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Coco Chanel (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Coco Chanel' is a 2008 biographical drama television film directed by Christian Duguay and written by Ron Hutchinson, Enrico Medioli and Lea Tafuri. It stars Shirley MacLaine as (the older) Coco Chanel, the pioneering French fashion designer. MacLaine was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work in the film.
Although an Italian-French-British production backed by Rai Uno and France 2, 'Coco Chanel' was primarily intended for the US market,[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166611.stm BBC News, 24 July 2009: 'New film puts the Coco into Chanel'] Linked 2014-08-27 and was first broadcast in the United States on 13 September 2008 by cable channel Lifetime. It premiered in Italy on 5 October 2008 and in France on 29 December 2008. In the United Kingdom, it was first released on DVD, on 6 June 2011.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coco-Chanel-DVD-Shirley-MacLaine/dp/B004OQJSZE Amazon UK: 'Coco Chanel (DVD)'] Linked 2014-08-27 Its first British TV broadcast was on True Entertainment on 7 April 2014.[http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/1256649/97849748/coco-chanel#.U_0y2UtVK_A TV Guide: Coco Chanel, True Entertainment 7 April 2014] Linked 2014-08-27
Main cast
* Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel (elder)
* Barbora Bobuov as Coco Chanel (young)
* Robert Dawson as Lord Fry
* Olivier Sitruk as Arthur "Boy" Capel
* Marine Delterme as milienne d'Alenon
* Anny Duperey as Madame Desboutins
* Cosimo Fusco as Albert
* Valentina Lodovini as Adrienne (young)
* Maggie Steed as Adrienne (elder)
* Malcolm McDowell as Marc Bouchier
* Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Paul Poiret
* Sagamore Stvenin as tienne Balsan
* Ccile Cassel as Gabrielle Dorziat
* Brigitt Christensen as Tsarina Alexandra of Russia
* Vincent Nemeth as Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)
Home video release
On 7 July 2009, 'Coco Chanel' was released on DVD in the Region 1 (US) format.
Awards and nominations
;Golden Globe Award
:Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)
;Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
:Outstanding Female Actor Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)
;61st Primetime Emmy Awards
:Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Nominated)
:Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (MacLaine, nominated)
References
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