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Summary: Really funny. Not national wit funny, but really funny...
Review: This is one of my all time favorite Audrey Hepburn movies. Starring also William Holden, they're unbelievably cute together on the screen. Some of the parts in this movie were drop-dead hilarious. Tony Curtis' lines of "Sir, I'm not Maurice. I'm Phillipe. Maurice. Maurice." were pretty funny and Audrey Hepburn's "Yes, when I was a little girl, on Sunday mornings, if I had been good, I could go and feed the giraffes in our private zoo in the castle" were funny as well. Some of the things in this movie are *really* cheesy, but that's what makes it a great movie. The chemistry between Holden and Hepburn can't be missed. Watch with an open mind, though, because if you're not open-minded or a big 'movie critic', you may not like this movie as well. So, go out and buy it. It's definately worth the price.
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Summary: First off
Review: This movie is great. I don't really know why but it just is. I guess it's just Audrey Hepburn shining on the screen like she always did. It's kinda hard to follow along the first few times you see it, but hang in there it will all start making sence after about the 5th time you watch it. If your a Audrey fan then you'll deffently like this movie.
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Summary: sugabear@chickmail.com
Review: This movie is in one word, DELIGTFUL. It's light & refreshing. If u love Audrey, you'll love this movie. She is absolutely charming in it. The two highlights of this movie, are the clever dialogue & the wonderful acting. Both charcters are alluring in contrasting way. Audrey for her purity & zeal & her male co-star for his boldness & seductive arrogance. When the two get together it's chemistry at it's playful best. The key to watching this movie, is to relax, watch, & listen open-heartidly. This movie takes it's time; u must too. 2 very enthusiastic thumbs up!
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Summary: A disappointing flop
Review: This movie started out rather promising. The story involves a movie-within-a-movie. However, the plot goes quickly from clever to inane. Despite having Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, the film could not be saved. They do the best with what they are given, which isn't much. The film bombed at the box office. I'm not the least bit surprised.
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Summary: Audrey's delightful
Review: This one's my second favorite Audrey Hepburn movies that I have seen behind Breakfast at Tiffany's. That includes, My Fair Lady, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Charade, and Wait Until Dark...so I liked it. It includes some movie techniques that definitely seem innovative at the time it came out in 1964. The film within a film convention keeps you engaged as Holden and Hepburn's characters write and rewrite the script to "The Girl who stole the Eifel Tower." The story cuts to the characters they create that begin to closely resemble themselves. It gives some light insight to how scripts might become movies. The interplay between the two character foils played by Hepburn and Holden is what is so engaging about this romantic comedy. Holden's cynical witty world-weary outlook matched with Hepburn vibrant wide-eyed ready to engage life outlook is truly engaging. You find yourself watching Hepburn's grace mixed with comedic suave to just see what she will do next. She truly is the best thing that has came along for the silverscreen and has some classic lines/phrases to boot, "I just go ape.", "we got along swimmingly." Another witty convention in this movie is that there are thinly veiled references to Hepburn's other movies along the way...this keeps the Hepburn-phile laughing. There's a mention of a cut to the lonely cat in the rain ala Breakfast and a debate whether My Fair Lady is the Frankenstein story retold. Thoroughly engaging. The show has some fairly risque for the time shots of girls in bikinis, which is a bonus for the male viewers out there. If there is one setback for this movie, it is that it tries to be a "big Hollywood production" in places, where it need not be...your know car chases, plenty of people running around, gunshots, etc. It should just stick to its guns as a witty funny slightly artistic study on screenwriting and an unlikely developing relationship. Don't miss Tony Curtis' hilarious turn as a method actor and campaign to not be a lesser character in the film. Funny stuff. I definitely recommend this movie. It's one we will watch at home again and again.
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Summary: No matter what people say, it's the BEST
Review: To Audrey Hepburn fans everywhere, this is a must see and must have. The script is hilarious ("Oh, Maurice, I'm like so happy for you" and "I'm not that kind of a girl. Oh dear, maybe I am that kind of a girl!") Audrey Hepburn shines in this movie, and William Holden plays the drunken, funny movie writer. No matter how bad the reviews of the famous people may be, this is a terrific movie. It made my laugh so hard I cried. And belive me, you won't want to miss when Audrey Hepburn's drunk and she's making up this story involving planes, horses, beaches, vampires, bats.... Well, I can't give it all away. See this one. Better yet, buy it. It's definately worth it.
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Summary: No matter what people say, it's the BEST
Review: To Audrey Hepburn fans everywhere, this is a must see and must have. The script is hilarious ("Oh, Maurice, I'm like so happy for you" and "I'm not that kind of a girl. Oh dear, maybe I am that kind of a girl!") Audrey Hepburn shines in this movie, and William Holden plays the drunken, funny movie writer. No matter how bad the reviews of the famous people may be, this is a terrific movie. It made my laugh so hard I cried. And belive me, you won't want to miss when Audrey Hepburn's drunk and she's making up this story involving planes, horses, beaches, vampires, bats.... Well, I can't give it all away. See this one. Better yet, buy it. It's definately worth it.
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Summary: delightful movie-making spoof
Review: William Holden and Audrey Hepburn (the stars of SABRINA) again make for an electrifying screen couple in the delightful movie-making spoof PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES.As a hard-nosed writer and a resourceful young secretary, Holden and Hepburn both devise a long-winded B-movie with the impossible title of "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower". As they enact the hilariously cliched situations that unfold in the movie, the line between fact and fiction becomes continually more ill-defined, and the two begin to fall in love , both on and off the screen! With hilarious cameos from Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich and Tony Curtis along with audio-cameos from Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, this is a star-spotter's dream and a movie-buff's delight! The DVD includes the trailer, while nicely presenting the film in a faultless anamorphic transfer.
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Summary: A comedy fantasy that is not as funny as it could be
Review: William Holden certainly had a flair for comedy but it was not in the Cary Grant mold as he proved in this below average comedy with Audrey Hepburn. The story has screenwriter Richard Benson (Holden) dawdling on his screenplay for director Alexander Meyerheimer (Noel Coward), who gives Benson 48-hours to complete "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower." Benson enlists the assistance of his secretary, Gabrielle Simpson (Hepburn) to help him act out the scenes of the movie, which apparently involves elements from every conceivable film genre, from romance to Western and from spies to musical comedy. As the two act out the scenes we enter into their fantasies. Of course, the two fall in love during all this frantic creative activity. A lot of people want to say that Holden and Hepburn are simply miscast in this film, but I think more of the blame for this below-average comedy belongs to George Axelrod's screenplay. A fantasy has to be grounded in some significant way, so while anything might happen whatever does happen matters in terms of the characters/stories. That is simply not the case here. Axelrod, like Benson in the film, is throwing everything including the kitchen sink into the script. This was the film when legendary critic Judith Crist said "'Paris When it Sizzles?' Strictly Hollywood--when it fizzles." This 1964 film, directed by Richard Quine, was based on the 1955 French film "Henriette" with Hildegarde Neff and Michel Auclair. But I have to tell you, with the right sort of script, director and actors, this could be turned into a nice little film. Just do not hold your breath waiting.
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