Funny Face

"S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! ...She's The Fairest Lady of All!"

1957 1h 43m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 755

MusicComedyRomance

Synopsis

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A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

“S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! ...She's The Fairest Lady of All!”

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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)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stanley Donen
Writers: Leonard Gershe
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stanley Donen, shot by Ray June. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Gershwin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Frank Bracht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire and Kay Thompson carry the top of the cast.

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AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: "S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! ...She's The Fairest Lady of All!".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0050419 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Stanley Donen directs. Ray June behind the camera. George Gershwin scores. Frank Bracht cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

169 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Stanley Donen, shot by Ray June. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by George Gershwin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Frank Bracht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire and Kay Thompson carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! ...She's The Fairest Lady of All!".
7IMDB entry: tt0050419 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 15 themes, including "dance", "paris, france", "photographer", "intellectual".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ray June
Original score: George Gershwin
Editing: Frank Bracht
Costume design: Edith Head
Makeup / hair: Wally Westmore
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Funny Face (1957)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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CinemaSerf2022-06-27
★ 7/10
Despite the presence of Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, I think this film actually belongs to Kay Thompson. She plays really well as the 1950s version of Dame Anna Wintour in this amiable, if a little thinly spread, musical comedy. Infuriated by the rather drab quality of her latest "Quality" magazine, she determines to revamp the whole thing. In pink! A bookshop being used for a photo shoot by "Avery" (Astaire) provides the unlikely source for her new model - "Jo" (Hepburn) who is to the fashion industry what Herod was to babies. "Avery" is clever, though, and he offers a trade off that sees her do a shoot in Paris in return for a meeting with "Prof. Flostre" (Michel Auclair). What now ensues is all fairly predictable, a love triangle with "Jo" in the middle vacillating. George & Ira Gerschwin provided the musical numbers, and though they are very well staged, the film lacks a killer song. That said, Thompson is on super form as the no-nonsense boss, the dance numbers are colourful and energetic and finally, Hepburn has a lovely vivacity and enthusiasm to her performance - she takes to the musical numbers very much like a duck to water. Astaire isn't at his best, and Robert Flemyng's accent isn't the best either - but at the end, the whole thing falls into place with an enjoyable certainty.

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