Featured Classifieds are paid posts promoted by Patch community members. In addition to teaching several years at UW, he has lectured on literature and film throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The only problem is that most of the laughs are packed into the first half of the movie while the second half actually kind of drags.
Jean Dujardin is in the title role in this comedic take on the series.
Saucily subversive, screenwriter Jean Francois Halin's crackling script questions the supposed hetero-manliness of the classic spy hero, but even more smartly pokes fun at French conceit and colonialism.
After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all.
And how interesting to be offered a French movie that doesn't come straight from the "arthouse" stable. Featured Events are paid listings by users and receive priority placement on Patch, on our social pages and in our daily newsletters. Another mission of world-known French secret agent leads him to exotic Brazil. This is a spoof on the french cottage industry of OSS 117 films of the 50's and 60's. |
We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Theater box office or somewhere else Dujardin gives the film its charm, and he's perfect for the part. I was certainly entertained by this movie, especially in the first half. A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Just leave us a message Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.This clever spy spoof plays politics and movie conventions for laughs and features a great turn by Jen Dujardin as a smarmy-suave nouveau-Bond.You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.Fandango
December 17, 2008
Dates: 15 April - 16 April 2009; Director Michel Hazanavicius Duration 1h39m Country France Year 2006 Language French with English subtitles. I loved the myriad of plot, the humor, the music, the picturesque views that are oh so clean and bright. | It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. I very much enjoyed the film, and it's far better than films like Get Smart, and even Austin Powers. Audience Reviews for OSS 117: Le Caire Nid d'Espions (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies) Jul 11, 2012 I was interested in this because of my liking for Hazanavicius's Academy Award winning The Artist.
Certificate: AL Égypte, 1955, le Caire est un véritable nid d'espions. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances If you enjoy a great comedy film with plenty of laughs, then 0SS117 is the film for you. |
| I recently saw this at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival where it ended up as one of the audience favorites. The movie's humor is far from subtle, but it pokes fun at the spy genre in hilarious fashion. November 7, 2008 Art House & International,
| May 18, 2009 This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and … The Prride of French Intelligence. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties.