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Murder | Mystery
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Best Supporting Actor | 1979 | Robert
Best Supporting Actor | 1978 | Robert
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Motion Picture | 1979 | Robert
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1979 | Jacqueline
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | 1979 | Peter
Best International Actress | 1979 | Jacqueline
Food for the film was created by master of nouvelle cuisine, prominent premiere French chef Paul Bocuse.
The original novel revealed the murderer at the very beginning; the film opted to reveal it at the end. In addition, the film's killer in the film was not the same one as the novel.
Changes from the film's source novel included the ending and the removal of a lot of the book's erotic material.
In 2006, Warner Bros. announced that the film would be remade; as of 2018, this film has not happened.
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. Morley was awarded Best Supporting Actor from both the National Society of Film Critics Awards (1979) and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1978). Morely was also nominated in the same category at the Golden Globes.
"Dr. Deere: Ah, Maximilian, how very good of you to be so punctual! Max: The name is Vandeveer. I don't wish to be on first name terms with anyone who's had their fingers up my rectum."
"Max: [to Dr. Deere, about being dangerously overweight] Cut down? I am what I am precisely because I've eaten my way to the top! I'm a work of art, created by the finest chefs in the world. Every fold is a brush stroke! Every crease a sonnet! Every chin a concerto! In short doctor darling, in my present form, I'm a masterpiece!"
