Roxanne (film)

Roxanne is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a modern retelling of Edmond Rostands 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Steve Martin and starring Martin and Daryl Hannah.

Roxanne goes to Bales for help when Chris fails to advance their relationship further than curious glances. Through a turn of events, she falsely believes Chris is not only good looking, but also intelligent and deep. When Bales informs Chris of Roxannes interest, Chris gets sick since he is intimidated by intelligent women. Chris starts to write her a letter, but takes all day to write anything of note. He then goes to Baless house for help and convinces him to write the letter. Roxanne receives the letter and is bowled over by its prose. When informed that Roxanne wants to meet him, Chris again gets sick and refuses to meet until Bales comes up with a plan to allow him to be as brilliant as his letter makes him appear. Chris arrives at Roxannes house with a hunters cap on, hiding the earphones that relay Baless words from a van. When the equipment fails, Chris bungles the meeting by speaking his own crass thoughts. After Roxanne storms back into the house furious, Chris begs Bales to fix his mess again. At first he repeats what he is told from under a tree beneath Roxannes window, but soon also ruins that. Then they switch jackets and hats so Bales can speak the words as Chris. They achieve their goal and she invites Chris in to make love.Soon Roxanne gets word on her comet, and has to go out of town for a week. Since she cant find Chris, she gives Bales the address of her hotel and asks him to tell Chris to write to her. Bales begins to write her several times a day, each letter more incredible than the next. The affect Roxanne so much, that she returns home early. Bales is writing a new letter to her in Dixies diner when he finds out that Chris who knows nothing about the letters is on his way to see Roxanne. He arrives at her home and after some effort, is able to tell Chris that Roxanne would be mentioning some letters that he supposedly wrote. She tries to get Chris to be the man in the letters, revealing that his looks are only secondary to her. Knowing tha

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