Roman Holiday - The Centennial Collection

Roman Holiday - The Centennial Collection
by William Wyler

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Actor: Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Gregory Peck, Harcourt Williams, Hartley Power
Director: William Wyler
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Franz Planer
Cinematographer: Henri Alekan
Producer: William Wyler
Producer: Robert Wyler
Writer: Dalton Trumbo
Writer: Ian McLellan Hunter
Writer: John Dighton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount

DVD Reviews of Roman Holiday - The Centennial Collection

DVD Review: A Modern Fairy Tale
Summary: 5 Stars

An enchanting real-life fairy tale, as light as a drift of marshmallow fluff, about a runaway princess and an American newspaper reporter, and their day of playing hookey in Rome; a Rome which is so thoroughly a part of this story that it might as well be one of the supporting actors. This was Audrey Hepburn's breakout movie role, and one is also charmed to learn from the extras that she was as gracious, loyal and endearing to everyone she worked with, as was the character she played: Princess Ann, of some unspecified European country, on a state visit/good-will tour of post World War II Europe. Isolated by the requirements of her position, bored beyond tears, and chaperoned every minute of every waking day, Princess Ann impulsively flies the luxuriously gilded coop of her country's embassy in Rome late one night. She is discovered almost asleep on a park bench by reporter Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck). Being one of nature's gentlemen, he assumes she is inebriated and takes her his artistically disarranged little garret of a place; when he realizes who she is, he has plans.

Part of the undeniable charm of this movie is the fact that it shows us a past that is nearly out of reach: a past where motor-traffic meant a flock of Vespa scooters, and a working newspaperman would never be seen not wearing a tie. It is a world which pre-dated the paparazzi, ruthlessly pursuing celebrities twenty-four seven. One could barely imagine a newspaper reporter and his photographer friend being so gallant today - even if the princess and the reporter did manage to fall into love. A bittersweet ending; when the two almost-lovers part after their delirious, carefree glimpse of love in the shadows of the eternal city.

Of the extras, the most interesting is "Rome with a Princess" - a modern day look at the various authentic locations used, and a retrospective of Audrey Hepburn's career at Paramount studios.

DVD Review: CINDERELLA IN REVERSE
Summary: 5 Stars

This was supposed to be Peck's movie. Audrey Hepburn was an unknown actress at the time, but from the moment Hepburn appeared on screen she owned not only her part, but the film as well ( and that comes from someone who considers Gregory Peck to be one of his all-time favorite actors ). The chemistry between the leads is wonderful, Wyler's pacing of the movie is superb, and the story is exquisite ( light without being fluffy, and loaded with class ). ROMAN HOLIDAY suffers few rivals in the field of comedy-romance. If you're a Hepburn, or Peck lover, or a sucker for great romantic-comedies you probably already have this classic, and are, of course, aware that one viewing of it can never be enough.

DVD Review: Classic Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a timeless movie...for those who love these actors and love ITALY!!! this is a great collection.

DVD Review: Centennial Collection : black and white or colorized?
Summary: 5 Stars

The Centennial Collection DVD has the following specs:

Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC

Is this a colorized version of the original black and white? Or is the format classified as color in the general sense that black and white ARE colors?

DVD Review: One of my favorite romantic stories of all time
Summary: 5 Stars

William Wyler could not have chosen a better actress to play Princess Ann. Audrey Hepburn, in her first starring role, plays a very charming regal princess who is tired of her long European tour duty and sneaks outside of her embassy in Rome to mingle with the common folks. She meets Joe Bradley(Gregory Peck)an American News Service reporter in Rome. During their one day interaction, both Princess Ann and Joe Bradley enrich each other lives. Here lies one of the most romantic experiences in film history.

The remastered version was sporatically better compared to the previously released DVD version. I wish the studio had taken the remastered recording more seriously. Nontheless, this is still a great romatic story that any movie fan should not miss.

Description of Roman Holiday - The Centennial Collection

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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