Success Is the Best Revenge

Success Is the Best Revenge (French: Le succès à tout prix) is a 1984 French-British drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Michael York. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Success Is the Best Revenge
Directed byJerzy Skolimowski
Written byJerzy Skolimowski
Michael Lyndon
Michel Ciment
Harriet Pacaud
Barbara Elster
Produced byJerzy Skolimowski
StarringMichael York
CinematographyMike Fash
Edited byBarrie Vince
Music byStanley Myers
Hans Zimmer
Release date
  • 23 May 1984 (1984-05-23)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesFrance
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£983,000[1]

Cast

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Production

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Success Is the Best Revenge was filmed in London. As the film's producer, Skolimowski decided to mortgage his house (which featured in several scenes) in order to raise funds for the project; when it failed to recoup the investment costs at the box office, he declared himself bankrupt and was forced to sell his home, subsequently leaving Britain for the United States.[3]

Although refraining from starring in the film himself (opting to cast Michael York as his alter ego Alex instead), Skolimowski chose to cast his wife Joanna Szczerbic as Alex's wife and his sons Michał and Jerzy (appearing pseudonymously as Michael Lyndon and Jerry Skol respectively) as Alex's sons Adam and Tony.

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  1. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Success Is the Best Revenge". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  3. ^ Ewa Mazierska, 'Autobiographic Discourse in the Films of Jerzy Skolimowski', Kinema (Fall 2008). openjournals.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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