{"id":11713,"date":"2010-07-26T10:34:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T17:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2021-01-19T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:02:37","slug":"roman-holiday-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11713","title":{"rendered":"Roman Holiday (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;She&#8217;s fair game, Joe. It&#8217;s always open season on princesses.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Roman-Holiday-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Roman-Holiday-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Roman-Holiday-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Roman-Holiday-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Roman-Holiday-Poster-176x270.jpg 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Roman-Holiday-Poster.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA princess (Audrey Hepburn) on the lam befriends an undercover journalist (Gregory Peck) and photographer (Eddie Albert) hoping to scoop a story about her adventures as a &#8220;commoner&#8221; in Rome.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audrey Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Eddie Albert Films<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Peck Films<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<li>William Wyler Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAudrey Hepburn made her Oscar-winning debut in this charming European fairy tale &#8212; shot entirely on location in Rome &#8212; about a modern-day princess desperate to escape her royal duties for a day and experience life &#8220;without a schedule&#8221;. It&#8217;s a story that remains timeless and appealing precisely because, royalty or not, we can all relate to wanting to abandon our given identities and explore the world incognito for a while (not to mention falling in love with a tall, dark stranger!). With that said, its age-old rom-com premise of &#8220;mistaken identities&#8221; leaves room for several gaping plot holes, if you&#8217;re looking: viewers must suspend belief, for instance, that Peck&#8217;s foreign correspondent would have no idea what Hepburn&#8217;s Princess Ann looks like the night before he&#8217;s scheduled to go and interview her (or at the very least, that he&#8217;s taken in by her &#8220;disguise&#8221; as a commoner). And surely Hepburn would wonder why Peck (whose real agenda she&#8217;s unaware of) doesn&#8217;t seem fazed when a group of &#8220;undercover&#8221; men in black suits try to kidnap her from a dance&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Such quibbles must ultimately be left aside, however, given that Hepburn is so luminous and appealing it&#8217;s difficult to turn our eyes away from her. (No wonder a generation of young woman wanted to BE her!) From the moment we first see her Princess Ann waiting to greet an endless line of well-wishers, trying to get more comfortable by discretely slipping a foot out of its high-heeled slipper, she can&#8217;t help winning our hearts &#8212; therefore, we&#8217;re genuinely thrilled for her as she explores the streets of Rome, experiencing such simple pleasures as getting a short haircut, eating an ice cream cone on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Steps\">Spanish Steps<\/a>, and being &#8220;offered&#8221; a bouquet of flowers by a vendor. While Hepburn&#8217;s the undeniable star here, Peck is nicely cast as the journalist who can&#8217;t help falling for his &#8220;subject&#8221;, and Eddie Albert is excellent as his photographer buddy. Meanwhile, the streets and sites of Rome are a spectacle unto themselves, making this film a bit of a &#8220;Roman holiday&#8221; for viewers as well. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> As pointed out by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s664roman.html\">DVD Savant<\/a>, the story is surprisingly free of any kind of an overt social &#8220;message&#8221;, given that it was scripted by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo (whose ghostwriter, Ian McClellan Hunter, won an Oscar on his behalf).  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann, a.k.a. &#8220;Anya&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-hepburn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-hepburn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11718\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gregory Peck as Joe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-peck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-peck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11719\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Eddie Albert as Irving<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-albert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-albert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11720\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine use of on-location sets throughout Rome<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-location.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/roman-holiday-location.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11721\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, most definitely. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046250\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s664roman.html\">DVD Savant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/roman.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/roma.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1953\/08\/28\/archives\/roman-holiday-at-music-hall-is-modern-fairy-tale-starring-peck-and.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4096\/roman-holiday#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/76912\/roman_holiday.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s fair game, Joe. It&#8217;s always open season on princesses.&#8221; Synopsis: A princess (Audrey Hepburn) on the lam befriends an undercover journalist (Gregory Peck) and photographer (Eddie Albert) hoping to scoop a story about her adventures as a &#8220;commoner&#8221; in Rome. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Audrey Hepburn Films Eddie Albert Films Gregory Peck Films Journalists Mistaken or Hidden Identities Romantic Comedy Royalty and Nobility William Wyler Films Review: Audrey Hepburn made her Oscar-winning debut in this charming European fairy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11713\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11713"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64509,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713\/revisions\/64509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}