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Overview

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7.7/10   2,280 votes
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Director:
David Lean
Writers:
H.E. Bates (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
14 August 1955 (Japan) more
Genre:
Romance | Drama more
Tagline:
It Happens to Hepburn - It Happens in Venice! more
Plot:
A lonely American woman unexpectedly finds romance in Venice, Italy. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
DVD: Review: Hobson’s Choice
 (From The AV Club. 24 February 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)

From 1922-1979: Get Your Film School Starter Pack Now
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 23 November 2008, 10:07 PM, PST)

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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Katharine Hepburn ... Jane Hudson
Rossano Brazzi ... Renato de Rossi
Isa Miranda ... Signora Fiorini

Darren McGavin ... Eddie Yaeger
Mari Aldon ... Phyl Yaeger
Jane Rose ... Mrs. McIlhenny
MacDonald Parke ... Mr. McIlhenny
Jeremy Spenser ... Vito de Rossi
Gaetano Autiero ... Mauro
Virginia Simeon ... Giovanna
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Summer Madness (UK)
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Runtime:
UK:99 min | USA:100 min | Argentina:102 min | West Germany:100 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English | Italian
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Trivia:
Katharine Hepburn's apartment is actually an amalgam of three different locations. The door through which she enters the apartment belongs to the Trattoria Sempione, a restaurant that still exists today. Her bedroom belongs to an apartment two miles away in the suburb of Dursoduro, and the terrace was a purpose-built set in Compo San Vio. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The amount of wine in Di Rossi's glass when he first sees Jane - the glass is empty, then full. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) more

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12 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Let's clear this up:, 6 August 2001
10/10
Author: Tom (satnitcboy) from NY NY

As someone who has viewed Summertime 5 or 6 times a year for its beauty alone, I can clear up a few questions: Jane Hudson has come to Venice for a relatively short vacation for which "she has waited such a long time" and "saved for so very long." She's a "fancy secretary" she says. It's easy to surmise from the action of the film that she is spending somewhere between one and two weeks in Venice. (They meet, she resists, she gives in, the go off for a weekend on the isle of Burano.)She's not rich and neither is he.

As for Renato's attraction to the prim Jane: first it's her ankle and calf, when he spots her at the cafe in Piazza San Marco. Next, it's her awkward shyness when she catches him looking at her. He is absolutely ga-ga over her "innocence" and sets his sights on the conquest. (The two of them play this nearly wordless scene brilliantly. I'd think anybody with a soul and two eyes would get it.)Then, naturally, when his heat is turned onto her and she blooms, he can't get enough.

She was 48 and he 39 when the film was released.

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