Gigot

Great movie, I loved it.

When we watch this film it really shows or projects what a good actor and comic jackie gleason was and when he makes a tv show he acts as the medium inspires him and here film..he cleanses his mind of all the tv entertainer and standup comics antics and trying to please and respond to audience cues here the actor is here..and although some critics lambasted him for this signature film..they may not have liked it,,but we must give him credit(a person who never won an oscar or emmy)for turning in an excellent film performance, a medium he respects. He grew up extremely poor alomost a youth without light, family breaking apart, drunkeness..and although he looked back in horror at this life in his personal life he later copied many of the vices he deplored in this home. Audrey Meadows recalls his office full of books on psychology, hypnotism..trying to retrieve memories that would make his life clear..like a looking glass to see the world at large...he was on tv the great entertainer from the early fifties to 1970..he started at warners after Jack warner saw his stand up and offered him$500/wk..as a bit player was he worth that $$..his show was a show of many comic characterizations tuned to tv and the Miami audience live, the cast rehearsed he didnt...in his office with a bottle of champagne..all those jokes of living it up..go back to his youth..now the standup and the tv comic..make the transition to film..having grown up in film on sets..he watched great movie stars..up close..watched and learn...and he still is the poor soul..the Chaplin type character like the KID..which this film resembles..but its curtailed and refined for film..is Bob Hope so good..are steve martin eddie murphy..Robin Williams..who also come from different entertainment mediums are faced with the same problem and at times lost they may appear deadpan or wooden..its a difficult problem for the actor..and here we have the lower class person living in the basement..not upstairs..dark and gloomy surroundings and like the later child he interacts with the animal world like the later child but not the prostitue..he picks up stray animals acts out a scene in a bar(good stuff and act) and from animals a prostitute and wayward little girl..and places all his attention on the girl..the little girl and forgets his own world and life and exists in her world and environment..and there is a carnival scene where the clown comes in..by the way this movie is in France not the U.S.and eventually the prostitute leaves..removes herself from his environment and as she sais "care" just the girl remains and the basement collapses..a symbol of his world and he elaborates his own death..the town believes him dead..and later they see him alive..the town who hates him..and chases him away..there are also many religious scenes and he tries to instruct the little girl in the suffering image of jesus,,the mystical world of religion..dealing with suffering..and there's a funeral he attends at the start..of a community person who is a symbol of apatriot cleaning up his community and dedicated to service..who later dies at the war front..as he too dies and a film's end..fakes a death..and later dies a pseudo death..at the hands of the town and all he stands for..chased out of the city..abandoned..a similar film is Papa's little Dividend..see also Requiem for a Heavyweight,Ski Doo and How to Commit Marriage..how about How Do I LOve Thee..after his show ended he did many character films but the dont stand up to his 60's starring film roles too few in number unfortunately..really a talented performer who was taught early in films and learned, part of his mystical nature, a great entertainer since he could do so much on stage..and really took his cue from the audience ..MIAMI BEACH..on the old show a cyclist crashes against a wall and on the other side sees a poster for GIGOT..and the crowd applauds..I doubt it was much of a success outside of Miami..he had trouble financing..he probably paid out to make it..I'm not sure..the prestigious film company Seven Arts helped finance and produced it..a great film performance...from someone who started out in stage and films he wasnt really able to portray the romantic chaplin type character for lack of opportunity..although we see some of it in HOw do I Love Thee..he achieved great personal success but his personal life fell apart and continually came crashing down leading to personal excesses and frequent hospitalizations..GIGOT about finding a home was a lifelong endeavor of his and battling loneliness, finding intimacy..

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Jackie Gleason was a master entertainer. In this masterpiece of film-making and acting, he a sweet mute who barely makes a living as a janitor. He is poor and lives in a Paris basement with only an alley cat as a friend. He is ridiculed by his neighbors but bears no grudge. His world changes when he take sin a young girl and her prostitute mother. Jackie Gleason conveys, sorrow, joy, and compassion without uttering a word. This is an incredible performance. In addition, he also composed the film's idea and musical score, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Also in the cast are famed character actor, Jacques Marin and veteran actors: Katherine Kath, Albert Remy, Jean Lefebrve, and Gabrielle Dorziat.

This was the movie that changed my little girl's view of what a good movie could be. Although I never did care for The Honeymooners, Jackie Gleason's performance here still brings tears to my eyes.

I've only seen this film once and it was decades ago when I was a child. Honestly, at the time it was one of the very first films that made a profround impression on me in an artistic sense rather than just a piece of entertainment. Jackie Gleason playing a mute uses his facial expressions and jestures to portray his character and tell a story with amazing skill and talent. Other Amazon reviews of this film have told the story of Gigot and the friendship with a little Parisian girl that brought joy into his life. I'm not going into the details and spoil this story. Get this movie and enjoy it for the story it tells. It will tug at your heart. The musical score in the film was written by Jackie Gleason. It's a cinematic treasure that I'm glad to see now availabe. This DVD doesn't have any of the extra's like most, but I bought if for the movie and could care less about the extras. I've had fond memories of this movie for over 40 years and now that it's available on DVD it now has a place in my video collection as one of my all-time favorites.

Excellent seller who had to explain "Movie on Demand" (MOD) and DVD-R copies me.Just be aware that Fox released MOD DVDs are copies made to fulfill your request. The quality of this DVD is very good, but it was copied in widescreen format and I was caught off-guard when it wasn't in the original letterbox format. This is not a game-changer - if you want to view in letterbox just convert it.

I saw this when a high school student many moons ago - by myself, because all my friends had riven off and left me, because I was a bit late in finishing a lawn mowing job. Of course, only one or two were really friends. Feeling sorry for myself, this started in the right mood to make me feel even worse. But it soon became clear that gigot was a very, very special work of art. I left feeling that I missed one thing but found something much better. Now that it is back on the market, after searching off and on for a log time, it feels the same. This is a classic, and Jackie Gleason is a cut above what many would expect. A true entertainer, a true artist. Buy this and watch with no interruptions if possible.

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Very good as expected

VERY GOOD MOVIE.

All time, best film

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