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This movie was directed by Academy award winning director William Wyler, who directed classics such as; Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, and Ben-Hur (1-4). It is also a pleasant surprise to see Audrey Hepburn team up with Peter O'Toole in this hilarious romantic comedy. Audrey is known for some pretty dramatic roles but this is one of the few movies that she played is a real screwball comedy. The plot of the movie is; Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn), the daughter of Charles Bonnet (Hugh Griffith) tries to steal forged Cellini (statute, a work of art) from a museum with the help of an art investigator, Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole). Nicole is forced to take this risk because her father refuses to listen to her, since the forgery was committed by her grandfather and authentication process of the art by insurance companies would reveal the forgery and that could put the family into serious problems with the authorities. The chemistry between the Hepburn and O'Toole is perfect. It is not surprising that the two would fall in love with each other even though their friendship starts and remains at a tolerable level of hostility; kind of love-hate business relationship. This is the second time; Director Wyler is teaming up with Audrey Hepburn, after their successful team work in his earlier movie Roman Holiday for which Hepburn won Academy award in best actress category. Davis Leland (Eli Wallach) and Bernard De Solnay (Charles Boyer) provide supporting roles as wealthy collectors of art. My favorite scenes of the movie are when Simon breaks into Bonnet house to steal a fake Van Gogh, and Nicole catches him red-handed and accidentally shoots him in his arm. Later, when the two would-be-thieves are locked up themselves in a small closet space inside the museum, and Simon's crafty ways help them to unlock the door from inside. Highly recommended to all fans of Audrey Hepburn. 1. Mrs. Miniver 2. The Best Years of Our Lives 3. Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition) 4. Ben-HurRead full review
Awesome movie!!
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This is one of my all-time favorite movies and personally I think that Audrey and Peter should have made more movies together. It's funny all the way around!
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