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Audrey Hepburn: Roman Holiday
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Called a "cult film for romantics," Stanley Donen's stylish dissection of the 12-year marriage of loutish architect Albert Finney and bored-beyond-tears Audrey Hepburn uses flashbacks to show the good, bad and ugly moments of their relationship. William Daniels, Eleanor Bron and Jacqueline Bisset ... star in this much-cherished "dramedy." 111 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
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Audrey Hepburn personified sophistication, class, and glamour. At the same time, she was a supremely unpretentious and compassionate person. Her performance in Roman Holiday, her first starring role, won her an Oscar and forever established her in the world's consciousness as the epitome of gentle grace and nobility, tempered with an endearing gamine gawkiness and innocence.
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Audrey Hepburn was born on 4 May 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. Her father was an English banker and her mother a Dutch baroness. She studied ballet, but a small part in a French film led the French writer Colette to ask her to play the title role in Gigi, which Collette had adapted for Broadway. The same year, Hepburn landed the starring role in the movie Roman Holiday, with Gregory Peck, the first of a long list of American movie classics in which she starred.
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Hepburn's career as an actress had a tremendous start when she won an Academy Award for her film debut in the movie ROMAN HOLIDAY. Throughout her career she received four more Academy Award nominations for her roles in SABRINA, THE NUN'S STORY, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S and WAIT UNTIL DARK. Hepburn had an illustrious film career and became known for her grace and beauty. She married twice and had a son, Luca. In 1988, she became a special ambassador to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and spent the rest of her life working to improve the conditions of needy children. She died of colon cancer at the age of 63.
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When World War II ended, Audrey and her mother moved to England. There Audrey learned ballet, was a model and started to appear in the theatre and in films. Audrey won the Theatre World Award for her performance in Gigi, which was a play on Broadway. After this she was offered a part in the film Roman Holiday, which ... starred Gregory Peck. Audrey won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film. She would be nominated for four more Academy Awards during her career.
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After several minor roles in films such as the Lavender Hill Mob Audrey was chosen to play Gigi a hit West end play. She was given an award by the Theatre world for best debut performance. Her first film was Secret People in 1952; a film about a prodigy ballerina which was a natural choice for Audrey to play. It was during the filming for this that she was spotted by director William Wyler. He was producing a film “Roman Holiday” and he felt the innocence and elfin beauty of Audrey Hepburn would make a perfect choice for the English Princess who spends a day in Rome in the company of Gregory Peck. The film was a great hit and on the advertising Audrey Hepburn was given the same billing as Gregory Peck.
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