CQ (film)

CQ
American release poster
Directed byRoman Coppola
Written byRoman Coppola
Produced byGary Marcus
Starring
CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman
Edited by
Music byMellow
Production
companies
Distributed byMGM Distribution Co.
Release dates
  • May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12) (Cannes)
  • May 24, 2002 (2002-05-24)
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Italy
Languages
  • English
  • French
Budget$7 million
Box office$499,891[1]

CQ is a 2001 comedy-drama film written and directed by Roman Coppola in his feature directorial debut. It premiered out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The film is an homage to 1960s European spy/sci-fi spoofs like 1968's Barbarella and Danger: Diabolik as well as the 1967 documentary spoof David Holzman's Diary. The cinematography is by Robert D. Yeoman. The film stars Jeremy Davies and Angela Lindvall, also co-starring Élodie Bouchez, Jason Schwartzman, Giancarlo Giannini, Gérard Depardieu, Billy Zane, John Phillip Law, and Dean Stockwell.

The film features an original soundtrack by French electronic band Mellow, which was released on Emperor Norton Records.

CQ was released by United Artists. The title CQ is revealed to be code for "seek you", in line with the movie's theme of seeking and finding love.

  1. ^ "CQ".
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: CQ". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.