LACMA (Venue Partner)
5905 Wilshire Blvd
323.857.6000
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Roman Holiday
- When
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Friday Oct 23, 2009 (7:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: LACMA is located on Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and Curson avenues—midway between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. From the Santa Monica Freeway (10), take Fairfax Avenue north 2 miles to Wilshire Boulevard.
- Price
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$10 general admission, $7 museum member, seniors(62+), students with valid ID.
Cloistered in a Roman palace on a brief state visit and yearning for a taste of la dolce vita, a young princess from an unnamed European country breaks curfew and hits the town, where too much champagne propels her straight into the arms of an accommodating American—a reporter who knows an exclusive story when it wakes up in his apartment, needing coffee and a new outfit for the scooter. Love blossoms when they set off on a magical mystery tour of the great monuments of the Eternal City; but as protocol and a ticking clock gradually darken this enchanting fairy tale, Wyler shifts the tone of the film from light-hearted to bittersweet. According to Wyler, "it was marvelous to shoot in Rome (and) Audrey was absolutely enchanting… There were practically no automobiles in 1952, only scooters, and I had a choice of four locations for each scene. A director's dream." Off camera, Peck fell in love with a French reporter whom he married a year later, and Audrey landed on the cover of Time magazine a week after the film premiered at Radio City Music Hall. A star was born.
Audrey Hepburn: Then, Now and Forever
1953/b&w/118 min. | Scr: Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton; dir: William Wyler; w/ Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck.
