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A fashion photographer and a magazine editor set about making a woman a famous fashion model. Music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin.

Product Identifiers

ProducerRoger Edens

EAN5014437807236

eBay Product ID (ePID)3948074

Product Key Features

ActorFred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Robert Flemyng, Michel Auclair, Suzy Parker

Film/TV TitleFunny Face

DirectorStanley Donen

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\German\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Romanian\Swedish\Turkish

Run Time103 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2001

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Retrospective Documentary\Paramount in the 50s Featurette\Photo Gallery\Theatrical Trailer, With Subtitles

GenreMusicals & Music Films, Musicals & Broadway

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

CertificateU

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerIra Gershwin, Roger Edens, George Gershwin, Leonard Gershe

ChoreographerFred Astaire, Eugene Loring

Art DirectorRichard Avedon, Hal Pereira

Special EffectsJohn Fulton

MakeupWally Westmore

Costume DesignerEdith Head, Hubert de Givenchy

Dubbing LanguagesGerman

Set DesignerSam Comer, Ray Moyer

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\Mono

Music DirectorAdolph Deutsch

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Production DesignerGeorge W. Davis

Additional InformationSplashes of vivid color light the way through Stanley Donen's very modern musical. 'Think pink!' commands Miss Prescott (Kay Thompson), head of Quality Woman fashion magazine, and American women obey--all except Jo (Audrey Hepburn), an intellectual young woman who tries to prevent Miss Prescott from staging a photo shoot in her bookshop. Photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) sees something interesting in Jo's "funny face," and soon he's lured her to Paris to model during the day and discuss philosophy in smoky cafes at night. Modeling Givenchy clothes, Hepburn steals the color in every scene, and her funny face enchants all, including Dick and, unexpectedly, the dark and handsome philosophy master whose theories Jo adores.<BR>The musical numbers are primarily duets--Jo and Dick glide together in each other's arms, Jo and Miss Prescott find unexpected solidarity in womanhood, and Dick and Miss Prescott cavort in the philosopher's salon--but the most engaging scene is when the three come to Paris, plead exhaustion to one another, then secretly race around the city, singing and dancing and reveling in being tourists.

AuthorLeonard Gershe

CinematographerRay June

Format DescriptionDVD 5

Movie/TV TitleFunny Face

EditorFrank Bracht