tex Panthollow. During [[World War II]], they, Charles, and Carson Dyle were assigned by the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] to deliver $250,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|.250000|1944|r=1}}}} million in current dollars) in gold to the [[French Resistance]], but instead stole it. Carson was wounded in a German ambush and left behind. Charles double-crossed the others, taking all the gold. The three survivors are after the missing money, as is the U.S. government. Hamilton insists that Reggie has it, even if she does not know what or where it is&mdash;and that she is in great danger.
They begin turning up dead &mdash; first Scobie, then Gideon. Reggie and Peter go to the location of Charles' last appointment and find an outdoor market. They also spot Tex there. Reggie and Peter split up, with Peter following Tex.


Peter finds Reggie and helps her move into a hotel. The three criminals separately threaten her, each convinced that she knows where the money is. Herman shocks her by claiming that Peter is in cahoots with them, after which Peter says that he is Carson Dyle's brother Alexander and is trying to bring the others to justice, believing they killed Carson. As the hunt for the money continues, Herman and Leopold are murdered. Hamilton tells Reggie that Carson Dyle had no brother. When she confronts Alexander, he says that he is Adam Canfield, a professional thief. Although frustrated by his dishonesty, Reggie still trusts him.
It is Tex who finally figures out where the money is hidden, when he sees several booths selling stamps; Charles had purchased rare stamps and stuck them on an envelope in plain sight. Peter realizes the same thing and races Tex back to Reggie's hotel room, where Charles' travel-kit possessions are kept. However, they come up empty. The stamps have been cut off the letter.


Reggie and Adam go to an outdoor market, the location of Charles's last known appointment. Spotting Tex, Adam follows him. At the stamp-selling booths, Adam and Tex each realize that Charles bought some extremely valuable stamps and affixed them to the envelope in his travel bag. Both men race to Reggie's hotel room, but discover that the stamps are missing from the envelope. Reggie, who gave the stamps to Sylvie's young son Jean-Louis, suddenly realizes their significance. She and Sylvie find Jean-Louis, but he has already traded the stamps to a dealer. They find the dealer, who says that the rare stamps are worth $250,000; he returns them to Reggie.
Reggie had given them to her friend's son for his stamp collection. By chance, she runs into them at the market, only to learn that the little boy has traded them away. Fortunately, the stamp seller is honest and is satisfied just to have been in possession of the stamps, if only briefly; he gives them back to Reggie. He describes the stamps as a Sweden 4 shilling of 1854 worth $85,000, a 3 cent Blue [[Hawaiian Missionaries]] stamp worth $65,000, and "Gazette Moldave" worth $100,000.


[[Image:Charadehepburn.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Reggie hiding from the unmasked Carson Dyle.]]
[[File:Charadehepburn.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.25|Reggie trapped in the prompt box]]
Reggie returns to the hotel and finds Tex's body; Tex managed to write the name "Dyle" on the floor before dying. Convinced that Adam is the murderer, Reggie telephones Hamilton, who says to meet him at the Colonnade at the [[Palais-Royal]]. Adam sees her and gives chase. At the Colonnade, Reggie is caught in the open between the two men. Adam claims that Hamilton is Carson Dyle; surviving the German ambush, he became obsessed with revenge and reclaiming the treasure. Reggie runs into an empty theater and hides in the [[Prompt corner|prompt box]]. Carson is about to shoot her, but Adam activates a [[trapdoor]] under him, sending him crashing to the floor far beneath him.
She returns to the hotel and finds Tex's bound body. Before he died, he was able to spell out in the dust the name of his killer: "Dyle."


The next day, Reggie and Adam go to the embassy to turn over the stamps, but Adam declines to go in. Inside, Reggie discovers that Adam is Brian Cruikshank, a U.S. Treasury agent responsible for recovering stolen government property. With his true identity now revealed, he proposes marriage to Reggie. She says that she hopes that they have lots of boys so that they can name them all after him.
One of the identities that Peter had assumed was Alexander Dyle, allegedly Carson's brother. Frightened now, Reggie telephones Bartholomew, who arranges to meet her. When she leaves the hotel, Peter spots her and gives chase.

Peter tracks her to the rendezvous and Reggie is caught out in the open between the two men. Peter tells her that the man she thought was Bartholomew is really Carson Dyle and that he was the one who killed the others. Another chase ensues, ending with Dyle's downfall.

Reggie insists on turning the stamps over to the proper authorities. Peter refuses to accompany her inside the office of the U.S. embassy official she is there to see, but when she goes to see the appropriate bureaucrat, Brian Cruikshank, she is shocked to find Peter sitting behind the desk. After convincing her that he is actually a government official (by buzzing his secretary), he dispels her irritation at being deceived by promising to marry her...after she gives him the stamps. The movie ends with a [[split screen (film)|split-screen]] grid showing flashback shots of all his different identities (Peter Joshua, Alexander Dyle, Adam Canfield, and Brian Cruikshank), with Reggie hoping that they have lots of boys, so she can name them all after him.


==Cast==
==Cast==
[[Image:Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant 1.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn]]
[[File:Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade 2.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb|Grant and Hepburn at the Théâtre du vrai Guignolet]]

*[[Cary Grant]] as ''Peter Joshua''
* [[Cary Grant]] as Brian Cruikshank (alias Peter Joshua, Alexander Dyle and Adam Canfield)
*[[Audrey Hepburn]] as ''Regina "Reggie" Lampert''
*[[Walter Matthau]] as ''Hamilton Bartholemew''
* [[Audrey Hepburn]] as Regina "Reggie" Lampert
* [[Walter Matthau]] as Carson Dyle (alias Hamilton Bartholomew)
*[[James Coburn]] as ''Tex Panthollow''
*[[George Kennedy]] as ''Herman Scobie''
* [[James Coburn]] as Tex Panthollow
* [[George Kennedy]] as Herman Scobie
*Dominique Minot as ''Sylvie Gaudel''
* Dominique Minot as Sylvie Gaudel
*[[Ned Glass]] as ''Leopold W. Gideon''
*[[Jacques Marin]] as ''Insp. Edouard Grandpierre''
* [[Ned Glass]] as Leopold W. Gideon
* [[Jacques Marin]] as Inspector Edouard Grandpierre
*Paul Bonifas as ''Mr. Felix - Stamp Dealer''
* [[Paul Bonifas]] as Mr. Felix, the stamp dealer
*Thomas Chelimsky as ''Jean-Louis Gaudel''
* Thomas Chelimsky as Jean-Louis Gaudel


==Production==
==Production==
The movie was said to be an attempt by the studio to unite the popular stars onscreen. Grant had previously been offered a role opposite Hepburn in ''[[Roman Holiday (1953 film)|Roman Holiday]]'', but had turned it down because he felt he was too old to play her love interest. The role eventually went to [[Gregory Peck]]. Grant finally agreed to take the role, but in order to play down the 25-year age difference between them, he insisted that Hepburn's character be made the aggressor in the relationship. The chemistry between Grant and Hepburn, as well as Grant's continuing success as a sex symbol despite his advanced age, have made many critics state that having Grant pursue Hepburn in ''Roman Holiday'' not only would have been plausible, it would have been even more perfect than the talented Peck in the role.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Roman-Holiday-Special-Collectors-Gregory/dp/B00003CXCD/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1216839479&sr=8-1] {{Verify credibility|date=July 2008}}</ref>


[[File:Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Grant and Hepburn]]
The screenwriter, Peter Stone, and the director, Stanley Donen, have an unusual joint [[cameo role]] in the film. When Reggie goes to the U.S. [[Embassy]] to meet with Bartholomew, two men get on the elevator as she gets off. The man who says, "I bluffed the Old Man out of the last pot — with a pair of deuces" is Stone, but the voice is Donen's. Stone's voice is later used for the U.S. Marine who is guarding the Embassy at the end of the film.


== Awards ==
=== Writing and casting ===
When screenwriters [[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]] and [[Marc Behm]] submitted their script ''The Unsuspecting Wife'' around Hollywood, they were unable to sell it. Stone then turned it into a novel, retitled ''Charade'', which found a publisher and was serialized in ''[[Redbook]]'' magazine. The serial caught the attention of the same Hollywood companies that had passed on it earlier. The film rights were quickly sold to producer/director Stanley Donen. Stone then wrote the final shooting script, tailored to Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, with Behm receiving story co-credit.
Grant and Hepburn were nominated for [[Golden Globe]]s for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical/Comedy and Best Motion Picture Actress in Musical/Comedy. Screenwriter Stone received a 1964 [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Hepburn won the [[BAFTA]] Award as Best Actress.


At the end of the film, Hepburn lists Grant's aliases, concluding, "I hope we have a lot of boys and we can name them all after you". In the [[The Criterion Collection|Criterion Collection's]] 1999 commentary, Stone laments the fact that the music swells to mask his "best closing line". Donen tells him that he can say it now and get his own back.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charade: The Spy in Givenchy |url= https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/64-charade-the-spy-in-givenchy|date=2020-09-21|access-date=2022-05-20 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}</ref>
== Copyright issues ==
According to various sources, ''Charade'' is now in the [[public domain]] due to a legal irregularity: no [[copyright]] indication was put into the original prints, even though copyright notices were mandatory in the U.S. prior to 1989. This error did not become a serious problem until the introduction of [[VCR]] equipment, which meant that companies could produce retail copies without the need to pay licence fees. As a result, there are many editions of ''Charade'' on VHS and DVD, of widely varying sound and picture quality. The restored [[The Criterion Collection|Criterion]] DVD edition sells, on average, for three times the cost of most DVD releases of the film. The film was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of its remake, ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]''.


Cary Grant, who turned 59 years during filming, was sensitive about the 25-year age difference between Audrey Hepburn (33 at the time of filming) and himself, and was uncomfortable with their romantic interplay. To address his concerns, the filmmakers agreed to add dialogue that has Grant's character comment on his age and Regina being portrayed as the pursuer.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Eastman | first = John | title = Retakes: Behind the Scenes of 500 Classic Movies | publisher = Ballantine Books | year = 1989 | pages = 57–58| isbn = 0-345-35399-4}}</ref>
==Remakes==
The movie was remade in 2002 as ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]'' starring [[Thandie Newton]] and [[Mark Wahlberg]], and directed by [[Jonathan Demme]]. The Hindi movie, ''[[Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne]]'' (2003) (starring [[Esha Deol]] and [[Zayed Khan]]) is an adaptation of ''Charade'', as is the Bengali movie, "Kokhono Megh" starring [[Uttam Kumar]] and [[Anjana Bhowmik]].


==Notes==
=== Filming ===
Production began in Paris on October 22, 1962. About half the film was shot on location, with interiors being filmed at [[Boulogne Studios|Studios de Boulogne]]. The scenes in which Grant and Hepburn first meet were shot in January 1963 in a ski resort in [[Megève]], in the [[French Alps]].<ref name="afi" /> Hepburn had just filmed ''[[Paris When It Sizzles]]'' the previous summer in a number of the same locations in Paris, but difficulties with the earlier production caused it to be released four months after ''Charade''.
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When the film was released at Christmas time 1963, Audrey Hepburn's line, "At any moment we could be assassinated", was overdubbed with, "At any moment we could be eliminated", due to the recent assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]]. Official video releases of the film have since restored the original dialogue, although some [[public domain]] copies of the original release still carry the dubbed line.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

=== Locations ===
All locations are in Paris, except for the railway and ski resort.

* [[Paris–Bordeaux railway]] (Charles Lampert's murder)
* Résidence Le Mont d'Arbois, [[Megève]] (Alpine hotel)
* 5 Avenue Velasquez (Lampert apartment)
* Théâtre Vrai Guignolet, [[Carré Marigny]] (puppet theatre)
* 24 Rue Censier (Hôtel Saint-Jacques)
* [[Les Halles]] (meeting with Bartholomew at the market)
* 11 Rue Scribe ([[American Express]] building)
* [[:fr:Quai de Montebello|Quai de Montebello]] (walking along the river)
* [[UNESCO Headquarters]] (EURESCO headquarters)
* [[Carré Marigny]] (stamp market)
* [[Varenne station]] (interior of the [[Saint-Jacques station]])
* [[Palais-Royal]] (chase in the colonnade)
* [[Comédie-Française]] (the theatre)
* [[Embassy of the United States, Paris]]

Studio scenes filmed at the [[Billancourt Studios]].

==Release==
The film was slated for a Christmas release, but Universal consented to a one-time advance screening at the Palace Theatre in Washington, D.C., which was a benefit to raise money to help low-income children stay in school. Singer [[Ella Fitzgerald]] performed and, according to ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]'' magazine, $50,000 was raised<ref name=afi /> (equivalent to almost a half-million dollars in 2023).

== Reception ==
[[File:Audrey Hepburn Charade publicity photo.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|Hepburn publicity photo]]
''Charade'' received positive reviews from contemporaries, as well as from 21st-century critics. At [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 94% approval rating, based on 54 reviews, with an average score of 8.50/10. The consensus reads: "A globetrotting caper that prizes its idiosyncratic pieces over the general puzzle, ''Charade'' is a delightful romp with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn's sparkling chemistry at the center of some perfectly orchestrated mayhem."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003883-charade/ |title=Charade |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 83%, based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |title=Charade |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/charade |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2020-04-05 }}</ref>

In a review published on January 6, 1964, in ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Bosley Crowther]] criticized the film for its "grisly touches" and "gruesome violence", but also praised it for its screenplay, with its "sudden twists, shocking gags, eccentric arrangements, and occasionally bright and brittle lines", as well as Donen's direction,<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE6DA1E30EF3BBC4E53DFB4678388679EDE |title=Audrey Hepburn and Grant in 'Charade': Comedy-Melodrama is at the Music Hall Production Abounds in Ghoulish Humor |first=Bosley |last=Crowther |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 December 1963 |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref> said to be halfway between the 1930s [[screwball comedy]] and ''[[North by Northwest]]'' by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], which also starred Grant.<ref name="nytimes"/>

In a ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' review, the film was rated positively, with the assertion that it is a "mammoth audience teaser [...] Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/69075/charade.html |title=Charade |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date=August 2012 |location=London |access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref>

While reviewing the [[Blu-ray]] version of the film, Chris Cabin of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' gave the film a three-and-a-half rating out of five, calling it a "high-end, kitschy whodunit"<ref name="slantmagazine.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/charade/1813 |title=Charade - Blu-ray Review |first=Chris |last=Cabin |date=21 September 2010 |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref> and writing that it is a "riotous and chaotic take on the spy thriller, essentially, but it structurally resembles Agatha Christie's ''And Then There Were None''", as well as describing it as "some sort of miraculous entertainment".<ref name="slantmagazine.com" />

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[36th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]]
| "[[Charade (1963 song)|Charade]]" <br> Music by [[Henry Mancini]]; <br> Lyrics by [[Johnny Mercer]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 23, 2011 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102051832/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[18th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| [[Cary Grant]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1965/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1965 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best British Actress]]
| [[Audrey Hepburn]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Golden Plate
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Awards]]
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]]
| [[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-motion-picture/ |title=Category List – Best Motion Picture |publisher=[[Edgar Awards]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[21st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Cary Grant
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/charade |title=Charade |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Audrey Hepburn
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Comedy
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"|
|-
| Top Male Comedy Performance
| Cary Grant
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| Top Female Comedy Performance
| Audrey Hepburn
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| Top Song
| "Charade" <br> Music by Henry Mancini; <br> Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
| {{draw|5th Place}}
|-
| [[16th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| Peter Stone
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Public-domain status==

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The film includes a notice reading "MCMLXIII BY [[Universal Pictures|UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC.]] and STANLEY DONEN FILMS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED", but omits the word, "Copyright", "Copr." and the symbol "©". Before 1978, U.S. law required works to include those words and symbols to be [[copyright]]ed.<ref name="Copyright Basics">{{cite web |url=http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf |title=Copyright Basics |location=Washington, DC. |work=U.S. Copyright Office |year=2008 |pages=3–4}}</ref><ref name="1909 Copyright Act">{{cite web |url=http://www.copyright.gov/history/1909act.pdf |title=An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Respecting Copyright, 60th Congress, 2d session. § 9 |work=United States Congress |year=1909}}</ref><ref name="Peter K 2007 143">{{cite book |first=Peter K. |last=Yu |title=Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Copyright and related rights |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. |year=2007 |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgK9BzcF5WgC&q=statute+of+anne+copyright| isbn = 978-0-275-98883-8}}</ref> Because Universal failed to properly display the copyright notice, the film entered into the public domain in the United States immediately on its release.<ref name=pierce>{{cite journal |first=David |last=Pierce |date=June 2007 |title=Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain |journal=Film History: An International Journal |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=125–43 |issn=0892-2160 |oclc=15122313 |jstor=25165419 |doi=10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125 |s2cid=191633078 }}</ref> As a result, copies from film prints of varying quality have been widely available on [[VHS]], [[DVD]] and Blu-ray, in addition to official releases of the film from Universal, as well as [[The Criterion Collection]]. The film is also available for free viewing on [[YouTube]] and free download at the [[Internet Archive]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/Charade19631280x696 |title=Charade |work=[[Internet Archive]] |date=December 5, 1963 |access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref> However, although the film is in the public domain, the original music remains under copyright if used outside the context of the film.<ref name="Charade Music Copyright">{{cite web |url= http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=henry+mancini+charade&Search_Code=FT*&SL=None&PID=bKzqC11w_54TrPiJMuAga1_6Rvxe&SEQ=20101104000150&CNT=25&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y |title=Public Catalog: Keyword "henry mancini charade" |work=[[US Copyright Office]] |year=2015 |access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1963]]
* ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]'', a 2002 remake of ''Charade''

==References==
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*[http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=57&eid=72&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Bruce Eder]
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/64-charade-the-spy-in-givenchy ''Charade: The Spy in Givenchy''], an essay by Bruce Eder at the [[Criterion Collection]]


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Charade
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStanley Donen
Screenplay byPeter Stone
Story byPeter Stone
Marc Behm[1]
Based onThe Unsuspecting Wife
1961 short story[2]
by Peter Stone
with Marc Behm
Produced byStanley Donen
Starring
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byJames Clark
Music byHenry Mancini
Song:
Henry Mancini (music)
Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • September 24, 1963 (1963-09-24) (DC)
  • December 5, 1963 (1963-12-05) (NYC)
  • December 25, 1963 (1963-12-25) (LA)
[1]
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[3]
Box office$13.4 million[4]

Charade is a 1963 American romantic comedy[1] mystery film produced and directed by Stanley Donen,[5] written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance and comedy.

Charade was praised by critics for its screenplay and the chemistry between Grant and Hepburn.[6] It has been called "the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made".[7] It was filmed on location in Paris and contains animated titles by Maurice Binder. Henry Mancini's score features the popular theme song "Charade".

In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8]

Plot

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While on holiday in the French Alps, Regina "Reggie" Lampert, an American expatriate working as a simultaneous interpreter, tells her friend Sylvie that she is divorcing her husband Charles. She also meets Peter Joshua, a charming American.

On her return to Paris, she finds her apartment stripped bare. A police inspector says that Charles auctioned off their belongings, then was murdered after leaving Paris. Reggie is given Charles's small travel bag containing a letter addressed to her, a ship ticket to Venezuela, four passports in multiple names and nationalities, and miscellaneous personal items. At Charles's sparsely attended funeral, three men show up to view the body. One sticks a pin into the corpse to confirm Charles is dead. Another uses a hand mirror to see if he is breathing.

Reggie is summoned to meet CIA administrator Hamilton Bartholomew at the American Embassy. She learns that the three men are Herman Scobie, Leopold W. Gideon and Tex Panthollow. During World War II, they, Charles, and Carson Dyle were assigned by the OSS to deliver $250,000 ($4.3 million in current dollars) in gold to the French Resistance, but instead stole it. Carson was wounded in a German ambush and left behind. Charles double-crossed the others, taking all the gold. The three survivors are after the missing money, as is the U.S. government. Hamilton insists that Reggie has it, even if she does not know what or where it is—and that she is in great danger.

Peter finds Reggie and helps her move into a hotel. The three criminals separately threaten her, each convinced that she knows where the money is. Herman shocks her by claiming that Peter is in cahoots with them, after which Peter says that he is Carson Dyle's brother Alexander and is trying to bring the others to justice, believing they killed Carson. As the hunt for the money continues, Herman and Leopold are murdered. Hamilton tells Reggie that Carson Dyle had no brother. When she confronts Alexander, he says that he is Adam Canfield, a professional thief. Although frustrated by his dishonesty, Reggie still trusts him.

Reggie and Adam go to an outdoor market, the location of Charles's last known appointment. Spotting Tex, Adam follows him. At the stamp-selling booths, Adam and Tex each realize that Charles bought some extremely valuable stamps and affixed them to the envelope in his travel bag. Both men race to Reggie's hotel room, but discover that the stamps are missing from the envelope. Reggie, who gave the stamps to Sylvie's young son Jean-Louis, suddenly realizes their significance. She and Sylvie find Jean-Louis, but he has already traded the stamps to a dealer. They find the dealer, who says that the rare stamps are worth $250,000; he returns them to Reggie.

Reggie trapped in the prompt box

Reggie returns to the hotel and finds Tex's body; Tex managed to write the name "Dyle" on the floor before dying. Convinced that Adam is the murderer, Reggie telephones Hamilton, who says to meet him at the Colonnade at the Palais-Royal. Adam sees her and gives chase. At the Colonnade, Reggie is caught in the open between the two men. Adam claims that Hamilton is Carson Dyle; surviving the German ambush, he became obsessed with revenge and reclaiming the treasure. Reggie runs into an empty theater and hides in the prompt box. Carson is about to shoot her, but Adam activates a trapdoor under him, sending him crashing to the floor far beneath him.

The next day, Reggie and Adam go to the embassy to turn over the stamps, but Adam declines to go in. Inside, Reggie discovers that Adam is Brian Cruikshank, a U.S. Treasury agent responsible for recovering stolen government property. With his true identity now revealed, he proposes marriage to Reggie. She says that she hopes that they have lots of boys so that they can name them all after him.

Cast

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Grant and Hepburn at the Théâtre du vrai Guignolet

Production

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Grant and Hepburn

Writing and casting

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When screenwriters Peter Stone and Marc Behm submitted their script The Unsuspecting Wife around Hollywood, they were unable to sell it. Stone then turned it into a novel, retitled Charade, which found a publisher and was serialized in Redbook magazine. The serial caught the attention of the same Hollywood companies that had passed on it earlier. The film rights were quickly sold to producer/director Stanley Donen. Stone then wrote the final shooting script, tailored to Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, with Behm receiving story co-credit.

At the end of the film, Hepburn lists Grant's aliases, concluding, "I hope we have a lot of boys and we can name them all after you". In the Criterion Collection's 1999 commentary, Stone laments the fact that the music swells to mask his "best closing line". Donen tells him that he can say it now and get his own back.[9]

Cary Grant, who turned 59 years during filming, was sensitive about the 25-year age difference between Audrey Hepburn (33 at the time of filming) and himself, and was uncomfortable with their romantic interplay. To address his concerns, the filmmakers agreed to add dialogue that has Grant's character comment on his age and Regina being portrayed as the pursuer.[10]

Filming

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Production began in Paris on October 22, 1962. About half the film was shot on location, with interiors being filmed at Studios de Boulogne. The scenes in which Grant and Hepburn first meet were shot in January 1963 in a ski resort in Megève, in the French Alps.[1] Hepburn had just filmed Paris When It Sizzles the previous summer in a number of the same locations in Paris, but difficulties with the earlier production caused it to be released four months after Charade.

When the film was released at Christmas time 1963, Audrey Hepburn's line, "At any moment we could be assassinated", was overdubbed with, "At any moment we could be eliminated", due to the recent assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Official video releases of the film have since restored the original dialogue, although some public domain copies of the original release still carry the dubbed line.[citation needed]

Locations

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All locations are in Paris, except for the railway and ski resort.

Studio scenes filmed at the Billancourt Studios.

Release

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The film was slated for a Christmas release, but Universal consented to a one-time advance screening at the Palace Theatre in Washington, D.C., which was a benefit to raise money to help low-income children stay in school. Singer Ella Fitzgerald performed and, according to Jet magazine, $50,000 was raised[1] (equivalent to almost a half-million dollars in 2023).

Reception

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Hepburn publicity photo

Charade received positive reviews from contemporaries, as well as from 21st-century critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 94% approval rating, based on 54 reviews, with an average score of 8.50/10. The consensus reads: "A globetrotting caper that prizes its idiosyncratic pieces over the general puzzle, Charade is a delightful romp with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn's sparkling chemistry at the center of some perfectly orchestrated mayhem."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 83%, based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[11]

In a review published on January 6, 1964, in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther criticized the film for its "grisly touches" and "gruesome violence", but also praised it for its screenplay, with its "sudden twists, shocking gags, eccentric arrangements, and occasionally bright and brittle lines", as well as Donen's direction,[12] said to be halfway between the 1930s screwball comedy and North by Northwest by Alfred Hitchcock, which also starred Grant.[12]

In a Time Out review, the film was rated positively, with the assertion that it is a "mammoth audience teaser [...] Grant imparts his ineffable charm, Kennedy (with metal hand) provides comic brutality, while Hepburn is elegantly fraught".[13]

While reviewing the Blu-ray version of the film, Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine gave the film a three-and-a-half rating out of five, calling it a "high-end, kitschy whodunit"[14] and writing that it is a "riotous and chaotic take on the spy thriller, essentially, but it structurally resembles Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None", as well as describing it as "some sort of miraculous entertainment".[14]

Awards and nominations

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Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Song "Charade"
Music by Henry Mancini;
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer 		Nominated [15]
British Academy Film Awards Best Foreign Actor Cary Grant Nominated [16]
Best British Actress Audrey Hepburn Won
David di Donatello Awards Golden Plate Won
Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Motion Picture Screenplay Peter Stone Won [17]
Golden Globe Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Cary Grant Nominated [18]
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Audrey Hepburn Nominated
Laurel Awards Top Comedy 3rd Place
Top Male Comedy Performance Cary Grant 2nd Place
Top Female Comedy Performance Audrey Hepburn 3rd Place
Top Song "Charade"
Music by Henry Mancini;
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer 		5th Place
Writers Guild of America Awards Best Written American Comedy Peter Stone Nominated [19]

Public-domain status

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Charade (full film)

The film includes a notice reading "MCMLXIII BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC. and STANLEY DONEN FILMS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED", but omits the word, "Copyright", "Copr." and the symbol "©". Before 1978, U.S. law required works to include those words and symbols to be copyrighted.[20][21][22] Because Universal failed to properly display the copyright notice, the film entered into the public domain in the United States immediately on its release.[23] As a result, copies from film prints of varying quality have been widely available on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray, in addition to official releases of the film from Universal, as well as The Criterion Collection. The film is also available for free viewing on YouTube and free download at the Internet Archive.[24] However, although the film is in the public domain, the original music remains under copyright if used outside the context of the film.[25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Charade at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ Hawtree, Christopher (October 30, 2007). "Obituary: Marc Behm". The Guardian. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. ^ Walker, Alexander (1974). Hollywood, England. Stein and Day. p. 341.
  4. ^ "Movie: Charade". The Numbers. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Charade". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Charade". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Greydanus, Steven D. "Charade". Decent Films. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  8. ^ Ulaby, Neda (December 14, 2022). "' Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry". NPR. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "Charade: The Spy in Givenchy". The Criterion Collection. September 21, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  10. ^ Eastman, John (1989). Retakes: Behind the Scenes of 500 Classic Movies. Ballantine Books. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0-345-35399-4.
  11. ^ "Charade". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  12. ^ a b Crowther, Bosley (December 6, 1963). "Audrey Hepburn and Grant in 'Charade': Comedy-Melodrama is at the Music Hall Production Abounds in Ghoulish Humor". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  13. ^ "Charade". Time Out. London. August 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  14. ^ a b Cabin, Chris (September 21, 2010). "Charade - Blu-ray Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  15. ^ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  16. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1965". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  17. ^ "Category List – Best Motion Picture". Edgar Awards. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Charade". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  19. ^ "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America Awards. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  20. ^ Yu, Peter K. (2007). Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Copyright and related rights. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-275-98883-8.
  21. ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.
  22. ^ "Charade". Internet Archive. December 5, 1963. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
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