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Learn about the plot, cast, music, and awards of An American in Paris, a romantic comedy film inspired by George Gershwin's symphonic poem. The film features Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and a 17-minute ballet sequence set to Gershwin's An American in Paris.
An American in Paris: Directed by Vincente Minnelli. With Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary. Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Vincente Minnelli
- 1951-11-11
An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem by George Gershwin inspired by his visit to Paris in 1926. Learn about its composition, themes, structure, reception, and influence on other composers.
Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American ex-GI who stays in post-war Paris to become a painter, and falls for the gamine charms of Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron).
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- Gene Kelly
- Vincente Minnelli
- Musical, Romance
Oct 2, 1992 · 4 min read. “An American in Paris” swept the Academy Awards for 1951, with Oscars for best picture and the major technical categories: screenplay, score, cinematography, art direction, set design, and even a special Oscar for the choreography of its 18-minute closing ballet extravaganza.
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel.
A musical romance about a struggling American painter and a French girl in post-war Paris. He falls in love with her, but she is engaged to another man who saved her family during the war.
