{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Picture Paris | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Brad Hall | producer = | writer = Brad Hall | screenplay = | story = | based_on = | starring = Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Grégory Fitoussi | narrator = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = | released = {{film date|2012|12|17|df=y}} | runtime = | country = | language = | budget = }}
'''''Picture Paris''''' is a 2012 HBO short film about a suburban woman with an empty nest who exhibits a passion for Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjtlAHyNaBk |date=October 22, 2021|title=SBIFF Film Talk with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall - Picture Paris |author1=Santa Barbara International Film Festival |via=youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRQiF9F4rnc |date=2012|title=Veep: Picture Paris: Out-take Reel |author1=HBO |via=youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfOkCoFvLc |date=2012|title=Veep: Picture Paris (Bonus Scene) |author1=HBO |via=youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJDyzD_pJU |date=2012|title=Picture Paris |author1= New Video Group|via=youtube.com}}</ref>
==Production== The film was written and directed by Brad Hall, starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Grégory Fitoussi and was shot in Paris in May and June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/when-tv-vets-make-an-indie-short-julia-louis-dreyfus-and-brad-hall-talk-picture-paris|title=When TV Vets Make an Indie Short: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall Talk "Picture Paris"|accessdate=April 29, 2014|date=February 3, 2012|publisher=Indie Wire|author=Greene, Steve}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-ellis/brad-hall-julia-louis-dreyfus-picture-paris_b_1456561.html |access-date=16 June 2023 |work=HuffPost |date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514123956/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-ellis/brad-hall-julia-louis-dreyfus-picture-paris_b_1456561.html |archive-date=14 May 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-julia-louis-dreyfus-hbo-picture-paris-20121217,0,5712414.story|title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus delights in HBO's 'Picture Paris'|accessdate=April 29, 2014|date=December 18, 2012|work=Baltimore Sun|author=Zurawik, David}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Blog |url=http://www.pictureparisfilm.com/picture-paris-blog/ |website=PICTURE PARIS |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019073413/http://www.pictureparisfilm.com/picture-paris-blog/ |archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>
==Release== ''Picture Paris'' had a screening at The Wilmette Theatre, Wilmette, Illinois on New Year's Day 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=SNEAK PREVIEW in CHICAGO |url=http://www.pictureparisfilm.com/2012/01/01/sneak-preview-in-chicago/ |website=PICTURE PARIS |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019100437/http://www.pictureparisfilm.com/2012/01/01/sneak-preview-in-chicago/ |archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> ''Picture Paris'' premiered on 17 December 2012 at 9PM, on HBO.<ref>{{cite web |author1=HBO |title=Picture Paris Preview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J162eUcKst0 |website=youtube |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=en |date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> It was entered into the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-ellis/brad-hall-julia-louis-dreyfus-picture-paris_b_1456561.html|title=Interview: Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris|accessdate=April 29, 2014|date=April 27, 2012|work=The Huffington Post|author=Ellis, Cynthia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Stacey Wilson |title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Making the Short Film 'Picture Paris': 'We Had to Steal Shots … It Was Crazy!' (Q&A) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/julia-louis-dreyfus-making-short-700516/ |access-date=16 June 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1 May 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218194635/http://www.pictureparisfilm.com/ official website]<!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20190127063724/http://www.pictureparisfilm.com/ ?: https://brad-hall-rjhp.squarespace.com/ --> * [https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/5423126/Picture-Paris/overview Picture Paris] at ''The New York Times'' * {{IMDb title|2080359|Picture Paris}}
Category:2012 films Category:Films set in Paris Category:Films shot in Paris Category:HBO Films films Category:American comedy-drama television films Category:2012 comedy-drama films Category:American comedy-drama short films Category:2012 American films
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