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| gross = $40.1 million (domestic)<ref>{{cite web| title = Roxanne| work = Box Office Mojo| publisher = Internet Movie Database| url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=roxanne.htm| access-date = October 4, 2010}}</ref>
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'''''Roxanne''''' is a 1987 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Fred Schepisi]] and starring [[Steve Martin]] and [[Daryl Hannah]]. It is a modern retelling of [[Edmond Rostand]]'s 1897 verse play ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', adapted by Steve Martin. Rostand is mentioned in the opening credits. It is number #71 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] "100 Funniest Movies".
 
== Plot ==
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*Shandra Beri as Sandy
*[[Jean Sincere]] as Nina
*Thom Curley as Jim (the darts player C.D. takes to task)
*[[Ritch Shydner]] and [[Kevin Nealon]] as Drunk #1 and #2 (C.D. fights them in the opening scene)
*[[Brian George]] as cosmetic surgeon
*[[Maureen Murphy (comedian)|Maureen Murphy]] as cosmetics clerk
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:'''Cyrano''': "Oh, how you must love the little birds so much that when they come and sing to you, you give them this to perch on."
:'''C.D.''': "You must love the little birdies to give them ''this'' to perch on."
 
* C.D.'s position in the firefighters is similar to Cyrano's leadership of the Gascon Cadets.
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[[Category:Films produced by Daniel Melnick]]
[[Category:Films about letters (message)]]
[[Category:English-language romantic comedy films]]