The story of a young geisha who falls madly in love with an american captain that travels all around the world collecting hearts.The story of a young geisha who falls madly in love with an american captain that travels all around the world collecting hearts.The story of a young geisha who falls madly in love with an american captain that travels all around the world collecting hearts.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaThe entire Japanese village set and house were built in Tunisia, Northern Africa.
- GoofsDuring Act 2 and Act 3, a blooming wisteria is shown to be growing along the house's roof above the porch. In reality wisteria would not have been grown here as the house's structure would have been unsuitable for it. Wisteria is a plant known to become heavy and massive with age; it would have been grown along a sturdy trellis or stone wall instead as not to cause any damage.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton: She's like a porcelain doll. She sets me on fire.
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Emotion Invoking
I am not one for operas - have only seen a few in my lifetime- but was so intrigued with the basic storyline of Madame Butterfly (being a deep-down, incurable romantic), that I gave it a shot. Didn't know the full story, so when I saw Capt Pinkerton singing about having one in every port, I jumped up and shouted: "S.O.B.!" The actress who played Madame Butterfly portrayed the part of someone in Total & Complete Denial extremely well. Singing was good, though I am not really into that high-pitched warbling stuff. I thought the flying spirits were a bit flaky (sort of like the mother's spirit in "Like Water For Chocolate"), but the film was otherwise quite moving. The little boy looked exactly like my brother Joe looked at 3 y.o., so that was authentic for me. Saw the film last night, and my eyes are still swollen from crying. Gets a 10 on my "cry-O-meter" - damned good!
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- deb_wong
- Jun 21, 2004
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- Madame Butterfly, de Frederick Mitterand
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $65,196
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,027
- May 5, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $65,196
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