The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 mystery film. It is a remake of Charade (1963) and an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (1960) complete with the French film star Charles Aznavour, making two appearances singing his song "Quand tu m'aimes" (first in French, later in English). The film was produced, directed and co-written by Jonathan Demme, and stars Mark Wahlberg and Thandiwe Newton in the roles played by Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade.
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| Release date | 25 October 2002
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| Running time | 104 minutes
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| Budget | $60 million
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| Box office | $7.1 million
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Joshua Peters: Nobody at all, huh?
Regina Lambert: Not til now, anyway.
Joshua Peters: (smiles) Good.
- At the end of the film, as Madame du Lac brings Carson Dyle (Tim Robbins) his meal, Robbins stands at attention in the center of his cell in an imitation of the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), also directed by Jonathan Demme.
- Mark Wahlberg considers this his worst film.
- Peter Stone, the writer of Charade (1963) (the basis for the movie) was so against this remake that in some releases of this movie his screenwriting credit was changed to Peter Joshua, the name of Cary Grant's character in Charade.
- The movie contains numerous connections to French New Wave films. Reference is made to Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) and its star, Charles Aznavour, has a singing role at the end of this movie. Anna Karina, featured in several Jean-Luc Godard films, has a bit part.
- There's a double-barreled New Wave homage in one scene, where the Widow Hippolyte character is seen loading a shop van with advertising on the side for "Les parapluies de Cousin Jacques," with a street address in Cherbourg. The shop information refers to director Jacques Demy, playing on the title of "Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg);" the actress loading the van is Agnès Varda, Demy's widow.
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