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Contempt

Contempt

Oct 29, 1963
103 min
DramaRomance
7.1/ 10
892 votes

Overview

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

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TMDB
7.1/10
892 votes
IMDB
7.4/10
37,823 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
Not Available
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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$900,000Production cost
Box Office$528,428Worldwide gross
Profit-$371,572Loss
ROI
-41.3%Return on investment
US Box Office$1,151,804Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

1 win & 1 nomination total

Details

Production information

"More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!"

Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Budget

$900,000

Revenue

$528,428

Production Companies

Rome-Paris FilmsLes Films ConcordiaC. C. Champion

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