Movie
1987
Roxanne is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi and written by and starring Steve Martin. Also starring Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Fred Willard, and Michael J. Pollard, the film is a contemporary adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. It follows Charlie "C.D." Bales, a witty and well-liked fire chief whose insecurity about his unusually large nose…
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*Cyrano de Bergerac* by French author Edmond Rostand is one of the most popular stage plays in history, but also the one that would hardly be seen as light entertainment. Main reasons for that are that it is written in verse, set in somewhat unfamiliar world of 17th Century France, and, finally, the ending is a downer. Steve Martin, famous American comedian and one of the fans of Rostand’s play, was quite aware of t…More
