Gigi (1958 film)

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Gigi (1958 film) is a 1958 MGM musical romantic comedy set in Belle Époque Paris, celebrated for its lavish production, memorable Lerner and Loewe songs, and multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture.

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Gigi (1958 film) canonical 8
Gigi (1951 stage adaptation) 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical film ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
artDirector Cecil Beaton ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Colette ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound Recording ⓘ
Academy Honorary Award for Maurice Chevalier ⓘ
basedOn Gigi (1944 novella) ⓘ
cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg ⓘ
colorProcess Metrocolor ⓘ
composer Frederick Loewe ⓘ
costumeDesigner Cecil Beaton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Vincente Minnelli ⓘ
distributedBy Loew's, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Loew's Inc.
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
filmEditor Adrienne Fazan ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre musical ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
mainCharacter Gaston Lachaille ⓘ
linked to: Honoré Lachaille

Gigi ⓘ
Honoré Lachaille ⓘ
notableSong Gigi ⓘ
I Remember It Well ⓘ
Thank Heaven for Little Girls ⓘ
The Night They Invented Champagne ⓘ
numberOfAcademyAwardsWon 9 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Arthur Freed ⓘ
productionCompany Arthur Freed Unit ⓘ
releaseDate May 15, 1958 ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
runningTime 115 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
setInCountry France ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
settingTimePeriod Belle Époque ⓘ
starring Eva Gabor ⓘ
Hermione Gingold ⓘ
Leslie Caron ⓘ
Louis Jourdan ⓘ
Maurice Chevalier ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vincente Minnelli → notableWork → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Minnelli
Thank Heaven for Little Girls → partOf → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
Colette → hasAdaptation → Gigi (1951 stage adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Gigi (1958 film)
Hermione Gingold → notableWork → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
Saul Chaplin → workedOn → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
Honoré Lachaille → appearsIn → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
Honoré Lachaille → createdFor → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
Aunt Alicia → appearsIn → Gigi (1958 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Aunt Alicia in Gigi