1971, Film: Sur un arbre perché

The French comedy film "Sur un arbre perché" ("Perched on a Tree") was released on 14 April 1971. The film was directed by Serge Korber and written by Pierre Roustang . Main stars are Louis de Funès, his son Olivier de Funès and Geraldine Chaplin. The music was composed by Alain Goraguer.

"Sur un arbre perché" poster

Synopsis
Henri Roubier (Louis de Funès), a French highway industrialist, returns from Italy. He has just concluded with the Italian Enrico Mazzini (Franco Volpi) an agreement ensuring them the total control over European highways. While driving along the Mediterranean, Roubier picks up a young hitch-hiker (Olivier de Funès) and a lovely young woman Mrs. Muller (Géraldine Chaplin). The two passengers force Roubier to make a detour via Cassis. As night falls Roubier is distracted by the passengers and he misses a turn...

Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier

Geraldine Chaplin as Mrs. Muller,
Olivier de Funès as hitch-hiker and
Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier

 

Main cast

• Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier
• Olivier de Funès ashitch-hiker
• Geraldine Chaplin as Mrs. Muller
• Alice Sapritch as Lucienne Roubier
• Paul Préboist as radio journalist
• Hans Meyer as Colonel Muller
• Roland Armontel as Father Jean-Marie
• Franco Volpi as Mazzini
• Jean-Jacques Delbo as yacht owner

Olivier de Funès as hitch-hiker and
Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier

Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier,
Geraldine Chaplin as Mrs. Muller and
Olivier de Funès as hitch-hiker

Trivia

• The initial film project was called "L'Accident" ("The Accident"). Yves Montand and Annie Girardot would star in the film, but after reading the story Louis de Funès found it to be a good subject for comedy and the script was completely rewritten by Jean Halain and Serge Korber.
• Shirley MacLaine was originally to play Mrs. Muller. However, following a dispute over filming dates, she had to give up.
• This is the 6th and last time that Olivier de Funès played together with his father. After this film Olivier became an airline pilot.
• The car used in the film is a 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible.

1965 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible

1970, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: "Midnight Cowboy"
(John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, USA, 1969)

Nominees:

• "Oh! What a Lovely War" (Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK,1969)
• "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)
• "Z" (Costa-Gavras, Vasilis Vasilikos, Jorge Semprún, France / Algeria, 1969)

Best Actor
Winner: Dustin Hoffman as John in "John and Mary"
(Peter Yates, John Mortimer, Mervyn Jones, USA, 1969) and as Ratso in "Midnight Cowboy" (John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, USA, 1969)

Nominees:

• Alan Bates as Rupert Birkin in "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)
• Nicol Williamson as Bill Maitland in "Inadmissible Evidence" (Anthony Page, John Osborne, UK, 1968)
• Walter Matthau as The Movie Star in "The Secret Life of an American Wife" (George Axelrod, USA, 1968)

Best Actress
Winner: Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
(Ronald Neame, Muriel Spark, Jay Presson Allen, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl" (William Wyler, Isobel Lennart, USA, 1968) and as Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" (Gene Kelly, Michael Stewart, Thornton Wilder, Ernest Lehman, USA, 1969)
• Glenda Jackson as Gudrun Brangwan in "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)
• Mia Farrow as Mary in "John and Mary" (Peter Yates, John Mortimer, Mervyn Jones, USA, 1969), as Rosemary Woodhouse in "Rosemary's Baby" (Roman Polanski, Ira Levin, USA, 1968) and as Cenci in "Secret Ceremony" (Joseph Losey, Marco Denevi, George Tabori, UK, 1968)

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Laurence Olivier as John French in "Oh! What a Lovely War"
(Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Jack Klugman as Ben Patimk in "Goodbye, Columbus" (Larry Peerce, Philip Roth, Arnold Schulman, USA, 1969)
• Jack Nicholson as George Hanson in "Easy Rider" (Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Terry Southern, USA, 1969)
• Robert Vaughn as Senator Walter Chalmers in "Bullitt" (Peter Yates, Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish, USA, 1968)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Celia Johnson as Miss Mackay in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
(Ronald Neame, Muriel Spark, Jay Presson Allen, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Mary Wimbush as Mary Smith in "Oh! What a Lovely War" (Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK,1969)
• Pamela Franklin as Sandy in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (Ronald Neame, Muriel Spark, Jay Presson Allen, UK, 1969)
• Peggy Ashcroft as Belle in "Three into Two Won't Go" (Peter Hall, Andrea Newman, Edna O'Brien, UK, 1969)

Best Direction
Winner: John Schlesinger for "Midnight Cowboy"
(John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, USA, 1969)

Nominees:

• Ken Russell for "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)
• Peter Yates for "Bullitt" (Peter Yates, Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish, USA, 1968)
• Richard Attenborough for "Oh! What a Lovely War" (Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK,1969)

Best Screenplay
Winner: Waldo Salt for "Midnight Cowboy"
(John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, USA, 1969)

Nominees:

• Arnold Schulman for"Goodbye, Columbus" (Larry Peerce, Philip Roth, Arnold Schulman, USA, 1969)
• Larry Kramer for"Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)
• Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprún for"Z" (Costa-Gavras, Vasilis Vasilikos, Jorge Semprún, France / Algeria, 1969)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Gerry Turpin for "Oh! What a Lovely War"
(Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• William A. Fraker with "Bullitt" (Peter Yates, Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish, USA, 1968)
• Harry Stradling with "Funny Girl" (William Wyler, Isobel Lennart, USA, 1968) and "Hello, Dolly!" (Gene Kelly, Michael Stewart, Thornton Wilder, Ernest Lehman, USA, 1969)
• Billy Williams with "The Magus" (Guy Green, John Fowles, UK, 1968) and "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)

Best Costume Design
Winner: Anthony Mendleson for "Oh! What a Lovely War"
(Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Irene Sharaff for "Funny Girl" (William Wyler, Isobel Lennart, USA, 1968)
• Ruth Myers for "Isadora" (Karel Reisz, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, Isadora Duncan, Clive Exton, Sewell Stokes, UK / France, 1968)
• Shirley Ann Russell for "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)

Best Film Editing
Winner: Hugh A. Robertson for "Midnight Cowboy"
(John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, USA, 1969)

Nominees:

• Frank P. Keller for "Bullitt" (Peter Yates, Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish, USA, 1968)
• Kevin Connor for "Oh! What a Lovely War" (Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK,1969)
• Françoise Bonnot for "Z" (Costa-Gavras, Vasilis Vasilikos, Jorge Semprún, France / Algeria, 1969)

Best Sound Track
Winner: Don Challis and Simon Kaye for "Oh! What a Lovely War"
(Richard Attenborough, Charles Chilton, Joan Littlewood, Ted Allan, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Ted Mason and Jim Shields for "Battle of Britain" (Guy Hamilton, James Kennaway, Wilfred Greatorex, Derek Dempster, Derek Wood, UK, 1969)
• Edwin Scheid for "Bullitt" (Peter Yates, Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish, USA, 1968)
• Terry Rawlings for "Isadora" (Karel Reisz, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, Isadora Duncan, Clive Exton, Sewell Stokes, UK / France, 1968) and "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Jon Voight as Joe Buck in "Midnight Cowboy"
(John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy, USA, 1969)

Nominees:

• Ali MacGraw as Brenda Patimk in "Goodbye, Columbus" (Larry Peerce, Philip Roth, Arnold Schulman, USA, 1969)
• Jennie Linden as Ursula Brangwen in "Women in Love" (Ken Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Larry Kramer, UK, 1969)
• Kim Darby as Mattie Ross in "True Grit" (Henry Hathaway, Charles Portis, Marguerite Roberts, USA, 1969)

1969, Car Spotting: Gemeenschappelijk Administratie Kantoor (GAK), Amsterdam, Netherlands

First row, left to right
Peugeot 404, Audi 60 (F103), Renault Dauphine, Ford Taunus 12M Coupé (Taunus P4), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), NSU Prinz 4, Ford Taunus 17M Turnier (Taunus P3), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Citroën 2CV, unidentified car.

Second row, left to right
NSU Prinz 4, Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Simca 1300/1500 Estate, Volkswagen 1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Fiat 600 Multipla, Fiat 850, Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Fiat 500, DAF 600/750, unidentified car, Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Fiat 600, unidentified car probably DAF, Volkswagen 411 (Type 4), DAF 44, Fiat 850, DAF 600/750, Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1), unidentified car, Ford Zephyr Mk III, Renault 8, unidentified car.