| Coco Chanel | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Biographical Drama |
| Written by | Jeffrey Hatcher Enrico Medioli Lea Tafuri |
| Screenplay by | James Carrington Carla Giulia Casalini |
| Directed by | Christian Duguay |
| Starring | Shirley MacLaine Malcolm McDowell |
| Theme music composer | Andrea Guerra |
| Country of origin | Italy France United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Luca Bernabei Matilde Bernabei Nicolas Traube |
| Cinematography | Fabrizio Lucci |
| Editor | Alessandro Lucidi |
| Running time | 139 minutes |
| Production companies | Lux Vide Rai Fiction Pampa Production Alchemy Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Lifetime |
| Release | 13 September 2008 |
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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.[citation needed] 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]
- ^ BBC News, 24 July 2009: New film puts the Coco into Chanel Linked 2014-08-27
- ^ Amazon UK: Coco Chanel (DVD) Linked 2014-08-27
- ^ TV Guide: Coco Chanel, True Entertainment 7 April 2014 Linked 2014-08-27