What is your favorite Audrey Hepburn movie?

I voted Roman Holiday. I once wrote an essay on the way her clothes changed throughout the film, it's one of my favourites of all time! That might also have something to do with the fact it's in Italy and has the lovely Gregory Peck in it.....but anyway....:D

Liz
 
Hmmmm....two different eras. Shall it be Breakfast at Tiffany's or My Fair Lady? This one or that one.....hmmmmm. It was a coin toss and I went for the more flamboyant clothes and the British accents.
 
Well, it was a very difficult choice between Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. In the end I had to choose Breakfast at Tiffany's. I decided that if I voted for Roman Holiday it would have only been because I was voting for Gregory Peck!!

Oh Gregory Peck!! :drool: Don't even get me started *sigh*. My cat was named after him and his greatest role, from the greatest movie, from the great book ever, Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. I have that book and movie memorized word for word.
 
I picked Charade because of the interaction between Audrey Hepburn and Carey Grant and the script. They are very good together and the age difference doesn't even register. My Fair Lady is a close second. But i like Sabrina and Roman Holiday too. I have to admit though that I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's and besides the clothing, it was a bit of a let down. The hype was that it was just the greatest movie of all time, and I just was expecting it to be more I guess.

I will admit that I am a fan of Carey Grant and perhaps it colored my vote just a little bit. He is the undisputed master of the "comedic double take" no other actor aside from cartoon ones can truly pull it off like he did in his career.
 
I LOVE Audrey Hepburn, and thoroughly enjoyed all her movies, however
Breakfast at Tiffany's is my favorite. Not only does it have the fashions, a terrific story, great interaction between Audrey and George Peppard....but it has "Dog" too! :)

Sue
 
Charade is another favourite with me. I love that opening scene.

Roman Holiday really is IT, because it's such a charming, heartfelt movie, where the wardrobe does (great essay idea, Liz) interact with the story. This is also a family loyalty, since my mother made that white shirt/wide belt/big skirt outfit for herself when she was a tiny 22" waister too.

I have to admit I find My Fair Lady a bit creepy, mainly because I don't much like the plot of Pygmalion, whatever the dressing. And I remember first watching it with my mother and having the 'so who's voice *is* that' and 'she beat *who* to the role???' conversations. The race scene is totally fabulous, though.

Breakfast at Tiffany's also wins out on the first-scene stakes. The book is so much more cynical and wierdly picaresque. I guess George Peppard just doesn't match up to her other leading men. And there's that dodginess with the characterisation of her upstairs neighbour. Does anyone else think that the last scene from Batman Returns is referencing Tiffany's??

Funny Face and Sabrina are the wierdest for age difference... How to steal a million is fun, though. Peter O'Toole!!! Totally diverting.

Haven't seen the last, am ashamed to say.

I guess no one is nominating Robin and Marion? hehe.
 
No, the weirdest for age difference, I did not bother to nominate - Love in the Afternoon with Gary Cooper. I read somewhere that they had to keep his face in shadows and touch it up with a blurry stick!

I hesitated before adding Wait Until Dark, because it just isn't the type of movie she's remembered for. But it is a very good movie, and, as a thriller, I'm sure would appeal to some people much more than the others on the list.

I had a hard time, because I love Charade as well. Cary Grant was perfect, if a little old. I've pictured myself many times sitting in that ski chalet and Cary comes walking by....

I DO love Breakfast at Tiffany's and it is unfortunate that the Mickey Rooney part has dated the movie. What was funny in 1961 just makes people cringe a bit today. One of the things I really love about it is how it WAS a movie of its time. When watching it, I FEEL like it's the early 60s, with all that glamour and sophistication of NYC. Chris, read Truman Capote's novella, then see the movie again.

I love Audrey in Sabrina, but even though I'm a huge Bogart fan, I hate him in that role. The male casting really did lack a lot, and that's unfortunate because I think with the right men it could have been one of the best romantic comedies ever.

I like Funny Face, but it seems to be a bit contrived, and I really did not like Fred Astire in that role either. But the clothes were the real stars of that one!

But Roman Holiday is perfect.

Lizzie
 
I heard Truman Capote was disappointed with the casting choice, and as Lin points out, much different than the book. I basically watched the movie and thought she was a gal with some issues...great clothes...but she didn't really have it "together". Maybe i will have to watch it again. I agree with Mickey Rooney's performance, not only the stereotype, but the unnaturalness of the performance compared to the rest of the acting in it, it is a real sore thumb. And i agree with having a real "i am in the 60s" feeling, though.

Have never seen "How to Steal a Million" but would probably like it if Peter O'Toole is in it. There is something very over the top about him I think that makes watching his movies fun.

Lizzie, what do you think of the remake of Sabrina? Obviously, no Audrey in it, but do you think Harrison Ford was better for the type of role, even though it is completely different from any role he ever played?

Also, if you are a Humphrey Bogart fan and hadn't seen "Three on a Match" from around 1930, do. It is a very early role. And there is a dress I want that is in it!
 
Tough choices and it didn't even include Two for the Road with ALbert Finney. She wears the most awesome paillette dress in that. SOOO MOD.
 
<i>the weirdest for age difference, I did not bother to nominate - Love in the Afternoon with Gary Cooper</i>

Oh, man, I'd forgotten about that one... euch... You know, it's such a shame casting directors do that to us. Recent 'euch' moments have arisen from 80s Clint Eastwood films (however much I love Clinty, he's as bad a serial offender as Woody Allen) and Mission Impossible II, where I just thought Tom Cruise was beginning to look too old for a youthful co-star. :hysterical: Ooops, what am I saying??? No, I can see Tom really going on the road to greater wierdness, actually.

Back to Audrey, I'd love to see 'Wait Until Dark', as the idea of her in an atypical thriller is very attractive. I have a great tolerance for thrillers... How to Steal a Million has that kind of contemporary Bond archness, and it's funny seeing Peter O'Toole in such a playful role.(And it's a William Wyler film! I'd forgotten that... just looked it up).

I haven't seen that Bogart film, Chris, so I'll look out for it - have you read 'Lulu in Hollywood' collected writings by Louise Brooks? She's got an especially acidic chapter on Humphrey Bogart, talking about his actorliness, pre-tough-guy roles, and it's incredibly interesting.

I recommend that book to everyone. I got my copy for $10 from a second hand bookshop on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, and it's one of those books I remember heading straight to a bench to sit down and read...

L
 
Mine was the single vote for "Sabrina". Whenever I think of the quintessentional 50's fashion image, I see Audrey standing outside the train staion on her return from Paris waiting for her father. She is wearing an ultra fitted suit with a tight pencil skirt, a wonderful little hat, and gloves. She has her luggage piled all around her and has the perfect accessory - a poodle on a leash!

Jody
 
I watched Sabrina and they said at the end that Cary Grant had been offered the role Bogart played. I think he was mis-cast. But then, he had a penchant for too-old-for-his-co-star parts.

Of course, he had married his most famous 19yo co-star and he was, what, 53?
 
Good point, Brenda!

Chris, I liked the Sabrina remake. I would have liked it better had I not seen the original. And, no, I wasn't crazy about Harrison Ford in the Linus role either!

Since Kelly brought up "Two for the Road," I thought I'd post this 2 page spread from a 1967 McCalls. It's Audrey in some of the clothes from that movie. The paillette dress is by Rabanne, and she commented on how uncomfortable it was. She looked totally awesome in it however!

The dress on the right in the bottom picture has always been my favorite from the movie. It's by Ken Scott, who did about half of the costumes. The rest were bought off the rack from London and Paris boutiques. The green and white was by Mary Quant, the orange shirt Cacherel, and the vinyl suit V de V.

<img src=http://members.sparedollar.com/fuzzylizzie/aud1.jpg>

<img src=http://members.sparedollar.com/fuzzylizzie/aud2.jpg>
 
Its so weird to see Audrey in jeans!

Lin,

re: Three on a Match

It's not entirely an easy movie to find as its pre-code. I just found it by chance locally. I later sold it in a collection of videos i aquired (i shouldn't have!). The best bet is to try and look on the internet. Be careful though because there are newer movies with the same name that have nothing to do with it.

Oh i forgot to mention that it is also "And newcomer Bette Davis" in a supporting role. It wasn't her first film, but it was at the beginning of her career . Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak are the actual billed stars.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0023590/
 
Oh..the other thing...Brenda mentioned it was originally Cary Grant in Sabrina, but he turned it down. I also just read that he was offered the role in Roman Holiday too and turned it down. He asked for "Charade" to be rewritten a bit to make sure it looked like Audrey was going after him versus vice versa and being viewed as going after a woman young enough to be his daughter. Maybe that was the same reason for turning down the other??
 
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