Funny Face (1957)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writer:

Leonard Gershe (written by)

Release Date:

13 February 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

Presenting a Real New Dimension in Motion Picture Entertainment.

Plot:

Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore...

Plot Keywords:

Fashion | Photographer | Fashion Magazine | Fashion Photographer | Modeling

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Audrey Hepburn	...	Jo Stockton
Fred Astaire	...	Dick Avery
Kay Thompson	...	Maggie Prescott
Michel Auclair	...	Prof. Emile Flostre
Robert Flemyng	...	Paul Duval
Dovima	...	Marion
Suzy Parker	...	Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)
Sunny Hartnett	...	Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)
Jean Del Val	...	Hairdresser
Virginia Gibson	...	Babs
Sue England	...	Laura
Ruta Lee	...	Lettie
Alex Gerry	...	Dovitch
Iphigenie Castiglioni	...	Armande

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | Mono

Certification:

France:Unrated | Spain:13 | Netherlands:AL | Ireland:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Finland:S (1966) | UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:6 | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Chantilly, Oise, France

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Many of the production staff usually associated with MGM musicals went to Paramount especially to work on this film, so it is, essentially, an MGM musical made at Paramount.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Maggie leaves the Professor's inner sanctum, she leaves her beret on a bust by the door. When Jo goes to leave, the bust and the hat are gone.

Quotes:

Maggie Prescott: [to Marion, who is reading a comic book] Marion? Marion, dear... what are you reading?
Marion: [holds up comic book] "Minutemen from Mars"!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Remembering 'Roman Holiday' (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Think Pink

Fun

This is just fun! Singing, dancing, Audrey, Fred. Fun!

I've seen all of Audrey Hepburn's stuff, and this is the one movie of hers that I enjoy the most. I can watch it endless times and not get sick of it. The songs get stuck in your head for weeks afterwards. Another good point about this movie is that it has a message about beauty being only skin-deep, and manages to convey that message without getting preachy. Sure, "Funny Face" isn't a super-important film that deals with huge issues, but it's good fun!