Forget Paris

UPC: 053939250121

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity]

Summary: Actor Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed, and starred in this romantic comedy. Forty-something couple Andy (Joe Mantegna) and Liz (Cynthia Stevenson) are about to be married, and as they gather with their friends for dinner not long before the wedding, they are told the story of their mutual friends Mickey (Billy Crystal) and Ellen (Debra Winger) as a cautionary tale of where a relationship can go wrong. Mickey is a top referee with the NBA who has traveled to Paris to bury his father, who wanted to be laid to rest with his Army buddies from World War II. The body is somehow lost in transit, and Mickey has an argument with Ellen, who works for an American airline in France. However, she likes his sense of humor, he is taken with her, and after a few days together in Paris, they decide to marry. However, once they return to Mickey's home in the United States, things get complicated; she's not so sure that she cares for his bachelor apartment ("a shrine to watching ESPN"), or juggling her career against his, while both have problems with their respective families. Several major basketball stars and sports figures appear in Forget Paris as themselves, including Charles Barkley, Bill Walton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Marv Albert. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Romance

Features: Interactive menus
Theatrical trailer
Scene access
Languages & subtitles: English & Fran?ais

Forget Paris

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/18/2000

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Standard
0. Scene Selections
1. Romantic Credits (Our Love Is Here to Stay). [2:01]
2. Mickey's Call. [4:24]
3. A Little Problem. [3:26]
4. Ellen Solves It. [3:17]
5. Famous Last Words. [5:45]
6. Sightseeing (April in Paris). [2:50]
7. Our Love Is Here to Stay. [2:45]
8. Ref at Work (For All We Know). [4:46]
9. Cardinal Sin. [2:58]
10. Doesn't Make Me Laugh. [4:44]
11. New Girl in Charlotte. [4:37]
12. Welcome to L.A. [3:06]
13. Sticky Pigeon. [2:30]
14. Why Not Quit? [3:27]
15. She's Up, He's Down. [4:04]
16. Aggravating Arthur. [2:24]
17. Move On. [2:07]
18. Missing Me. [4:22]
19. Pre-Marital Jitters. [2:09]
20. Rebounds (Just One of Those Things). [4:10]
21. Therapy; Making It Work. [2:47]
22. Piece of Cake (My Melancholy Baby). [7:08]
23. Can't Fit the Space. [3:59]
24. Forget Paris. [3:49]
25. That Thing in Their Voice (April in Paris). [2:11]
26. Wherever You Are (The Star-Spangled Banner). [3:37]
27. A Toast. [2:13]
28. The Cast (April in Paris). [:33]
29. End Credits (When You Love Someone). [4:15]
30. You Got It. [:41]
Side #2 -- Widescreen
0. Scene Selections
1. Romantic Credits (Our Love Is Here to Stay). [2:01]
2. Mickey's Call. [4:24]
3. A Little Problem. [3:26]
4. Ellen Solves It. [3:17]
5. Famous Last Words. [5:45]
6. Sightseeing (April in Paris). [2:50]
7. Our Love Is Here to Stay. [2:45]
8. Ref at Work (For All We Know). [4:46]
9. Cardinal Sin. [2:58]
10. Doesn't Make Me Laugh. [4:44]
11. New Girl in Charlotte. [4:37]
12. Welcome to L.A. [3:06]
13. Sticky Pigeon. [2:30]
14. Why Not Quit? [3:27]
15. She's Up, He's Down. [4:04]
16. Aggravating Arthur. [2:24]
17. Move On. [2:07]
18. Missing Me. [4:22]
19. Pre-Marital Jitters. [2:09]
20. Rebounds (Just One of Those Things). [4:10]
21. Therapy; Making It Work. [2:47]
22. Piece of Cake (My Melancholy Baby). [7:08]
23. Can't Fit the Space. [3:59]
24. Forget Paris. [3:49]
25. That Thing in Their Voice (April in Paris). [2:11]
26. Wherever You Are (The Star-Spangled Banner). [3:37]
27. A Toast. [2:13]
28. The Cast (April in Paris). [:33]
29. End Credits (When You Love Someone). [4:15]
30. You Got It. [:41]

Derek Armstrong

It's always interesting to see unfamiliar professions and their peculiar demands captured on film, and Billy Crystal taps into this keenly in Forget Paris, creating a curious audience for the behind-the-scenes life of an NBA referee. Some might consider the job the worst of both worlds: the horrible travel schedule of a professional athlete with none of the glory, and instead of glory, actual ill will from both players and fans who disagree with his calls. But the job and the cameos from real NBA players, which punched up the trailer, are mostly a surface gimmick, a way in for Crystal to explore the Woody Allen-like subject matter that truly interests him: the semi-functional relationships of aging New Yorkers, which get articulately talked out in a succession of alternately funny and heartbreaking scenes. It's not up to the standards of When Harry Met Sally..., but Crystal's directorial debut, which he also co-wrote, shows that he paid attention when he starred in wistful romantic comedies like this in the past. There are some zany scenes of pure comedy, but also a number that dwell on the sadness of falling in love under impractical circumstances. Anyone who has experienced an intense romantic interlude like the one Crystal and Debra Winger spend in Paris will sympathize, as the characters desperately try to forge a lasting relationship from a dizzy soup of memories. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Bert Copello  Actor 
Gregory Paul Jackson  Actor 
Ron Ross  Actor 
Irving Wasserman  Actor 
Kevin Johnson  Actor 
Jo Farkas  Actor 
E.E. Bell  Actor 
William Hickey  Actor 
Nigel Miguel  Actor 
Isiah Thomas  Actor 
Bernard Brown  Actor 
Johnny Williams  Actor 
Sam Crawford  Actor 
Bill Laimbeer  Actor 
John Spencer  Actor 
Mike McGee  Actor 
David Robinson  Actor 
Marvin Albert  Actor 
Richard Haje  Actor 
David Sanborn  Actor 
Kevin Morris  Actor 
Andre Rosey Brown  Actor 
Clint Howard  Actor 
Cathy Moriarty  Actor 
Bill Walton  Actor 
Janette Caldwell  Actor 
Richard Assad  Actor 
Robert Costanzo  Actor 
Dawan Scott  Actor 
Spud Webb  Actor 
Allan Kolman  Actor 
Judyann Elder  Actor 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  Actor 
Patrick Ewing  Actor 
Rush Limbaugh  Actor 
David St. James  Actor 
Liz Sheridan  Actor 
Ken Johnson  Actor 
Charles Barkley  Actor 
Tim Halligan  Actor 
Reggie Theus  Actor 
Tom Wright  Actor 
Anthony C. Hall  Actor 
Billy Crystal  Director 
Billy Crystal  Producer 
Billy Crystal  Screenwriter 
Lowell Ganz  Screenwriter 
Babaloo Mandel  Screenwriter 
Marc Shaiman  Composer (Music Score) 
Peter Schindler  Executive Producer 
Billy Crystal  Actor 
Debra Winger  Actor 
Joe Mantegna  Actor 
Cynthia Stevenson  Actor 
Richard Masur  Actor 
Julie Kavner  Actor 

Country: USA