Roxanne (movie)

Roxanne is a film released in 1987, starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah.

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Film - 1987 - Steve Martin - Darryl Hannah

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It is a modern retelling of the verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, written in 1897 by French author Edmond Rostand. The screenplay was written by Martin.

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Play - Cyrano de Bergerac - 1897 - French - Edmond Rostand

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In the film, Martin plays C.D. Bales, the fire chief in a small American town. Bales is witty, acrobatic, and skilled at many things, but he has a very large nose --- actually an unrealistically long one. He loves the beautiful Roxanne Kowalski (Hannah), but she is infatuated with Chris, a handsome but dull fireman. As in the play, Bales is touchy about his perceived ugliness and speaks to the object of adoration the only way he can: he writes expressions of love and allows Chris to present them to Roxanne as if they were his own.

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Roxanne was filmed in the small Canadian city of Nelson, British Columbia.

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Canadian - Nelson - British Columbia

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