Gigi : do you know the strange link of the film with Ben-Hur ?

The musical comedy “Gigi” was 60 years ago, the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the year 1958-1959, at a time when the movie Vincente Minnelli was the most winning of all time… for a year ! Swashbuckler Films In 1958, MGM released the musical Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli. Adapted from the play of the same name, Gigi was a success that earned including a best performance award to Audrey Hepburn. Approached by the writers to embody the main role for the big screen, she could not accept the film due to other commitments. As the story goes, the filming takes place mostly in Paris, which is not without causing a few worries about logistics and exhausts Minnelli, who lost almost 15 pounds. Oscars in 1959, the film was nominated nine times and earned nine statuettes in the categories Film, Director, Camera, Sets, Costumes, Editing, Song, and Music Adaptation. Proud of this success, it is said that on the day following the victory of the film, the telephone operators of the MGM had received orders to answer calls in the name of the firm “M-Gigi-M”. In addition, Gigi holds the record as the shortest to have won an Oscar for the Best film (now tied with Argo Ben Affleck). With its nine trophies won, Gigi is at the time, the film has won the most Oscars in the History of cinema. But this title, the musical will not for long, because the following year, Ben-Hur is nominated for 12 Oscars and won 11 ! It dethrones so Gigi which does détint his record for a year. The story finished well, however, since Ben-Hur, like Gigi, was an MGM film. The peplum is the latest film studio to have won the Oscar for Best film. Find five other stories from “Gigi” : See the slideshow Slideshow Gigi on Arte : 5 things to know about the musical, the nine oscar-5 photos

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