Funny Face: Centennial Collection
January 16, 2009
Funny Face (1957) started as a 1927 Broadway musical starring Fred Astaire with songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Paramount Pictures decided to remake it into a film starring Astaire and based on an unproduced musical play by Leonard Gershe. MGM was originally...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Centennial Collection
January 9, 2009
Based on the novella by Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) is one of those classic, quintessential New York City films, like Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The World of Henry Orient (1964), and Manhattan (1979). These films are all snapshots...
Sabrina: The Centennial Collection
December 2, 2008
Based on Samuel Taylor’s play, Sabrina Fair, Sabrina (1954) was Audrey Hepburn’s follow-up to Roman Holiday (1953), her very successful Hollywood film debut. On this next one, she would be directed by Billy Wilder and starring alongside Humphrey Bogart...
Roman Holiday: The Centennial Collection
December 1, 2008
With only play to her credit, Audrey Hepburn was cast as the star of Roman Holiday (1953) after first choices Elizabeth Taylor and Jean Simmons were unavailable. Having never taken any acting classes or had any formal training, she went on to win the...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Anniversary Edition
March 14, 2006
Based on the novella by Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) is one of those classic, quintessential New York City movies, like Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The World of Henry Orient (1964) and Manhattan (1979). It is a snapshot of the city...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
October 5, 2003
“Ah yes, Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” I hear you say. “Audrey Hepburn. A classic.” Well, you’d be half right, because while Hepburn is her usual luminous self (helped by Blake Edwards’ longing soft-focus close-ups),...
Charade
February 21, 2003
It’s a cliché to say but they really don’t make movies like Charade (1963) anymore. Jonathan Demme’s remake, The Truth About Charlie (2002) only reinforces this notion with its miscasting of the two leads, Mark Wahlberg and Thandie...
Roman Holiday Collectors Edition
January 15, 2003
The 1953 romantic classic, Roman Holiday, receives a dust off as it is released in Paramount’s ‘special collector’s edition’ series. The restoration process has really elevated this re-release, it looks great. There have been a...