Hold-Up (1985 film)

Hold-Up
French film poster
Directed by	Alexandre Arcady
Written by	Alexandre Arcady Jay Cronley (book)
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo Kim Cattrall Guy Marchand Jean-Pierre Marielle
Cinematography	Michael Chapman
Music by	Serge Franklin
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	23 October 1985 (1985-10-23)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Canada France
Language	French
Budget	CAD $8,000,000
Box office	2,367,294 admissions (France)

Hold-Up is a Franco-Canadian crime comedy from 1985, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Alexandre Arcady. The screenplay by Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont and Francis Veber is based on the novel Quick Change by Jay Cronley. The novel was filmed again, as Quick Change (1990), with Bill Murray starring and co-directing.

Plot

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

Cast

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Grimm
• Kim Cattrall as Lise
• Guy Marchand as Georges
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Simon Labrosse
• Jacques Villeret as Jeremie
• Jean-Claude de Goros as Inspector Fox
• Tex Konig as Lasky

Trivia

• The music that Grimm plays in Rome is a music by Nino Rota from La strada (1954), also featuring a clown as a main character.
• 16th highest-grossing movie of its year in France.
• First time in eight years that Belmondo has not delivered a top 10 hit movie. The last time that happened was 1976.

Discography

The CD soundtrack composed by Serge Franklin is available on Music Box Records label (website). It also includes the complete score of Alexandre Arcady's Last Summer in Tangiers (1987).

External links

• Hold-Up at IMDb
• Hold-Up at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hold Up at Le Film Guide
• Hold-Up -> ČSFD.cz