One, Two, Three (1961) | |
| Director(s) | Billy Wilder |
| Producer(s) | I.A.L. Diamond (associate), Doane Harrison (associate), Billy Wilder |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Cold War, Politics, Satire, Secretaries |
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One, Two, Three Overview:
One, Two, Three (1961) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond and Doane Harrison.
SYNOPSIS
Yet another great Wilder effort (he also wrote the blistering screenplay with longtime collaborator Diamond), this time a sprinting comedy of clashing ideologies subverted by love. Cagney's last film finds him as a fast-talking, hard-driving head of the German branch of Coca-Cola. Worlds collide as he volunteers to babysit Tiffin, the teenage daughter of a Coke executive from the home office. He loses her, then finds her in love with East German communist beatnik, Buchholtz. Cagney frames him to get him away from Tiffin, then discovers that he and Tiffin are not just married, but expecting. Cagney rescues the kid, but then loses his job to the reformed communist. Notable score by Previn.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp | Nominated |
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C.R. MacNamara: Oh, yeah, I uh, I forgot he doesn't wear shorts.
[underwear]
Phyllis MacNamara: No wonder they're winning the Cold War.
Otto: I spit on your money. I spit on Fort Knox. I spit on Wall Street.
C.R. MacNamara: Unsanitary little jerk, isn't he?
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The building of the Berlin Wall had begun in the night of August 13, 1961, right through the set at the Brandenburger Tor. The team, discovering the change in the morning, had to move to Munich to shoot the missing scenes on the parking lot of the Bavaria Film Studios, where a copy of the lower half of the Brandenburger Tor had to be built.
When asked in 1974 why he made a film about Coca Cola, Billy Wilder responded, "I just think Coca-Cola to be funny. And when I drink it, it seems even funnier to me."
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