“.were I not completely aware of my duty to my family and my country, I would not have come home tonight.or indeed ever again.” Upon her return, Princess Anne stands up to her courtiers and shows that she is ready to lead and take true responsibility for the role she was born into, making it clear in the dialogue that she is aware of and now chooses to accept her duty as crown princess and a future queen. She bids a tearful farewell and resumes her duties as a princess. Regretfully bowing to her royal responsibilities, Ann asks Joe to drive her to a corner near the embassy, where they kiss again. Later at Joe's apartment, while drying their wet clothes, they share tender bittersweet moments. They swim away from the dance and kiss as they sit shivering on the riverbank. As police arrive and subdue the agents, Joe and Ann run away, but after Joe is ambushed and falls into the river, Ann jumps in to save him. Joe, Irving, and the barber rush in to save her from the abductors. That night, at a dance on a boat that her barber had invited her to, government agents called in by the embassy spot Ann and try to forcibly take her away. They visit the Mouth of Truth, where Joe tricks Ann into thinking that his hand has been bitten off, and later tour the Colosseum. When Anya tries to drive Joe on a Vespa through heavy Roman traffic they are all arrested, but Joe and Irving show their "fake" press passes and the group is set free. This time, he convinces her to spend the day with him, taking her to a street café where he meets up with Irving. Joe follows and "accidentally" meets Ann on the Spanish Steps. Enjoying her freedom, she explores an outdoor market, buys a pair of shoes, observes the people and daily life of Rome, and gets her long hair cut short. However, Ann declines Joe's offer and leaves. Joe hurries home and, hiding the fact that he is a reporter, offers to show "Anya" around Rome. Joe and Ann careen through Rome on a Vespa scooter Hennessy offers to pay $5000, but bets Joe $500 that he will not be able to get it. Joe then tells Hennessy that he will get an exclusive wide-ranging interview with the princess and asks how much that would be worth. Seeing an opportunity, Joe privately calls his photographer friend, Irving Radovich, to get him to secretly take pictures. When Hennessy informs him that the event had been cancelled and shows him a news item about the princess's "sudden illness" with a picture of her in it, he realizes who is asleep in his apartment. Hennessy, false details of his attendance at the princess's press conference. The next morning, Joe hurries off late to work and gives his editor, Mr. He thinks she is intoxicated and, feeling protective, he takes her to his apartment to sleep it off. Joe Bradley, an expatriate reporter for the "American News Service", finds her there without recognizing who she is. The effect of the drug then sets in, and she ends up happily lying on a stone bench. After an especially hard day in Rome her doctor gives her an injection and advises her: "Best thing I know is to do exactly what you wish for a while." When she is left alone she secretly leaves her bedroom and country's embassy to witness city life. Plot Ĭrown princess Ann is on a tightly scheduled tour of European capital cities to promote goodwill and improve trade relations for her unnamed nation. The film has been considered one of the most romantic films in cinema history. In 1999, Roman Holiday was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was screened in the 14th Venice Film Festival within the official program. The film was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the " Hollywood on the Tiber" era. Blacklisted director Bernard Vorhaus worked on the film as an assistant director under a pseudonym. Trumbo's name was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003, and on December 19, 2011, full credit for Trumbo's work was restored. The script was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, and Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance the story and costume design also won. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler.
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