Frantic
Danger. Desire. Desperation.
Country
Production
Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$17 637 950
Director
Actors
Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, Dominique Pinon, Jacques Ciron, John Mahoney, Jimmie Ray Weeks, David Huddleston, Alexandra Stewart, Yorgo Voyagis
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Thom Mount, Tim Hampton
Camera operator
Witold Sobociński
Composer
Artist
Pierre Guffroy, Gérard Viard, Albert Rajau
Audition
Bonnie Timmermann, Margot Capelier
Editing
Sam O'Steen
Whole Team (33)
Whole Team (33)
Short description
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
What's left behind the scenes
- A literal translation of the film's title is "Furious".
- The name of Robert Towne, one of the screenplay's co-authors, was not included in the credits.
- The voice of the man in the tweed jacket questioning Michelle in her apartment belongs to Roman Polanski.
- Under pressure from the studio, Roman Polanski was forced to cut 15 minutes of screen time from the original version of the film and completely reshoot the ending.
- After reviewing the footage, Harrison Ford suggested Polanski change the title of the film to 'Mildly Excited'. Roman did not appreciate the joke.
- Actress Emmanuelle Seigner, who played the role of Michelle, became Roman Polanski's wife on August 30, 1989.
- The same song by Grace Jones – “I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)” – is played several times in the film.
- In one of the film's scenes, Roman Polanski himself can be spotted, playing a taxi driver.
- A literal translation of the film's title is 'Furious'.
- After reviewing the footage, Harrison Ford suggested Polanski change the film's title to 'Mildly Excited.' Roman did not appreciate the joke.
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