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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date罗马假日的英文影评罗马假日的英文影评罗马假日的英文影评This is an enchanting comedy romance, something of a fairy tale. Its memorable qualities lie primarily in its two leading stars, who are both perfect in their
2、 roles. Audrey Hepburn is radiantly beautiful and quietly spirited as the wispy young princess of a country unspecified, finally free in an exciting foreign city. Gregory Peck plays to perfection her steadfast and honorable journalist escort around Rome.The movie tells the story of lovely young Prin
3、cess Ann who is on an official European tour. Having carried out state functions in London, Amsterdam, and Paris, she arrives in Rome.before her next stop, Athens. By this time she has grown weary of the grueling and rigid schedule of dedications, luncheons, balls, news conferences, and other ceremo
4、nies she must attend, dreaming of life as an ordinary carefree tourist. She manages to escape her temporary Embassy residence and encounters an out of luck American journalist named Joe Bradley, who recognizes her and plans to do a story. However, he ends up instead as a sort of tour guide to Rome,
5、with the runaway princess blissfully unaware that Bradley knows her true identity and intends to use that knowledge for profit. Princess Ann has 24 hours of glorious freedom. long enough for feelings to develop between her and her guide.Hepburn depicts with equal brilliance both aspects of the princ
6、esss persona. Her Royal Highness is elegant and serene at the official press conference and ball, surreptitiously slipping off one uncomfortable slipper and later inconspicuously retrieving it to maintain her air of poised grace. Later, traveling incognito as Anya, she is adventurous, whimsical, and
7、 charming with her elfin like short hair as she enjoys an ice cream cone, zips through the streets of the Eternal City on a scooter, and dances with her handsome American escort at a barge on the Tiber River.The movie was filmed entirely in Rome and I love the background scenes of the Colosseum, Tre
8、vi Fountain, Spanish Steps, and so forth. Also, Bradleys charming little bachelor apartment makes the perfect spot for the princesss unexpected sleepover, wearing her reluctant hosts pajamas! Bradley does not take advantage of the situation, either during her earlier drowsily drugged state or later
9、when the sophisticated yet equally naive princess innocently asks him to help her undress.Too soon her fairy tale comes to an end, and the princess must choose between newly kindled love and royal duty. Her escort, Bradley, must in turn decide which comes first, his integrity and his heart or a news
10、 scoop. Duty prevails for Princess Ann, while Bradleys love triumphs over the news story and winning the wager he has also placed on obtaining it. Their parting scenes at both the Embassy gate and the following days press conference are compelling. Surely no face but Gregory Pecks could capture such
11、 an expression of loss and regret.A tear can also be seen lurking in the princesss eye during her formal press meeting with Bradley, but theres a sense that both her brief taste of unscheduled freedom and her experience of first love have given her maturity and self assurance. It will be a dutiful b
12、ut somewhat altered princess returning to her home country after this European tour. At her Embassy suite after leaving Bradley, she takes charge of her handlers, announcing very confidently that she does not wish her customary bedtime snack of milk & crackers. Also, when questioned about her city p
13、reference next day at the news conference, she begins with the standard reply that all had their unique charms. Later, however, she again confidently speaks the truth.that her favourite was definitely Rome.Likewise, although the formerly pragmatic and rather cynical journalist, Bradley, realizes the
14、 lovely princess is trapped forever in a world of obligation, his own life seems forever changed by their brief encounter. Bradleys photographer sidekick, Irving Radovich (competently played by Ed Albert), has originally intended to publish his sensational photos of the unrecognized princess touring about, but instead gives them to her as personal souvenirs of her wonderful Roman holiday. This is a lovely old fashioned tale and truly a classic that no romantic should miss.(ZZ from IMDB)-