Contempt
More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!
Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script.
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $528,428
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Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
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Box Office & Release
Contempt returned 0.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $900,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $528,428
- Release date
- Oct 29, 1963
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- France, Italy
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