June 14 - Roman Holiday

Here is a movie with a scene that happens today - June 14. I hope you enjoy it and watch it tonight.

ROMAN HOLIDAY

Princess Ann is on a highly structured tour of European capitals, but in Rome she sneaks out to see the city on her own. A sedative she had been given makes her fall asleep on a bench where she is found by Joe Bradley, expatriate American reporter for the Daily American. He doesn’t recognize her, and since he  can’t find out where she should be, he finally lets her sleep at his apartment. The next day June 14, 1954 [30:44 to 1:42:24] he oversleeps, but races to the office when he wakes up. Joe has missed the interview he was supposed to do of Princess Ann. He makes up details of the interview until his boss tells him that the interview was cancelled. When Joe sees a photo of the Princess he realizes who is back in his rooms. Joe immediately makes a $500.00 bet with his editor that he can get an exclusive interview with the Princess. Joe offers to show Ann around Rome. She declines, but after she gets her haircut and ‘accidentally’ meets Joe on the Spanish Steps accepts his offer.  They tour Rome and gradually realize their attraction for each other. Ann tells Joe she wants to live a normal life. At a dance that evening government agents track Ann down, but in the ensuing fracas, she and Joe escape. Ann returns to her embassy, while Joe decides not to write the story he had planned to do about Ann.  The next day at her press conference, Joe’s friend Irving slips Princess Ann the photos he had taken of her and Joe yesterday. Joe lets Ann know her secret is safe, while she thanks him for the day.   

When Joe visits his office at 31:55 the newspaper gives the date as “Monday June 14, 1954”

Producer - William Wyler

Director - William Wyler

Screenplay - Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton

Awards – The film won the Best Actress (Hepburn), Best Costume Design and Best 

                 Screenplay Oscars and was nominated for the Best Picture, Best Director,

                 Best Supporting Actor (Albert), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography,

                 And Best film Editing Oscars at the 26^th Academy Awards.

Runtime – 1 hour 58 minutes

Released – August 27, 1953

Starring –

Cary Grant as Joe Bradley

Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann  aka Anya Smith

Eddie Albert as Irving Radovich

Hartley Power as Hennessy, Joe's editor

Harcourt Williams as the Ambassador of Princess Ann's country

Margaret Rawlings as Countess Vereberg, Ann's principal lady-in-waiting

Tullio Carminati as General Provno

Paola Borboni as the Charwoman

Laura Solari as Secretary

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