Seventy years on and 'Roman Holiday' is still inspiring the rom coms of the 21st century. It’s a fun heart-warming and deep film with quite a basic story. Staring Gregory Peck as the cool masculine news reporter and the wonderfully elegant Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann. Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring Europe princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) decides to take off for the night whilst in Rome. When a sedative she took earlier that night from her doctor finally kicks in, she falls asleep on a park bench and is later found by an American news reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), who takes her back to his apartment for safety. When at work the next morning, Joe discovers Ann's real identity and puts on a bet with his editor that he can get an exclusive interview with her but romance quickly gets in the way. Roman Holiday is the reason why we love cinema it’s a film that ages like fine wine, and is still as entertaining as ever. Great American Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo urges us to commit to life's simple pleasures - that money and status alone cannot create meaning and happiness. The classic Rom Com steals our hearts, from the amazing scenes in which we see Audrey get her haircut to the iconic Vespa bike scene and on to the thrilling barge fight scene we are ever poised for the next scene to arise to capture our hearts once again, and with the ending being so heartbreakingly beautiful it will make your heart peel like an orange. The amazingly graceful Audrey Hepburn wins our hearts in fine fashion as she lights up our screen for the first time in Roman Holiday, her beauty elegance and sense of fashion absorbs the screen and made her an instant icon and one of the brightest stars in Hollywood. With Audrey’s wonderful performance in Roman Holiday, she didn’t just win our hearts but also the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film is a magical film the likes of which I don’t think we’ll ever see again, and is still so fresh all these years. For that I can’t help but give it five stars. You can watch Roman Holiday on Sky Cinema or buy it on DVD for €9.99 at Tower Records. Director: William Wyler – Rating: PG – Genre: Romance/Comedy – Run Time: 1h 58m – Language: English/Italian. For more film content please follow @movies4fanatics on Instagram
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