The Decline of the American Empire (1986) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Eight professors who work in the Department of History at the Université de Montréal plan to have dinner together at a house in the country. The four men tell stories about their promiscuity as they prepare the meal, while the four women compare notes on their affairs at the local gym. When the part

Cast & Crew

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Denys Arcand

Pierre Curzi

Rémy Girard

Yves Jacques

Daniel Briere

Dominique Michel

Film Details

Also Known As

Decline of the American Empire, Det amerikanska imperiets fall, El declive del Imperio Americano

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Drama

Foreign

Release Date

1986

Production Company

National Film Board Of Canada; SociTtT Radio Canada; TTlTfilm Canada

Distribution Company

CINEPLEX ODEON FILMS/MALOFILMS DISTRIBUTION; Cineplex Odeon Films; Curzon Artificial Eye

Location

Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Synopsis

Eight professors who work in the Department of History at the Université de Montréal plan to have dinner together at a house in the country. The four men tell stories about their promiscuity as they prepare the meal, while the four women compare notes on their affairs at the local gym. When the participants sit down to dinner, one woman reveals that she had sex with two men at the table, one of whom is married to one of the other diners.

Director

Denys Arcand

Cast

Pierre Curzi

Rémy Girard

Yves Jacques

Daniel Briere

Dominique Michel

Louise Portal

Dorothee Berryman

Genevieve Rioux

Gabriel Arcand

Crew

Denys Arcand

Jacques W Benoit

Assistant Director

Yves Benoit

Huguette Bergeron

Charles Bernier

Charles Bernier

Richard Besse

Sound Recording

Micheline Bonin

Diane Boucher

Assistant Editor

Yvon Boudrias

Bertrand Carriere

Mario Davignon

Paul Dion

Francois Dompierre

Guy Dufaux

Director Of Photography

Guy Dufaux

Dp/Cinematographer

Sylvaine Dufaux

Camera Assistant

Claude Fortier

Monique Fortier

Roger Frappier

Executive Producer

Pierre Gendron

Associate Producer

Pierre Gendron

Jean Gerin

Production Coordinator

George Frederick Handel

Jean-pierre Joutel

Sound Rerecording

Lyse Lafontaine

Production Manager

Jean-pierre Lamarche

Estelle Lemieux

Monique Letourneau

Rene Malo

Executive Producer

Monique Maranda

2nd Assistant Director

Roger Martin

Electrician Chief

Nathalie Moliavko-visotzky

Camera Operator

Gaetan Noiseux

Johanne Pregent

Gaudeline Sauriol

Alain Singher

Props (Exteriors)

Denis Sperdouklis

Micheline Trepanier

Normand Viau

Film Details

Also Known As

Decline of the American Empire, Det amerikanska imperiets fall, El declive del Imperio Americano

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Drama

Foreign

Release Date

1986

Production Company

National Film Board Of Canada; SociTtT Radio Canada; TTlTfilm Canada

Distribution Company

CINEPLEX ODEON FILMS/MALOFILMS DISTRIBUTION; Cineplex Odeon Films; Curzon Artificial Eye

Location

Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Award Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film

1986

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall November 14, 1986

Released in United States November 21, 1986

Released in United States September 1986

Released in United States 1994

Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 and 29, 1986.

Began shooting October 1985.

Released in United States Fall November 14, 1986

Released in United States November 21, 1986 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States September 1986 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 and 29, 1986.)

Released in United States 1994 (Shown in New York City (MOMA) as part of program "Denys Arcand" November 18 - December 2, 1994.)

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