Blame it on Rio! Love Jennifer". Incidentally, the character of Debbie does not appear in the movie's cast list. Demi Moore turned down the role of Lucy Lane in Supergirl to appear on this film. This movie was released seven years after the original French movie, In a Wild Moment One of two "boudoir farce" movies in which Joseph Bologna appeared in The other being The Woman in Red Second of two movies that feature Valerie Harper and Joseph Bologna.
The other being Neil Simon 's Chapter Two That movie and its source novel were both set in Brazil, South America, where this movie is mostly set, with the American remake Kiss Me Goodbye being set in the U.
The original Brazilian movie had several "boudoir farce" story elements, which were taken out for the American Kiss Me Goodbye remake. But this time, the remake, this movie, did not have the "boudoir farce" story elements removed from its source foreign movie, as had been the case with Kiss Me Goodbye Sir Michael Caine performs a Greek Chorus role in this movie, which intermittently cuts to him talking to the audience from a studio shot with a gray wall background, explaining the twists and turns of the movie's storyline.
Apart from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the other exotic South American vacation destination, which is referenced in this movie, but is much less well-known, is "Bahia", which is in Brazil as well. Director Stanley Donen said in a interview that he originally wanted an experienced actress for the role of Jennifer. He was looking for a young girl who was beautiful, lively, energetic and extroverted, but couldn't find one that satisfied him who was willing to go nude.
So he started auditioning new inexperienced actresses and he found Michelle Johnson. Even though she was a model, he thought it may be difficult convincing her and her parents that she would have to do nude scenes. But he said they were all fine with it. The other being Flawless Caine also appeared in Austin Powers in Goldmember , which Moore executively produced.
There could have been another collaboration, had Caine accepted the role of Representative David Dilbeck in Striptease Actress Zeni Pereira portrayed a maternal character in both Rio set movies 'Blame it on Rio' and 'Running out of Luck' released in consecutive years portraying a matriarch and a bride's mother respectively. This movie was first released in theaters in In the story, Victor's Joseph Bologna 's wife wants a divorce, while Matthew Sir Michael Caine 's wife wants to take a separate vacation.
Ironically, in , producer and director Stanley Donen and his wife Yvette Mimieux divorced. But the exciting Brazilian rhythms and frank dances on the moonlit beach do their job.
Unable to resist the relentless onslaught of the young seducer, Matthew enters into an intimate relationship with her. Victor is furious when he finds out about an "older man" in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew. You can blame the night, blame the wine, blame the moon in her eyes, but when all else fails. Blame it on Rio! Did you know Edit.
Trivia According to contemporary news stories, special parental consent was required in order to allow the nude scenes featuring Michelle Johnson , as she was not yet eighteen at the time they were filmed. Publicity for this movie also stated that Johnson was around two months out of high school when she was cast.
Not only is Ipanema Beach not a topless beach, topless sunbathing is not permitted on the city beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Quotes Victor Lyons : You slept with someone? Crazy credits The end billing featured scenes of some of the movie's best and funniest moments.
Connections Featured in Retrosexual: The 80's User reviews 85 Review. Top review. There was one major reason to watch this movie: Michelle Johnson, and that's about it. The film doesn't offer too much else. Basically, it's a silly story. Michael Caine "Matthew" and Joseph Bologna "Victor" plays some middle- aged guys who are going through marriage problems bad marriage and a divorce, respectively so they go down to Brazil to spend money since they're rich.
Well, Victor's daughter is a knockout and they have a fling. Johnson plays the girl, "Jennifer," who shows off her breasts as much as she can in this film. This is why I and a lot of other guys saw this movie. In reality, there isn't much merit to this story, regardless. This must have been a wonderful role for Caine to play!
Caine, an outstanding and likable actor, keeps this film - along with Johnson's obvious assets - from being a total bomb. As "Matthew," his mind knows this a bad relationship and vows to end it, but you know what else "doing the talking" for him, so it ain't easy. Demi Moore, by the way, plays Caine's daughter in this movie. It's really not a horrible film but it's pretty inane and crude in areas. The real shocker might not be all the nudity or sex jokes and lying but who directed the film: good 'ole Stanley Donen, who also gave us "Singin' In The Rain" and "Charade.
Thanks for the review, you did a great job comparing the the three versions! Even relatively open-minded French people had some trouble with the aspects of this story.
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