Barcelona (film)

Barcelona
Barcelona
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Whit Stillman
Written by	Whit Stillman
Produced by	Whit Stillman; Antonio Llorens; Jordi Tusell
Starring	Taylor Nichols; Chris Eigeman; Tushka Bergen; Mira Sorvino; Pep Munné; Hellena Schmied; Nuria Badia; Jack Gilpin; Thomas Gibson;
Cinematography	John Thomas
Edited by	Christopher Tellefsen
Music by	Mark Suozzo
Production; company	Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release date	July 29, 1994;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.2 million
Box office	$7.3 million

Barcelona is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman and set in Barcelona. The film stars Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman and Mira Sorvino.

Barcelona is the second film (after Metropolitan (1990) and preceding The Last Days of Disco (1998)) in what Stillman calls his "Doomed-Bourgeois-in-Love series". The three films are independent of each other except for the cameo appearances of some common characters.

Plot[]

The main character in Barcelona is a Chicago salesman named Ted Boynton, who lives and works in the eponymous Spanish city in 1987. Ted's cousin, Fred, a naval officer, unexpectedly comes to stay with Ted at the beginning of the film. Fred has been sent to Barcelona to handle public relations on behalf of a U.S. fleet scheduled to arrive later.

The cousins have a history of conflict since childhood, to which the film refers several times. Ted and Fred develop relationships with various single women in Barcelona and experience the negative reactions of some of the community's residents to the context of Fred's presence. Ted also faces possible problems with his American employer and with the concept of attraction to physical beauty.

Cast[]

Taylor Nichols as Ted Boynton
Chris Eigeman as Fred Boynton
Tushka Bergen as Montserrat Raventos
Mira Sorvino as Marta Ferrer
Pep Munné as Ramon
Hellena Schmied as Greta
Nuria Badia as Aurora Boval
Jack Gilpin as The Consul
Thomas Gibson as Dickie Taylor

Reception[]

Barcelona received an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 35 reviews.^[1]

Year-end lists[]

5th – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News^[2]
7th – Yardena Arar, Los Angeles Daily News^[2]
8th – Todd Anthony, Miami New Times^[3]
Top 9 (not ranked) – Dan Webster, The Spokesman-Review^[4]
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution^[5]
Top 10 (not ranked) – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel^[6]
Best "sleepers" (not ranked) – Dennis King, Tulsa World^[7]

References[]

^ Barcelona (1994), retrieved 2021-07-06
^ ^a ^b Strauss, Bob (December 30, 1994). "At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality". Los Angeles Daily News (Valley ed.). p. L6.
^ Anthony, Todd (January 5, 1995). "Hits & Disses". Miami New Times.
^ Webster, Dan (January 1, 1995). "In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane ed.). p. 2.
^ "The Year's Best". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 25, 1994. p. K/1.
^ Pickle, Betsy (December 30, 1994). "Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be". Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. 3.
^ King, Dennis (December 25, 1994). "SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact". Tulsa World (Final Home ed.). p. E1.

External links[]

Quotations related to Barcelona (film) at Wikiquote
Barcelona at IMDb
Barcelona at AllMovie
Barcelona at Box Office Mojo
Barcelona at Rotten Tomatoes
Phil's whitstillman.org "Barcelona" page (links on the film)
Barcelona: Innocence Abroad an essay by Haden Guest at the Criterion Collection

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[1] Barcelona (1994), retrieved 2021-07-06

[Strauss-2] Strauss, Bob (December 30, 1994). "At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality". Los Angeles Daily News (Valley ed.). p. L6.

[3] Anthony, Todd (January 5, 1995). "Hits & Disses". Miami New Times.

[4] Webster, Dan (January 1, 1995). "In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane ed.). p. 2.

[AtlantaYE-5] "The Year's Best". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 25, 1994. p. K/1.

[6] Pickle, Betsy (December 30, 1994). "Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be". Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. 3.

[7] King, Dennis (December 25, 1994). "SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact". Tulsa World (Final Home ed.). p. E1.

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