Le Crocodile (cancelled film)
Le Crocodile, (French pronunciation: [lə kʁokod̪il]) (literally « The Crocodile », in English), was a cancelled film project of the French director Gérard Oury, which would have starred Louis de Funès (in the first attempt of the project) or Peter Sellers (in the second attempt) in the main role.
.jpg.webp) Film poster, published in Le Film français on 11 April 1975, two months after the heart attack of Louis de Funès. | |
| Le Crocodile | |
| Directed by | Gérard Oury |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Bertrand Javal |
| Written by | Gérard Oury Danièle Thompson Josy Eisenberg Jim Moloney |
| Starring | Louis de Funès Peter Sellers (in the 2nd attempt) Régine Crespin Aldo Maccione Charles Gérard |
Production company | Films Pomereu |
| Country | France |
| Language | French English (in the 2nd attempt) |
Plot
Crochet (literally « Hook », in English) is the dictator of a South American (or a South European) country, where the economic meltdown, the deprivation of liberty and the rebellions are part of the daily lot. Suddenly, everybody betrays him : the Americans drop him, the money he hid in Switzerland disappears, and his wife has an affair with the chief of the country's police and wants to make his lover the new leader of the country. To regain his popularity, Crochet organizes false bombings against himself. But he doesn't know that his wife and her lover had prepared real attacks.
Planned cast
- Louis de Funès as Crochet, the dictator (1st attempt)[1]
- Peter Sellers as Crochet, the dictator (2nd attempt)[2]
- Régine Crespin as Crochet's wife, who has an affair with the chief of the country's police[3]
- Aldo Maccione as the chief of the country's police, and the lover of Crochet's wife[4]
- Charles Gérard in an undefined role
Production
Gérard Oury thinks of a movie about the dictatorship after the success of his previous movie : The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, with Louis de Funès.
References
- Olivier DE FUNÈS; Patrick DE FUNÈS (28 February 2013). Louis de Funès -nouvelle édition-: Ne parlez pas trop de moi, les enfants ! (in French). LE CHERCHE MIDI. pp. 1910–. ISBN 978-2-7491-2975-4.
L'infarctus ou ... Quand Le Crocodile, le nouveau projet de Gérard Oury, se profila après le triomphe de Rabbi Jacob, le niveau de vigilance se renforça : ses films étaient très éprouvants. Dans cette ...
- Philippe DURANT (29 March 2012). Les Éléphants (in French). SONATINE. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-2-35584-144-6.
Pendant ce temps, Oury reprend son Crocodile pour le soumettre à Peter Sellers, auquel il a autrefois proposé Le Cerveau (rôle finalement joué par David ... Gérard travaille à une adaptation dans la langue de Shakespeare mais, le 24 juillet 1980, Sellers est terrassé par une crise cardiaque.
- Philippe LOMBARD (30 April 2015). Petit Livre de – 200 infos incroyables mais vraies sur le cinéma (in French). EDI8. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-2-7540-7686-9.
En 1975, Louis de Funès aurait dû interpréter un dictateur dans Le Crocodile de Gérard Oury, aux côtés de Régine Crespin, Charles Gérard et Aldo Maccione, mais la vedette a été victime d'une crise cardiaque deux mois avant le début du ...
- Robert Chazal (1980). Louis De Funès: seine Filme, sein Leben (in German). Heyne. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-3-453-86020-9.
Man macht nun nähere Angaben über das, was Le crocodile sein wird. ... Gerard Oury kann zufrieden sein: Er hat nichts vergessen, um sein Krokodil in tödliches Wasser zu tauchen. Unmöglich ... Man engagiert einen weiteren Schauspieler, den italienischen Komiker Aldo Maccione, der den Polizeichef darstellen wird.
External links
- "Le Crocodile (Gérard Oury)". Histoires De Tournages.