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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 9780792172161 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 0792172167 Label: Paramount Languages: Manufacturer: Paramount MPN: PARD062044D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 26, 2002 Running Time: 118 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 1953-09 Editorial Review: Product Description: A young princess tired of the constraints her position brings runs away. She doesnt know the man who befriends her is a reporter out for a story. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/16/2007 Starring: Gregory Peck Eddie Albert Run time: 118 minutes Rating: Nr Director: William Wyler Amazon.com essential video: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating: - The best thing I know is to do exactly what you wish for a while.Possibly my favorite romance of all time, ROMAN HOLIDAY is a heart-wrenching, charming and timeless tale of a young Princess Ann(Audrey Hepburn) who runs away and ends up in the arms of wise newspaperman Joe Bradley(Gregory Peck). Of course through a handful of events by random happenstance Joe and Ann fall in love, and their chemistry is really beautiful. "Do you have a silk nightgown with rosebuds?" "I haven't worn a nightgown in years!" Gregory Peck is ... Read More Rating: - Absurd notionsIt is hard to read some of these reviews and not scratch one's head. To think, for example, that Cary Grant would have been better in this film is crazy. Cary Grant is a knowitall sophisticate. He would have wrecked the film. The whole point of the film is that everyone is innocent and learning how to be truly noble as adults. Only Gregory Peck could have carried off the male role without making him appear naive or an idiot. All the sexuality in it is very, very carefully dealt with -- one false ... Read More Rating:  - Great Chick Flick - A Princess blending in with everyday folksRoman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn, a young stressed princess, experiences life without schedules and guards when she sneaks outside her country's embassy in Rome after being given sleeping medication. Gregory Peck, a poor newspaper reporter trying to earn enough money to get back to NY, thinks she is drunk and doesn't want her to be picked up by the police. Thereafter follow several comedic scenes. He follows her around to get a real inside scoop on the life of a princess... His friend ... Read More Rating: - "I could do some of the things I've always wanted to."Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) is tired of the royal life. She is required to behave in such a silly way and she has no time to enjoy herself. She visits city after city without any real change of scenery and she's tired of it. No one in her employ will help her achieve any excitement, so she takes matters into her own hands and escapes. Reporter Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck) finds her, and recognizes her for who she really is. What a story! He takes her home and plans his story, but can't let her know that he ... Read More Rating: - Wonderful Classic MovieI love this movie. I watched it right before my trip to Rome. The sights have not changed a bit and it's such a cute story line. Old black and white movies are so classic and so is Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. It portrays Rome so well. |
