The Facts of Life Goes to Paris

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The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
Genre
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Written byJerry Mayer & Jack Elinson
Linda Marsh & Margie Peters
Deidre Fay & Stuart Wolpert
Directed by Asaad Kelada
Starring Charlotte Rae
Lisa Whelchel
Kim Fields
Mindy Cohn
Nancy McKeon
Music by Misha Segal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJack Elinson
Jerry Mayer
Producers Linda Marsh
Margie Peters
CinematographyWoody Omens
EditorJack Horger
Running time100 minutes
Production company Embassy Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseSeptember 25, 1982 (1982-09-25)
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The Facts of Life Goes to Paris is a 1982 American made-for-television comedy film based on the sitcom The Facts of Life which featured the main characters of that series. [1] It originally aired on NBC on September 25, 1982, four nights before the start of season four. The film was later split into four individual half-hour episodes when the series entered syndication. [2]

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Synopsis

The Facts of Life Goes to Paris occurred during the continuity of the original series. Mrs. Garrett and the girls—Blair, Jo, Natalie, and Tootie—embark on an overseas vacation to Paris, France during summer recess. Mrs. Garrett attends a prestigious cooking academy and the four girls take part in a program at a French boarding school. While Mrs. Garrett is busy with French cooking lessons, the girls' summer boarding house is oppressive, located kilometers (miles) away outside of Paris, and they are constantly under the watchful eye of their European guardian, a strict woman named Mrs. Southwick (Vivian Brown).

Determined not to let the trip be a total waste, all four girls decide to run away to Paris to enjoy their last few days in France: Blair searches for French romance; while attempting to go to a car race in Le Mans, Jo gets distracted and instead finds it with a young biker named David LeClair (Frédéric Andréi); Natalie and Tootie meet a famous down-on-his-luck American author, Garth "G.K." Kiley (Frank Bonner) and encourage him to try to put down the bottle and pick up the pen again.

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DVD release

The full-length film was released as a bonus feature on The Facts of Life: The Complete Fourth Season DVD set on May 4, 2010 and was re-released on January 13, 2015 as part of The Facts of Life: The Complete Series 26-disc DVD set.

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References

  1. "The Facts of Life Goes to Paris". Turner Classic Movies . United States: Turner Broadcasting System . Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  2. The Facts of Life Goes to Paris site at www.televisionhits.com