The Truth About Charlie

Infobox Film
name = The Truth About Charlie

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caption = Original film poster
director = Jonathan Demme
producer = Jonathan Demme
Peter Saraf
Edward Saxon
writer = Jonathan Demme & Steve Schmidt
Peter Joshua and Jessica Bendinger (based on the motion picture Charade screenplay by Peter Stone)
starring = Mark Wahlberg
Thandie Newton
Tim Robbins
Ted Levine
Lisa Gay Hamilton
music = Rachel Portman
Charles Aznavour (ending)
Rachid Taha (end credit)
Serge Gainsbourg
Manu Chao
Ted Demme (song "Bigga Man")
cinematography = Tak Fujimoto
editing = Carol Littleton
Suzanne Spangler (co-editor)
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = flagicon|USA 2002
runtime = 104 min
language = English, French
budget =
amg_id = 1:266886
imdb_id = 0270707

"The Truth About Charlie" is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film "Charade" (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's "Shoot the Piano Player" and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself and sang his song "Quand tu m'aimes" (English version).

"The Truth About Charlie" was produced, directed and co-written by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme. It closely mirrors the plotline of the original film about a young woman (played by Thandie Newton) in Paris who plans to divorce her husband (the aforementioned "Charlie") and soon after discovers that he has been murdered. She is later reunited with a a mysterious stranger (played by Mark Wahlberg) whom she met on holiday. He helps her piece together the truth about her deceased husband and the three menacing people who are now following her.

The film was shot in Paris and featured many famous French actors. Director Agnès Varda made a cameo. Actress/Chanteuse Anna Karina sang a Serge Gainsbourg song at the club.

Peter Stone, screenwriter of "Charade", is credited as one of the writers of "The Truth About Charlie" under the pseudonym of "Peter Joshua," which was one of the identities Cary Grant's character used in "Charade". And the name of Wahlberg's character in the remake is "Joshua Peters."

Credit

Opening credit (except "starring", see "right")
*Universal Pictures presents
in association with Mediastream Film
A Clinica Estetico Production
*Casting by Françoise Combadière Stern
*Title Designed by Pablo Ferro
*Music Supervisor Deva Anderson]
*Costume Designer Catherine Leterrier
*Co-Producers Neda Armian, Mishka Cheyko
*Music Composed and Orchestrated by Rachel Portman
*Edited by Carol Littleton A.C.E.
*Production Designer Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
*Director of Photography Tak Fujimoto A.S.C.
*Executive Producer Ilona Herzberg
*Produced by Jonathan Demme, Peter Saraf, Edward Saxon
*Based on the motion picture "Charade" screenplay by Peter Stone
Screenplay by Jonathan Demme & Steve Schmidt
and Peter Joshua
and Jessica Bendinger
*Directed by Jonathan Demme

End Credit (selective)
*A Jonathan Demme picture
in association with Magnet Entertainment
*for Ted Demme (he died before the film's release)
and for Marshall Lewis

*Special Thanks : Stanley Donen, Anna Karina, Paul Thomas Anderson, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Joanne Howard, David Byrne, Jay Tobler, Gary Goetzman, Madeleine Morgenstern (ex-wife of François Truffaut), Ellen Kuras, Claudine Bouché, Angie Utt, Annie-B. Parson, Nancy Savoca, Chris Brigham, Erika Greene, Leslee Dart, Monsieur Abut/Hôtel Langlois

Cast

"in order of appearance"
*Olga Sékulic - "Junior Military Officer"
*Stephen Dillane - "Charlie"
*Françoise Bertin - "Woman on Train"
*Thandie Newton - "Regina Lambert"
*Cassius Kumar Wilkinson - "Hercules"
*Sakina Jaffrey - "Sylvia"
*Mark Wahlberg - "Joshua Peters"
*Christine Boisson - "Cmndt. Dominique"
*Simon Abkarian - "Lt. Dessalines"
*Christophe Salengro - "Morgue Attendant"
*Philippe Fretun, Loeïza Jacq - "Evidence Handlers"
*Joong-Hoon Park - "Il-Sang Lee"
*Lisa Gay Hamilton - "Lola Jansco"
*Ted Levine - "Emil Zadapec"
*Magali Noël - "Mysterious Woman in Black"
*Raphaelle Gallizzi - "Romantic Taxi Driver"
*Michel Crémadès - "Amiable Desk Clerk"
*Tim Robbins - "Lewis Bartholomew"
*Agnès Varda - "The Widow Hyppolite"
*Denis Jousselin - "Hotel barman"
*Charles Aznavour - "Himself"
*Christian Wojtovicz - "Lonely Clown"
*Marine Danaux - "Hotel Langlois Chambermaid"
*Olivier Broche - "Aznavour Fan Desk Clerk"
*Wilfred Benaïche - "Toy Store Manager"
*Catherine Chevron - "Toy Store Salesgirl"
*Lionel Elie - "African Dignitary"
*Frédérique Meininger - "Madame du Lac"
*Tony Amoni, Eric Aufèvre - "Undercover ODC"
*Hubert Ravel, Pascal Parmentier, Cheikna Sankare, Mustapha Bensittu, Chantal Banlier, Patrice Keller - "Undercover Cops"
*Benjamin Euvrard - "Ticket Agent"
*Feniksi, Leeroy Kesiah, Sir Samuel, Sly The Mic Buddah, Specta, Vicelow - "Saïan Supa Crew"
*Jean-Marc Bihour - "Café Waiter"
*Philippe Duquesne - "Café Cook"
*Manno Charlemagne - "Chez Joséphine Maître d"'
*Anna Karina - "Karina"
*Philippe Katerine - "Karina Fan"
*Pierre Carré - "Bistro Singer"
*René Comte, Kate Castle - "Flea Market Bargain Hunters"
*Robert Castle - "Flea Market Bargain Hunters"
*Kenneth Utt - "The Late Monsieur Hyppolite"
*Sotigui Kouyaté - "Dealer Prophète"
*Georges Trillat - "Angry Man on Métro"
*Ramona Demme - "Young Girl with Pug"
*Paula Moore - "Ms. Hoskins"
*Natacha Atlas - "Spirit Voice by"

DVD release

Because the original "Charade" is in the public domain, when "The Truth About Charlie" was released to DVD in North America, the studio was able to include the complete original film as a bonus feature.

External links

*imdb title|id=0270707|title=The Truth About Charlie