What’s New Pussycat?
Date: 1965
Director: Clive Donner and Richard Talmadge
Production Company: Famous Artists Productions, Famartists Productions S.A.
Stars: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress
Location(s): Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Val-d'Oise (France)
Region(s): France
Storyline:
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
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Raised voices are heard as the film begins. This is Castel Henriette in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France which was designed by Hector Guimard and built in 1899.
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Dr. Fritz Fassbender (Peter Sellers) and his wife Anna (Edra Gale) continue their heated argument. Castel Henriette stood on Rue des Binelles in Sèvres but was demolished in April 1969.
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Michael James (Peter O'Toole) drives his car onto the pavement outside La Closerie des Lilas cafe. Looking along Avenue de l'Observatoire from the junction with Rue Notre Dame des Champs in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Passing caricatures of Zola, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin and Van Gogh, the notorious womanizer makes his way between the tables. La Closerie des Lilas est un café situé au no 171 Boulevard du Montparnasse, dans le quartier Notre-Dame-des-Champs du 6e arrondissement de Paris.
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Michael watches his friend Victor Shakapopulis (Woody Allen) distract his opponent Tempest (Nicole Karen) as he cheats at chess. La Closerie des Lilas at the intersection of Boulevard du Montparnasse, Boulevard de Port-Royal, Avenue de l'Observatoire and Rue Notre Dame des Champs.
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After Tempest becomes attracted to Michael, the scene cuts to him driving home.
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The 1935 Singer 9 Sports turns into the passageway that leads to Michael's apartment.
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The car negotiates a narrow alley.
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Michael draws to a halt outside the apartment block where his fiancée Carole also has a flat.
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After getting drunk together, Dr. Fassbender persuades Michael to woo one of his patients, Renée Lefebvre. Square Rapp in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, identified by Shell Rubin Torquay.
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Fritz moves from view as Renée appears at her window. Located by by Shell Rubin Torquay, this is Square Rapp off Avenue Rapp. The art nouveau impasse also appears in 'Code Name: Emerald'.
The best view possible, taken through the closed gates by Shell Rubin Torquay.
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The police are called, forcing Michael and the Doctor to make a run for it. Square Rapp in the 7th arrondissement with the Eiffel Tower in the distance recognised by by Shell Rubin Torquay.
A clearer shot of the scene by Shell Rubin Torquay.
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Once a year on his birthday, Victor dines alone by the River Seine. This is Port de Suffren in Paris 75007 with Pont d'Iéna to the left.
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Unfortunately, this is the evening that Dr. Fassbender has decided to commit suicide, Viking style. Pont d'Iéna spans the Seine linking the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank.
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Driving towards La Closerie des Lilas in an antiquated sports car, Victor hopes to woo Jacqueline. Facing the north-west on Boulevard du Montparnasse 75006.
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Pedestrians jump from the path of the 1936 Cord Convertible. Outside La Closerie des Lilas at the corner of Boulevard du Montparnasse and Avenue de l'Observatoire.
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After Rita, an off course parachutist lands in his car, Michael arrives at Château de Chaumontel on Rue André Vassord, Chaumontel, Val-d'Oise.
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Victor drives Jacqueline to the Château de Chaumontel. Rue de l'Abbé Soret, Luzarches with the corner of Rue Saint-Damien to the left of centre.
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Dr. Fassbender also makes his way to the Château. Looking along Rue Saint-Damien towards Rue de l'Abbé Soret in Luzarches.
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The Norwegian psychoanalyst nears his destination as Carole's parents and several of Michael's female acquaintances all descend on the Château. The crossroads of Rue Saint-Damien, Rue de Cygne and Rue Saint-Côme in Luzarches with Rue Charles de Gaulle on the right.
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A Motorist (Robert Rollis) tells a petrol station Attendant (Daniel Emilfork) that there's an orgy at the Château.
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Snapping the petrol pump's hose, the Motorist drives away as Emma (Annette Poivre) emerges from the toilets having heard the rumour.
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Carole Werner (Romy Schneider) arrives at the Château. Looking out from Château de Chaumontel.
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As the goings on at the Château become far too complicated to explain, the police are called. Château de Chaumontel in the valley of L'Ysieux.
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Police surround the building. L'Ysieux flows in front of Château de Chaumontel on Rue André Vassord, Chaumontel.
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After the guests barge through the police line and flee from the Château, they escape on go-karts that are nearby, causing mayhem in a farm yard on the way.
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The karts speed through town. Looking along Rue de Rocquemont from Rue Saint-Côme, Luzarches.
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Michael drives through a crowded street. Facing south on Rue du Cerf in Luzarches, Val-d'Oise.
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More chaos ensues before Michael and Carole are married at the end of the film. Looking towards Rue Bonnet on Rue du Cerf in Luzarches, Île-de-France with the Market Hall to the left.