Funny Face
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson
Director: Stanley Donen
Writer: Leonard Gershe
Producer: Roger Edens
Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical Funny Face by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star (Fred Astaire), the plot is completely different and only four of the songs from the stage musical are included.
Trivia
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; Academy Award for Best Costume Design; Academy Award for Best Production Design.
- The plot of the film version is drastically different from that of the Broadway musical, and only four of the songs remain.
- Astaire also starred in the stage version alongside his sister, Adele Astaire.
- The film plot is actually adapted from another Broadway musical, Wedding Bells, by Leonard Gershe.
Filming Locations
- Los Angeles
- rue de la Paix
Previous Showings
16 Runs • 10 Festivals
29,902 tickets sold
All runs on record (16):
- July 19 - 23, 1987 · 0 ticketsw/ The Band Wagon, Easter Parade, Royal Wedding, Finian's Rainbow
- March 11, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ Silk Stockings
- December 30, 1990 - January 3, 1991 · 2,259 ticketsw/ Silk Stockings
- February 19 - 24, 1993 · 8,815 ticketsw/ Breakfast at Tiffany's
- June 29 - July 2, 1996 · 3,318 ticketsw/ Breakfast at Tiffany's
- June 20 - 26, 1997 · 2,291 ticketsw/ Roman Holiday
- July 28 - 30, 1999 · 1,390 ticketssummer99w/ The Band Wagon
- December 28 - 30, 2001 · 743 ticketsHoliday 2001w/ The Band Wagon
- July 14, 2007 · 1,481 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ The Band Wagon
- December 15 - 17, 2009 · 389 tickets20th Anniversary Festivalw/ The Band Wagon
- August 28 - 31, 2010 · 1,800 ticketsSummer 2010w/ Love in the Afternoon
- May 18 - 20, 2011 · 744 ticketsMusicalsw/ Roberta
- May 31 - June 1, 2014 · 1,207 ticketsFred Astairew/ Royal Wedding
- September 22 - 24, 2023 · 1,518 ticketsSeptember 2023 Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn every Friday through Sundayw/ The African Queen
- April 12 - 14, 2024 · 1,399 ticketsFred Astairew/ Daddy Long Legs
- May 16 - 18, 2025 · 2,548 ticketsAudrey Hepburnw/ Charade