The Girl on a Motorcycle
| The Girl on a Motorcycle | |
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| Directed by | Jack Cardiff |
| Produced by | William Sassoon |
| Written by |
Ronald Duncan Jack Cardiff Gillian Freeman |
| Based on |
La Motocyclette (novella) by André Pieyre de Mandiargues[1] |
| Starring |
Alain Delon Marianne Faithfull |
| Music by | Les Reed |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Peter Musgrave |
| Distributed by |
British Lion Films (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
Release dates | October 1968 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country |
United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | 626,331 admissions (France)[2] |
The Girl on a Motorcycle (French: La motocyclette), also known as Naked Under Leather, is a 1968 British-French film starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull and featuring Roger Mutton, Marius Goring and Catherine Jourdan. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival but the festival was cancelled due to the May 1968 events in France.[3] The Girl on a Motorcycle redefined the leather jacket for motorcyclists into a full body suit that Marianne Faithfull wore in the film.[4]
Plot
Newly married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike – her symbol of freedom and escape –to visit Daniel, her lover in Heidelberg. En route, she indulges in psychedelic and erotic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men, before crashing into a truck at the end.
Cast
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Cast notes
- In the medium to distant shots, the rider was the British GP champion Bill Ivy, wearing a blonde wig.
Reception
The film was the sixth most popular movie in general release in Britain during 1968.[5]
Home media releases
The Girl on a Motorcycle was released on VHS in 1998 and DVD in 1999 by Starz/Anchor Bay. A remastered edition on DVD and Blu-ray Disc was released in 2012 by Redemption Films.
References
- ↑ Pieyre de Mandiargues, André (1963). La Motocyclette. Paris: Gallimard. OCLC 3565796.
- ↑ Box Office information for film at Box Office Story
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Girl on a Motorcycle". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ↑ Quilleriet, Anne-Laure. The Leather Book. New York: Assouline, 2004.
- ↑ "John Wayne-money-spinner" The Guardian (31 December 1968)