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Phillippe Noiret


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The first French film I saw at the cinema was ripoux contre ripoux, so I've always had a soft spot for him. Looking at the filmography, I had forgotten he was in so many classic films  like Uranus or que la fête commence (still haven't seen les milles) and it has to be said that  even if  some of the films weren't brilliant (thinking of la fille de d'artagnan) he was always good. He had one of those voices that you could have listened to even if he were reading the phone book.

France 3 showed some sort of memorial programme last night, but we've been wondering what (if?) the French channels are going to show in his memory. I still want one of the first 2 ripoux (not the 3rd) but my husband wants Alexandre le Bienheureux

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I liked him a lot, my fav films are Les Ripoux and  Fantôme avec chauffeur.

Dunno how many of his film i've seen, my wife is French and she made me watch loads of French Film. Another fav is La Total, he wasn't in that  but its a funny film, later to be copied by the yanks with Arnold Bigsoanso in it (True lies)

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I noticed yesterday yet another US remake of a French film "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire" made in '72.

The ubiquitous Tom Hanks reprised  Pierre Richard's role in the poorly received "The man with one red shoe".

Pierre Richard played with Philippe Noiret in "Alexandre le Bienheureux" directed by Yves Robert, who also directed "Le grand blond...", with Marlène Jobert, whose daughter Eva Green can be seen as Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale.

Les Ripoux is the only French film I know which makes my English friends laugh out loud even when they don't speak French!

Le Vieux Fusil is the one Noiret movie that I cannot forget...

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