Top cast:Helen Hunt,Scarlett Johansson,Tom Wilkinson
Director:Michel Carré
Genre:Fantasy
Region:Iran
Year:2000
Storyline:Two indebted musicians in the band, saxophonist Joe (Tony Curtis) and bass player Jerry (Jack Lemmon) discuss how they are going to use their first weeks' pay check, since they have finally secured work after four months of unemployment.He notices her legs after she descends the stairs.Capriciously, she tells him:Carmen: You're not very tall, are you?Marlowe: Well, I, uh, I try to be.Carmen: Not bad looking.Oh you probably know it.(while twirling and biting a lock of her hair)Marlowe: Thank you.Carmen: What's your name?Marlowe: Reilly.Doghouse Reilly.Carmen: That's a funny kind of name.Marlowe: You think so.Carmen: Uh, uh.What are you? A prizefighter?Marlowe: No, I'm a shamus.Carmen: What's a shamus?Marlowe: It's a private detective.Carmen: You're making fun of me.Marlowe: Uh, uh.Carmen (she leans back and falls into his arms, throwing herself at him): You're cute.Marlowe tells the butler Norris (Charles Brown): "You ought to wean her, she's old enough." In the humid, hot greenhouse filled with orchids, Sternwood is introduced to Marlowe.[Carmen could accurately be described as a 'hothouse orchid' herself.] He permits Marlowe to drink and smoke:Sternwood: How do you like your brandy, sir?Marlowe: In a glass.The ominous, deserted, eerie and run down 'palace' was infused with the profane and sinful atmosphere of the previous warlord's harem of concubines.When the film won its nomination for the Best Screenplay Oscar, director Kramer boasted: "At least we beat the blacklist.