GEEKS MAKE LISTS
Directed by William Wyler.
Written by Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton.
Starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings, Tullio Carminati, Paolo Carlini, Claudio Ermelli, Paola Borboni, Alfredo Rizzo and Laura Solari.
Bored with her predictable and pretentious life while she travels Europe on a promotional tour, the young and beautiful Princess Ann arrives in Rome to find another city full of routine. After being administered a sedative by the family doctor to help her sleep, she manages to escape from the embassy and heads out into the city, where she eventually succumbs to her tiredness and falls asleep on a bench. American journalist Joe Bradley discovers her and, believing her to be drunk and in need of a home, takes her back to his apartment and allows her to sleep in his bed. The following morning, however, he discovers he true identity and contacts his photographer friend, with the intention of using Ann as the news story that will land him the front page. But soon his feelings for the princess begin to conflict with his professional responsiblities.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Written by Robert Anderson.
Based on the story by Kathryn Hulme.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft and Dean Jagger.
Having decided to devote her life to religion, Gabrielle Van Der Mal enters a Belgian convent with the desire to one day become a missionary, but soon finds her new world difficult to adjust to. As time passes by, Gabrielle manages to prove herself and is finally sent to work in the Congo, but as the Nazis begin to march across Europe and declare war on innocent countries, she is faced with the decision of remaining neutral or returning to the outside world.
Directed by Stanley Donen.
Written by Audrey Hepburn.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Dovima, Suzy Parker, Sunny Harnett, Jean Del Val, Virginia Gibson, Sue England, Ruta Lee and Alex Gerry.
Desperate to find the next big thing, Quality editor Maggie Prescott takes their new model to a small book store for a photoshoot, much to the dismay of the pretty young clerk, Jo Stockton. Sensing that Jo had that special chemistry they had been searching for, photographer Dick Avery manages to convince Maggie to recruit her, but Jo is less than enthusiastic as she finds the world of fashion superficial. But when she learns that the job may take her to Paris, allowing her the chance to finally meet her idol, philosopher and author Emile Flostre, Jo reluctanly agrees.
Directed by Terence Young.
Written by Robert Carrington and Jane-Howard Carrington.
Based on the play by Frederick Knott.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston, Samantha Jones, Julie Herrod and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Having lost her eyesight a year earlier, Susy Hendrix is slowly trying to adjust to her new way of life, having to learn to use her other senses to make up for the lack of sight. But when her husband, photographer Sam, inadvertently becomes involved in a drug deal when he agrees to take a doll through the airport, Susy finds herself alone and terrified as a group of strangers, led by the criminal mastermind Harry Roat, terrorise her in a desperate bid to locate the doll.
Directed by Blake Edwards.
Written by George Axelrod.
Based on the story by Truman Capote.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal and Buddy Ebsen.
Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into an apartment block and immediately becomes fascinated with one of his fellow tenants Holly Golightly. Free-spirited but selfish and irresponsible, Holly enjoys the company of numerous rich and successful men, while contantly angering her impatient landlord, Mr. Yunioshi. But the more Paul becomes drawn to her, the more he realises that they are from two opposing worlds.
Directed by George Cukor.Written by Alan Jay Lerner.
Based on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper and Jeremy Brett.
Arrogant elocutionist Professor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his new friend, Colonel Pickering, that he can take any lowlife from off the streets and turn them into elegance, purely by teaching them manners and how to talk properly. With Pickering accepting the challenge, Higgins sets his sights on poor flower seller Eliza Doolittle, whom he is convinced he can transform into a lady, yet his obnoxious attitude and lack of respect soon begins to conflict with Eliza's strong principals.
Directed by Stanley Donen.
Written by Peter Stone.
Based on the story by Marc Behm and Peter Stone.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Jacques Marin, Ned Glass, James Coburn, George Kennedy and Walter Matthau.
After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, Reggie Lampert is thrust into a world of spies, espionage and murder as she is chased by a group of deadly assassins. Teaming up with the charming but somewhat suspicious Peter Joshua, Reggie tries to uncover the truth behind her husband's murder and why people now want her dead.
Directed by Billy Wilder.
Written by Billy Wilder and Ernest Lehman.
Based on the play by Sabrina Fair by Samuel A. Taylor.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, John Williams, Walter Hampden and Nella Walker.
David Larrabee has spent his life as a spoiled bachelor, free from worries and more focused on fancy cars and sexy women. His older brother, Linus, has been the more business-orientated and mature of the siblings. Standing in the shadows is Sabrina Fairchild, the daughter of the family's chauffeur, who has long harboured a crush on David. After spending some time in Paris, Sabrain returns as a more confident and elegant young woman, immediately attracting the attention of both David Linus.
Directed by William Wyler.
Written by Harry Kurnitz.
Based on the story by George Bradshaw.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith and Charles Boyer.
When she discovers a strange yet charming young man, Simon Dermmot, in her house trying to steal a painting from her wall, Nicole Bonnet accidentally shoots him and then drives him back to his hotel. She then warns her father, successful art forger Charles, who has loaned a fake sculpture to a museum. But when they are informed that its authenticity must be verified for insurance purposes, Nicole realises that she must steal it back before the truth is discovered and approaches Simon for assistance with breaking into the museum.
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Written by Peter Bogdanovich and Blaine Novak.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Patti Hansen, John Ritter, Dorothy Stratten, Blaine Novak, Linda MacEwen, George Morfogen and Colleen Camp.
John Russo works for a detective agency in New York and is charged with keeping an eye on Angela Niotes, while one of his partner in the firm, Charles Rutledge, has been hired to tail Dolores Martin by her husband. John, has also become attracted to tomboy taxi driver Sam, despite dating local country singer Christy Miller.
