Although having the same title as the 1927 broadway musical funny face by the gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star fred astaire, the plot is totally different and only four of the. She is discovered by a worldfamous fashion photographer wonderful fred astaire who loves her sunny funny face and thinks that she could be the biggest thing in fashion. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Jan 19, 2014 kirk douglas was asked the secret of his 60 year marriage and his response was a real tear jerker duration. Coincidentally, the exact same thing had occurred earlier with the band wagon 1953, which had also starred both astaire and his sister on broadway in 1931. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in funny face 1957. Hepburn filmed this backtoback with love in the afternoon 1957. Fred astaires character is based on photographer richard avedon. That funny face has a completely different plotsomething about three sisters and a heist. This filmed version of the 1927 george gershwin broadway musical funny face utilizes the plays original star, fred astaire, and several of the.
The pattern of putting the screens eternal gamine opposite aging male superstars reached its apotheosis in charade 1963, returning audrey to paris and her favorite designer givenchy in the company of cary grant. Funny face is a bubbly, brilliantly colored but rather superficial oldschool hollywood musical. Funny face and the sandy duncan show are two american sitcoms aired by cbs. Funny face is the soundtrack to the 1957 film of the same name, with music by george gershwin, from his broadway musical funny face 1927, and new songs composed by the film s producer roger edens. Funny face 29 movie clip her face is perfectly funny. As cinematic concoctions go, funny face, which is rereleased in the uk on friday, is almost entirely froth. Funny face is notable as a colourful 50sera music teaming the talents of two of the bestknown stars of all time, fred astaire and audrey hepburn. If itd not be for the easy out granted by the stereotypes and nickoftiming, this mayve won me over completely. Fred astaire starred in the original stage version of funny face in 30 years prior. Originally developed at mgm by arthur freed but directed by donen for paramount, the musical teamed astaire and audrey hepburn in a maydecember love story set in the world of highfashion in paris. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 68 produced by 1. As a result, the film drew substantial crowds and finally turned a profit. The version shown in the final film was shot in brilliant sunshine with the umbrella left closed. Bookish salesgirl, jo stockton, becomes an accidental model when fashion photographer.
He gets jo to go with him to france, where he snaps more pictures of her against iconic parisian. The script takes satirical jabs at the fashion worlds shallow. Released may 2nd, 1957, funny face stars audrey hepburn, fred astaire, kay thompson, michel auclair the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Duncan was also signed by paramount to film a television pilot loosely based on the 1957 film musical funny face which they hoped would be picked up by. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Britishera bridge in india dating back 190 years demolished in controlled blast.
Hepburn is the dull bookseller whos transformed into a model by fashion photographer astaire. Checkpoint charlies rating of the film funny face checkpoint charlie despite the french stereotypes giving the film its easy out, audrey and fred work brilliantly together with some very inspired cinematography, choreography and compositions my favorite has to be the dark room where she hides from the goon squad, going on about her funny. The studio may have felt that the original plot of funny face could not be properly adapted into a movie as it was an ensemble musical with people dropping out and parts changing all the time. Despite the plot difference, four of the songs from the. Funny face 99 movie clip clap yo hands 1957 hd duration. This filmed version of the 1927 george gershwin broadway musical funny face utilizes the plays original star, fred astaire, and several of. The new series, though, is almost completely new and, with miss duncan as the bachelor girl with kooky. Funny face is a 1957 american musical romantic comedy film directed by stanley donen and written by leonard gershe, containing assorted songs by george and ira gershwin. At the end of the film, we see dick leave an evening fashion show party to join jo at the church for the final dance. Funny face 39 movie clip funny face 1957 hd youtube. Funny face features a collection of classic gershwin tunes, and shares the name of a 1927 george and ira gershwin musical. Funny face 1957 dispatched on an assignment, new york citybased fashion photographer dick avery fred astaire is struck by the beauty of jo stockton audrey. In funny face 1957, fred astaire is definitely in the daddy category as was her costar gary cooper in love in the afternoon, made the same year.
In this film, whose story feels like an earlier version of the devil wears prada, astaire and hepburn consummate a maydecember relationship when theyre brought together by chance. In fact, it is avedon who set up most of the photography for this film, including the famous face portrait of audrey hepburn unveiled during the dark room sequence. Paramounts 1957 musical took the name, the star and a handful of songs from a stage show that had debuted three decades before and coaxed them into a. May 23, 2012 this filmed version of the 1927 george gershwin broadway musical funny face utilizes the plays original star, fred astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Funny face is the enchanting musical starring audrey hepburn and fred astaire. For me, the gorgeous confectionery of george and ira gershwins songs cant entirely sweeten this 1957 musical directed by stanley donen. The show went through numerous rewrites and a name change from smarty, and the film version has a completely different plot.
He and his sister adele had starred in the musical on. Funny face is a 1957 american musical romantic comedy film directed by stanley donen and. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto int. The formulae of classic american romantic comedy decreed the union of the above the title stars by films end and so it is with funny face. Funny face is the soundtrack to the 1957 film of the same name, with music by george gershwin, from his broadway musical funny face 1927, and new songs composed by the films producer roger edens, the film was astaires first with audrey hepburn, who played his love interest, funny face bears little relation to the george and ira gershwin musical of the same name. The 1957 film musical funny face, which also starred fred astaire, featured just four songs from the stage musical, and the plot was totally different. Audrey is afforded the opportunity to learn from americas foremost male film dancer, astaire, in this eyepoppingly colorful rendition of classic gershwin songs, grounded in. Um, like any good musical the songs in funny face have so little to do with the overall arc that when they happen and they happen about every 5.
Fashion photographer dick avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an airheaded model, expropriates a greenwich village bookstore. See the full list of funny face cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. These numbers were tweaked so that they could fit into the main storyline, and one of them of course was funny face. Design is to the fore in donens visually brilliant musical fairytale that follows a vaguely pygmalion structure. Funny face 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Donens next film, funny face 1957, was among his best. Funny face 1957 dispatched on an assignment, new york citybased fashion photographer dick avery fred astaire is struck by the beauty of jo stockton audrey hepburn, a shy bookstore employee.
But, oddly enough, funny face was not actually based on that stage show. The plot of 1936 british film she knew what she wanted is loosely based on the musical, but doesnt contain any of the music. Funny face has never been anywhere near a fave of mine i actually find it a little clunky overall, but the less impressive storyline by that, i mean the dominant love angle has a lot to do with that. Done in typical hollywood 50s style, funny face is the story of a bookshop clerk audrey hepburn with a love for all things philosophical who happens to have a funny face. He loves her sunny, funny faceas much as donens movie loves many a gershwin tuneand wants to splash it all over prescotts monthly glossy, quality. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Gorgeous film, absolutely beautiful, looks like a million bucks and its also somehow entirely predicated upon the idea that audrey hepburn is goofylookin. Dispatched on an assignment, new york citybased fashion photographer dick avery fred astaire is struck by the beauty of jo stockton audrey hepburn, a shy bookstore employee hes photographed by accident, who he believes has the potential to become a successful model. Funny face 29 movie clip her face is perfectly funny 1957 hd by movieclips. On initial release, funny face was a box office disappointment and failed to break even. Funny face 39 movie clip funny face 1957 hd by movieclips. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl jo stocktons dismay. And funny face the show and funny face the movie do share something else in common.
Funny faces wonderfulthink pink welcome to funny face. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer dick avery a character based on richard avedon, the films visual consultant, who is sent out by his female boss maggie prescott kay thompson. The frivolous world of high fashion is the backdrop for this charming romanticcomedy musical. As the track begins, the listener expects an orchestral arrangement of the highlights.
This included renaming the program from funny face to the sandy duncan show, as well as having new cast members, an additional producer, different writers, a slightly revised format, as well as filming it with three cameras in front of a live audience. Funny face 89 movie clip the quality woman 1957 hd. A poster from this 1957 musical story of a bookwormturnedfashion model, stanley donens funny face, which was nominated for four academy awards. This 1957 musical makes an unconvincing maytodecember pairing of hepburn and astaire, but the gorgeous confectionary has its. Near the end of the film, we get the best reason for wanting nothing to do with what happens between the main characters. Hepburn in funny face 1957 911159 funny face audrey hepburn and dovima. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Funny face 19 movie clip how long has this been going on. Kirk douglas was asked the secret of his 60 year marriage and his response was a real tear jerker duration. Funny face s wonderfulthink pink welcome to funny face. Coincidentally, the exact same thing had occurred earlier with the band wagon 1953. Rent funny face 1957 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Fred astaire also starred in the original 1927 broadway version of funny face with his sister adele astaire. When the series returned in the fall of 1972, it underwent a major renovation. Read all about the film, its influence, cast and behind the scenes. Mar, 2015 funny face features a collection of classic gershwin tunes, and shares the name of a 1927 george and ira gershwin musical. If the editor of quality magazine tells the world to think pink, then thats what happens and now shes looking to make a new model a star. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer dick avery a character based on richard avedon, the films visual consultant, who is sent out by his. This filmed version of the 1927 george gershwin broadway musical funny face utilizes the plays original star, fred astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. However, the storylines of the play and movie are entirely different. Compared with the same directors earlier masterpiece singin in the rain its a greatlooking bonbon that leaves a sort of funny taste, if you ponder it too hard which one shouldnt. Despite the plot difference, four of the songs from the musical show up in the movie. May 01, 2017 trailer funny face english trailer ein su.