Gidget Goes to Rome

"That new Gidget on the loose!...and Rome's on the run!"

1963 1h 44m EN

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★5.0TMDB · 13★5.1IMDB · 818

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Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.

“That new Gidget on the loose!...and Rome's on the run!”

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Cast

James Darren
Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
Cindy Carol
Frances "Gidget" Lawrence
Jessie Royce Landis
Albertina Blythe
Cesare Danova
Paolo Cellini
Danielle De Metz
Daniela
Joby Baker
Judge
Trudi Ames
Libby Bennett
Noreen Corcoran
Lucy McDougall

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Wendkos
Writers: Ruth Brooks Flippen, Dale Eunson, Katherine Albert
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Gidget Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paul Wendkos, shot by Enzo Barboni. 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 John Williams. 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 William A. Lyon 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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James Darren and Cindy Carol and Jessie Royce Landis carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "That new Gidget on the loose!...and Rome's on the run!".

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IMDB entry: tt0057100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Paul Wendkos directs. Enzo Barboni behind the camera. John Williams scores. William A. Lyon cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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163 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "The Gidget Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Paul Wendkos, shot by Enzo Barboni. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor William A. Lyon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6James Darren and Cindy Carol and Jessie Royce Landis carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "That new Gidget on the loose!...and Rome's on the run!".
8IMDB entry: tt0057100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Enzo Barboni
Original score: John Williams
Editing: William A. Lyon
Costume design: Pat Barto
Makeup / hair: Mel Berns
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
IMDB rating: 5.1/10 · 818 votes
MPAA: Approved
US box office: $4,360,000

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Wuchak2018-05-29
★ 7/10
Cindy Carol is the best of the three Gidgets, plus several Rome attractions RELEASED IN 1963 and directed by Paul Wendkos, “Gidget goes to Rome” chronicles events when Gidget (Cindy Carol) visits Rome with two girlfriends along with Moondoggie (James Darren) and two of his buds, but the group has to enlist the services of Judge’s eccentric aunt as a chaperone (Jessie Royce Landis). While Moondoggie becomes infatuated with a beautiful guide (Danielle De Metz) Gidget finds herself drawn to a suave writer, who’s much older (Cesare Danova). Gidget is 18 years-old and freshly graduated from high school in this film, which means the events take place about two years after the events in the original 1959 movie. Cindy Carol was 18 during filming and makes for a superior substitute for Sandra Dee than Deborah Walley did in 1961’s “Gidget goes Hawaiian.” Deborah was charming enough, but her hair & eyes didn’t fit, plus she tended to have weak & whiney facial expressions, which detracted from what Gidget was all about as established in the first film, i.e. a precocious, tomboyish teen who was more interested in surfing and insightful exchange than kissy-kissy, although she was interested in that too; it just wasn’t her first & only priority. Honestly, Carol is my favorite of the three actresses to play Gidget in the three theatrical movies, followed by Dee. Unlike Dee, Carol has womanly curves, which are on display from the get-go at the Malibu beach, as well as in a later scene at a Rome fashion show. Like Dee, she’s also all-around kinetic and winsome. The head-turning De Metz also scores well on the feminine front, not to mention the amusing Trudi Ames (Libby) and redhead Noreen Corcoran (Lucy). Another plus is how the story naturally takes advantage of numerous tourist attractions in Rome. As such, the viewer gets his/her own tour of “the eternal city.” While the theme lacks the potent subtexts of the original movie, it’s still worthy: Get out and see the world when you have the opportunity and get cultured from every angle. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 44 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal and Rome. WRITERS: Ruth Brooks Flippen, Katherine Albert & Dale Eunson. GRADE: B

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