Coco Chanel (film) explained

Genre:Biographical
Drama
Screenplay:James Carrington
Carla Giulia Casalini
Director:Christian Duguay
Starring:Shirley MacLaine
Malcolm McDowell
Theme Music Composer:Andrea Guerra
Country:Italy
France
United Kingdom
Language:English
Producer:Luca Bernabei
Matilde Bernabei
Nicolas Traube
Editor:Alessandro Lucidi
Cinematography:Fabrizio Lucci
Runtime:139 minutes
Company:Lux Vide
Rai Fiction
Pampa Production
Alchemy Television
Network:Lifetime

Coco Chanel is a 2008 biographical drama television film directed by Christian Duguay and written by Ron Hutchinson, Enrico Medioli and Lea Tafuri. It stars Shirley MacLaine as (the older) Coco Chanel, the pioneering French fashion designer. MacLaine was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work in the film.

Although an Italian-French-British production backed by Rai Uno and France 2, Coco Chanel was primarily intended for the US market,[1] and was first broadcast in the United States on 13 September 2008 by cable channel Lifetime. It premiered in Italy on 5 October 2008 and in France on 29 December 2008. In the United Kingdom, it was first released on DVD, on 6 June 2011.[2] Its first British TV broadcast was on True Entertainment on 7 April 2014.[3]

Main cast

Home video release

On 7 July 2009, Coco Chanel was released on DVD in the Region 1 (US) format.

Awards and nominations

Golden Globe Award
  • Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)
    Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
  • Outstanding Female Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)
    61st Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Nominated)
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (MacLaine, nominated)

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8166611.stm BBC News, 24 July 2009: New film puts the Coco into Chanel
    2. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coco-Chanel-DVD-Shirley-MacLaine/dp/B004OQJSZE Amazon UK: Coco Chanel (DVD)
    3. http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/1256649/97849748/coco-chanel#.U_0y2UtVK_A TV Guide: Coco Chanel, True Entertainment 7 April 2014