La Classe Américaine

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La Classe Américaine is a 1993 French television parody film that re-edits and redubs scenes from classic Warner Bros. movies into an absurd, cult-favorite comedy.

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La Classe Américaine canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French television film ⓘ
cult film ⓘ
parody film ⓘ
basedOn archival footage from Warner Bros. films ⓘ
centralPlotElement investigation into the death of George Abitbol ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
director Dominique Mézerette ⓘ
Michel Hazanavicius ⓘ
distributionFormat bootleg recordings ⓘ
online sharing ⓘ
television broadcast ⓘ
featuresCharacter George Abitbol ⓘ
format television film ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
parody film ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Le Grand Détournement ⓘ
hasCultScreenings midnight screenings and special events ⓘ
hasCultStatusIn France ⓘ
hasFanCommunity online fan communities ⓘ
hasLegalStatus complex rights situation due to reused footage ⓘ
hasNarrativeStyle collage film ⓘ
pastiche ⓘ
hasQuote Le monde est à moi ⓘ
Le monde est à vous ⓘ
Monde de merde ⓘ
influenced French internet meme culture ⓘ
notableFor absurdist humor ⓘ
cult following ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalNetwork Canal+ ⓘ
parodies American cinema tropes ⓘ
Western films ⓘ
film noir conventions ⓘ
political thrillers ⓘ
productionCompany Canal+ ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
runtimeApprox 70 minutes ⓘ
usesFootageFrom All the President's Men ⓘ
Bullitt ⓘ
Rio Bravo ⓘ
The Big Sleep ⓘ
The Fugitive ⓘ
various Warner Bros. classic films ⓘ
usesTechnique re-editing of existing film scenes ⓘ
redubbing of dialogue ⓘ
writer Dominique Mézerette ⓘ
Michel Hazanavicius ⓘ

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