MacNamara, a Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin who’s looking to earn a promotion within his business.Ĭagney cracks the whip in the Coca-Cola office, greeted by a standing ovation each time he passes his workers. Set in present day 1961, James Cagney plays C.R. Scoring One, Two, Three to Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance (a pristine 171 BPM), the constant gags and jokes would roll off the tongue as well as the varying scenarios that Wilder’s character would find themselves in. This Marx Brothers-esque comedy took it to another level that previous successes like Some Like It Hot (1959) achieved. The effect of relentless gags is consistent, meaning that the audience would have no choice but to give in. “Let’s make the fastest picture in the world,” Wilder had said, clearly unfussed on whether the audience missed a joke or two. Winning three individual Oscars and becoming the first person to win Best Picture, Director and Screenplay – Wilder’s decided to make his next project a European-based political satire. And following his success with The Apartment (1960), Wilder was in a place of free rein regarding his next project. Diamond’s screenplay, the title page reads “This piece must be played molto furiouso, suggested speed: 110 miles an hour – on the curves – 140 miles an hour in the straightaways.” Having adapted Ferenc Molnar’s Hungarian one-act play of the same name, One, Two, Three (1961) was destined to increase the pace of Wilder’s previous comedies.
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