Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014437429421
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, PAL
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogItalianOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release Date: February 05, 1996
Running Time: 113 minutes
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1953-09

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
The three-way combination of ingénue Audrey Hepburn, admirable Gregory Peck and the Eternal City itself guarantees that Roman Holiday (1953) still knocks the socks off any modern rom-com you might care to name. Add to this stellar triumvirate the meticulous, loving direction of William Wyler and a warm-hearted original story by Dalton Trumbo (blacklisted and uncredited at the time) and the result is assuredly one of Hollywood's timeless classics.

At the leading man's own suggestion, newcomer Hepburn was generously accorded equal above-the-title billing with Peck: he knew that the film belonged to her anyway and wasn't one to stand on ceremony. As the princess who chafes at stuffy responsibility Hepburn's appealing girlishness is suffused with a will and wilfulness that rubs delightfully against Peck's more earnest mannerisms (even playing light-hearted comedy, he's still Atticus Finch at heart). The then-unusual decision to shoot entirely on location provides the movie with its glorious travelogue backdrop, and stalwart character-actor Eddie Albert is a fine foil for the two leads. Although Wyler is best known now for the grander vistas of The Big Country and Ben-Hur, none of his epics have as much heart as this.

On the DVD: Roman Holiday comes to DVD in a good digitally restored print--in itself a powerful reason to acquire the movie on disc. Sound is clean Dolby mono. Extras include a brief piece on the film restoration process, and a short documentary about costume designer Edith Head, which isn't specifically about this movie. The 25-minute making-of featurette has recent and archive interviews with cast members, including Peck and Eddie Albert, as well as William Wyler's daughter, plus Hepburn's screen test footage. Still-photo galleries and trailers complete a pleasant selection. --Mark Walker




Rating: - Princess abroad

Fairy tales don't really happen in our world -- especially not the kind that actually involve princesses.

But you wouldn't know that from "Roman Holiday," one of Audrey Hepburn's earliest ever movie roles -- as well as her breakout one. This adorable romantic comedy balances itself nicely between a sweet little romance, a lighthearted romance and the bittersweet, overhanging specter of royal duty.

Bored young Princess Ann (Hepburn) goes on a "Roman Holiday," when ... Read More

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Rating: - The Romantic Tale of a Disconnected Princess
This is a story of a princess who is young to be performing the official duties of the Royal family but loves to experience the outside world. On the night of her visit to Rome, having disconnected from the real world for long, she slips away from her residence. During this little adventure she meets an American news reporter named Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck.) Audrey Hepburn offers great performance as a naïve young woman who wants to be a common person away from the pageantry she is used to. It ... Read More

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Rating: - the best romantic movie I have seen
This is my favourite romantic movie and I think it is because it has nothing going for it but great acting,lively dialogue,a very good storyline and two of the most handsome actors in the history of cinema,filmed in one of the handsomest cities on Earth!
A journalist(Gregory Peck) and princess(Audrey Hepburn) fall in love with each other - as unlikely a premise in the 1950s as it would be today.The two are united by the fact that they are both concealing their true identities from one another,but ... Read More

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Rating: - Love, Pleasantness and Beauty of Rome!
Please be sure to watch this movie!
When I watched it, I wanted to go to Rome. I felt love and pleasantness all the time I was watching it. Never fail to hear the last lines, please. The princess said "I have every faith in friendship among nations as I have faith in relations between people. How beautiful she is at this point! Joe replied "We believe that your Highness's faith will not be unjustified" to her. She looked back with a broad smile. This last scene was impressed very much!

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Rating: - The princess is in town. Lets gets a story
What attracts me to Roman Holiday?

Roman Holiday is a great romantic comedy, starring two of the Hollywood greats the handsome Gregory Peck and the beautiful Audrey Hepburn. The casting for the movie is spot on. The screen presence of these two greats is well suited to the role.

The movie is about an American journalist who accidentally meets the princess. The princess escapes from the burden of being a royal figure, to experience normal life. The close bonding between the two ... Read More

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