| Last Tango in Paris | |
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| Directed by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
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| Story by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
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| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
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| Music by | Gato Barbieri |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
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| Budget | $1 million[1] |
| Box office | $96 million |
Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi; French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on 14 October 1972 and grossed $36 million in its U.S. theatrical release,[2] making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 1973. The film's raw portrayal of rape and emotional turmoil led to international controversy and drew various levels of government censorship in different jurisdictions. Upon release in the United States, the MPAA gave the film an X rating. United Artists Classics released an R-rated cut in 1981. In 1997, after the film became part of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, the film was reclassified as NC-17.
- ^ Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-0299114404.
- ^ "Last Tango in Paris". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 May 2020.