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DVD
Paramount
Publisher: Paramount
Franz Planer
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
Actors: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 118 minutes Rating: Nr
Maybe it doesn't quite live up to its sterling reputation, and maybe the leading man and director were slightly miscast. But who cares? Roman Holiday is the film that brought Audrey Hepburn to prominence, and the world movie audience went weak at the knees. The endlessly charming Hepburn had her first starring role in this sweet romance, playing a European princess on an official tour through Rome. Frustrated by her lack of connection to the real world, she slips away from her protective handlers and goes on a spree, aided by a tough-guy news reporter (Gregory Peck). Director William Wyler, more at home with such heavy-going, Oscar-winning classics as The Best Years of Our Lives and Ben- Hur, doesn't always keep the champagne bubbles afloat, and the Peck role would have fit Cary Grant like a silk glove. But the film is great fun, the location shooting is irresistible, and Hepburn embodies an image of chic style that would rule for the rest of the fifties. No coincidence: she won an Oscar, and so did veteran costume designer Edith Head. --Robert Horton
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| 24 hours far from the stifling rules! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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A newspaper man in Rome will meet without realizing himself, a Princess who slips away from her Palace to travel of incognito in one of the most romantic cities of the world.
The very nature of this romantic-comedy-fantasy engages to everybody. There are five fundamental reasons that support this timeless classic: The presence of the most lovable, tender and charismatic Audrey Hepburn who spells the viewer since her first appearance on screen; Rome itself, its streets, historical monuments and sympathetic people; the fluid direction of William Wyler who must have found inspiration around the greatest exponents of the Italian neo realism; the presence of Gregory Peck whose touch of class and refinement makes he was the perfect counterpart for her and finally the marvelous script, which never falls in common places.
As you and me are well aware, this brief space of twenty fours in the life of a Princess must be lived with frantic intensity, breaking the rules here and there. And spite we are conscious they will never become a permanent couple makes us conscious about the brevity of the life and how every little and insignificant moment must be lived - for better or worst.
The final sequence in which the Princess receives the set of photographs accents still more the beginning of the nostalgia for those moments that will never come back.
API chose labeled it among the four best romantic films ever. But far from this fact, Miss Hepburn won the coveted Academy award in 1953 when most of people thought the Prize would be for Deborah Kerr for he role in "From here to the eternity."
But finally What about Hollywood `s charm without Miss Hepburn? What about the proud of the cinema without "Sabrina" "Breakfast in Tiffany" and "Two for the road" (a film that personally love it)?
Wherever she is, Audrey will always be the timeless bride of Hollywood.
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| Grace & Charm |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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"Roman Holiday" still captures attention and fully carries viewers frame by frame to its bittersweet conclusion. While Audrey Hepburn had done some European films prior to this, the credits still claim "introducting Audrey Hepburn." She won the Oscar for her first Hollywood movie, no small feat considering she faced Leslie Caron in "Lily," "Ava Gardner" in "Mogambo" & Debra Kerr in "From Here to Eternity." As Princess Anne, she is uncomfortably proper & delightfully rebellious. Hepburn had grace and charm that translated well on screen. Opposite her as the leading man was Gregory Peck who won an Oscar for "To Kill a Mockingbird." As struggling newspaperman Joe Bradley, Peck exudes his own calmness and kindness as he comically tries to put the sleeping stranger to bed. Both Eddie Albert as the photographer Irving and director William Wyler had Oscar nominations for the film. Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplay using friends to mask his authorship which won an Oscar. Margaret Rawlings as the attending Countess Vereberg and Hartley Power as the newspaper boss Mr. Hennessey also have excellent supporting roles. The 50+ year old film exudes a sweetness from its era. The DVD extras inform that this was one of the first films to be shot on location. It takes us to a time in Rome where motor scooters and bicycles were more prominent than automobiles. This special collectors' edition packages the film in handsome style. Enjoy!
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| Roman Holiday Video - Excellent |
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This video was in excellent condition and your mailing was very quick. Thank you!
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| Wonderful DVD |
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Excellent DVD at a very nice price. The quality was very good for this black and white movie. I love all the older movies and this one is no exception! You won't go wrong by getting this one.
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