La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
La Tour Montparnasse Infernale is a 2001 French crime comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and co-written and starred by Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia and Pierre-François Martin-Laval. When it came out in cinemas in Canada, it was translated into Don't Die Too Hard in reference to Die Hard. The movie is a box office success, grossing 20.6 million for a budget of 9.6 million. A prequel, La Tour 2 contrôle infernale was released in 2016.
| La Tour Montparnasse Infernale | |
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| Directed by | Charles Nemes |
| Produced by | Christian Fechner |
| Starring | Éric Judor Ramzy Bedia Marina Foïs Serge Riaboukine |
| Cinematography | Étienne Fauduet |
| Edited by | Dominique Galliéni |
| Music by | Jean-Claude Vannier |
| Distributed by | UGC Fox Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $9.6 million |
| Box office | $20.6 million[1] |
Plot
Éric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Eric thinks that he has a date with beautiful Marie-Joëlle (real name is Stéphanie Lanceval), They stay at work late, but a gang of terrorists seize the tower and take its late-night occupants (including Marie-Joëlle) hostage. Knowing that only they can save the day, Éric and Ramzy swing into action.
Cast
- Eric Judor and Ramzy Bedia as the windows washers
- Marina Foïs as Stéphanie Lanceval (Marie-Joëlle)
- Serge Riaboukine as Michel Vignault a.k.a. Machin
- Michel Puterflam as Lanceval
- Bô Gaultier de Kermoal as Ming
- Pierre Semmler as Hans
- Edgar Givry as Greg
- Georges Trillat as Peter
- Bruce Johnson as Chris
- Laurence Pollet-Villard as Sylvie
- Pierre-François Martin-Laval as Tran
- Olivier Balazuc as Fils 4 Lanceval
- Jean-Claude Dauphin as Le commissaire
- Étienne Fauduet as Séparatiste corse
- Benoît Giros as Jean-Louis
- François Goizé as Pilote hélicoptère
- Vincent Haquin as Chef GIGN
- Thibault Lacroix as Fils 1 Lanceval
- Grégory Lemoigne as Fils 3 Lanceval
- Frederic Moreau as Séparatiste basque
- Gyuri Nemes as Séparatiste Breton
- Marc Raffat as Pilote hélicoptère
- Lionel Roux as Homme du RAID
- Philippe Schwartz as Fils 5 Lanceval
- Volodia Serre as Fils 2 Lanceval
- Joey Starr as Youston
- Omar Sy as Taxi driver
- Fred Testot as Policier fumeur
References
- "LA TOUR MONTPARNASSE INFERNALE (2001)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 2001-03-28.