Roman Holiday
1953 American romantic comedy by William Wyler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 story and costume design also won.
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Directed by | William Wyler |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Dalton Trumbo |
Produced by | William Wyler |
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Cinematography | |
Edited by | Robert Swink |
Music by | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Italian |
Budget | $1.5 million |
Box office | $12 million |
The script was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit, and Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. 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. Blacklisted director Bernard Vorhaus worked on the film as an assistant director under a pseudonym.[3][4]
The film was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the "Hollywood on the Tiber" era. The film opened the 14th Venice International Film Festival within the official program.
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 has been considered one of the most romantic films in cinema history.[5][6][7]