February 1 1973 

LAST TANGO IN PARIS opens in NY. Directed by Bernado Bertolucci from a screenplay written by Bertolucci and Franco Arcali. Provocative, polarising and prosecuted cause celebre featuring Marlon Brando as despondent widower who initiates an anonymous sexual relationship with Maria Shneider's young Parisian drifter. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Massimo Girotti and Maria Michi fill out supporting roles. Film is huge international  hit.   

 

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