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Funny Face

Funny Face

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Key Information
Directors: Stanley Donen
Stars: Fred Astaire
Actors: Suzy Parker
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Subgenre: Romances · Essential Cinema · Musicals
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Available Formats: DVD: 50th Anniversary Edition;Widescreen;Checkpoint
UPC: 097361405346
Release Date: 1957
Running Time: 1hr 43min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Widescreen - Sensormatic, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (April 10, 2002)
UPC: 097360560848
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 43min
Professional Reviews
: (01/01/2008, p.162, Total Film Staff): 3 stars out of 5 -- "FUNNY FACE is a visual treat. Technicolor set-pieces showcase the real stars of the picture -- Hepburn's lavish, Givenchy-designed dresses."
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Details: Splashes of vivid color light the way through Stanley Donen's very modern musical. "Think pink!" commands Miss Prescott, 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 Jo's 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 cafis 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> <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 exhaust...
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