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ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
Directed by: William Wyler
Release date: September 22nd 1953
Audrey's character: Princess Ann
Genre: Drama/Romance/Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr, 53 min
Summary:
Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour
of European capitals.When
sheand her royal
entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel
against her restricted, regimented schedule.
One night Anne sneaks
out of her room,
hops into the back
of a delivery truck and escapes her
luxurious confinement.
However, a sedative
she was forced to take earlier starts to take effect,
and the princess is soon fast asleep on a public bench. She is found by Joe
Bradley, an American newspaper reporter stationed in Rome. He takes her back
to his apartment. The next morning Joe dashes off to cover the Princess Anne
press conference, unaware that she is sleeping on his couch! Once he
realizes his good fortune, Joe promises his editor an exclusive interview
with the princess.
CAST
Joe Bradley - Gregory Peck
Princess Ann - Audrey Hepburn
Irving Radovich - Eddie Albert
Mr. Hennessey - Hartley Power
Countess Vereberg - Margaret Rawlings
QUOTES
"I hate this nightgown. I hate all my
nightgowns, and I hate all my underwear too."
"Please do not use that word. Were I not entirely aware of my duty to my
family and to my country, I would not have come back tonight... or indeed
ever again! "
"I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must
stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the
corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you."
I"'ve never been alone with a man before, even with my dress on. With my
dress off, it's MOST unusual."
TRIVIA
When filming the scene where the princess
(Audrey) says her goodbyes to Joe, the inexperienced Hepburn was unable to
produce the necessary tears, eventually causing director William Wyler to
complain at the number of wasted takes. Hepburn promptly burst into tears
and the scene was filmed successfully.
Audrey won the role of Ann thanks to a legendary screen test. In it, she
performed one of the scenes from the film, but the cameraman was instructed
to keep the cameras rolling after the director said, "Cut." Several minutes
of unrehearsed, spontaneous Hepburn was thus captured on film and this,
combined with some candid interview footage, won her the role.
Gregory Peck's role was originally written with Cary Grant in mind. Grant,
however, turned the role down as he believed he was too old to play Audrey
Hepburn's love interest. He did however play her on-screen love ten years
later in Charade (1963). The two became firm friends working on the film,
and Grant considered her one of his favorite actresses to work with.
Ann and Joe get into an argument over which poet wrote the words that Ann
quotes, "Arethusa rose from her couch of snows in the Acroceraunian
mountains." Joe was right; it's from the poem "Arethusa" by Percy Bysshe
Shelley.
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