Roman Holiday
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Director: William Wyler
Writer: Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Producer: William Wyler
Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the film also won the Academy Award for Best Story and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Trivia
- Won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- Won the Academy Award for Best Story.
- Won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Film Editing; and 3 more.
- Wyler first offered the role to Hollywood favorite Cary Grant.
- Grant declined, believing he was too old to play Hepburn's character's love interest, though he would do so ten years later in Charade.
- Other sources say Grant declined because he knew all of the attention would be centered on the princess.
Filming Locations
- Rome
Previous Showings
34 Runs • 23 Festivals
84,765 tickets sold
Original Billings: 2 runs (September 20, 1953 - April 8, 1954)
Original Run: September 20, 1953 (Sunday - Saturday)
All runs on record (34):
- September 20, 1953 (Sunday - Saturday)Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck
- April 8, 1954 (Thursday - Monday)Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck
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