A Very Long Engagement (2004)
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Who talked about it
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Came from
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Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Jean-Pierre Jeunet: 2 lines career ×1 programming ×1
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career (career):
Jean-Pierre Jeunet → A Very Long Engagement.
Jeunet's only other Hollywood-financed film was A Very Long Engagement, a Hollywood production made in France on his terms.
“Very long engagement's a Hollywood production, but in France on his own terms.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:59:12 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
Gone with the Wind: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
A Very Long Engagement → Gone with the Wind.
It was Jeunet's big romantic war epic follow-up to Amélie, pitched as his Gone with the Wind.
“He's going to make his gone with the wind.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:00:02 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
Warner Bros.: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
A Very Long Engagement → Warner Bros..
Warner financed most of it for distribution rights, so it was disqualified as a foreign film for the Oscars.
“And so it was disqualified as being a foreign film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:00:28 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection, first at 0:59:09, 4 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Jean-Pierre Jeunet → A Very Long Engagement.
Jeunet's only other Hollywood-financed film was A Very Long Engagement, a Hollywood production made in France on his terms.
“Very long engagement's a Hollywood production, but in France on his own terms.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:59:12 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
industry (2)
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industry (industry):
A Very Long Engagement → Gone with the Wind.
It was Jeunet's big romantic war epic follow-up to Amélie, pitched as his Gone with the Wind.
“He's going to make his gone with the wind.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:00:02 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
A Very Long Engagement → Warner Bros..
Warner financed most of it for distribution rights, so it was disqualified as a foreign film for the Oscars.
“And so it was disqualified as being a foreign film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:00:28 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
programming (1)
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programming (programming):
Jean-Pierre Jeunet → A Very Long Engagement.
Jeunet feels like a director to put in a future bracket.
“he certainly feels like someone we should throw on a bracket at some point.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:59:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
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fun, about
A Very Long Engagement:
Jeunet's follow-up was seen as an Oscar play until Warner's financing disqualified it as a foreign film.
“And so it was disqualified as being a foreign film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:00:28 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Warner Bros.: financier (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Resurrection)
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet: director (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Resurrection)