Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (Too Many Chefs) (1978)

Devilishly amusing, even witty. A crime comedy movie with a balanced approached to each. George Segal and his ex wife reluctantly become detectives trying to solve just whom is murdering the master chefs of Europe.


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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 comedy mystery film starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Morley. It is based on the novel Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons. The chefs are each killed in a manner reflecting their most famous dishes; for example, the lobster chef is drowned (in the book the recipe for each dish is given).


Well done in all respects, great cinematography of many tourist spots in Europe. From the start you know you are on a gastronomic trip of caloric proportions!


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SEE it all here at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNL2yGReKsQ&list=PL943CDA52348692B5

Oscar winner Henry Mancini, composer, provides the soundtrack to this one. George Segal, oft times a comedian in film does his usual fine performance as a fast food enteprenuer once married to a master chef herself, Bissett. Veteran actor Robert Morely owns a gastro intellect magazine who is over weight, overly intellectual and overly obscessed with all the chefs of Europe.



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REVIEWS:


----90%
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a pretty good suspence-comedy from 1978. George Segal is good as the fast-food man who finds himself be... More

---- As for the whodunit? When the killer was finally revealed I had guessed wrong and enjoyed evey moment.


NOTES:

1 Playing a pompous gourmet in this film was Robert Morley who due to the popularity of the character went onto make a series of successful television commercials for Heinz soup.

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Awards

Robert Morley won Best Supporting Actor at the 1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1978) and at the National Society of Film Critics Awards (1979). He was also nominated for Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role along with Jacqueline Bisset for Best Motion Picture Actress (1979).

Directed by

Ted Kotcheff



Produced by

William Aldrich



Written by

Peter Stone



Starring

George Segal
Jacqueline Bisset
Robert Morley
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Philippe Noiret
Jean Rochefort







Music by

Henry Mancini



Cinematography

John Alcott



Studio

Lorimar



Distributed by

Warner Bros.



Release date(s)

October 5, 1978



Running time

112 minutes



Country

United States/West Germany



Language

English

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