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Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
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Release Date:
2 June 1954 (USA)
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Tagline:
You've Never Lived Until You've Loved in Rome!
Plot:
American girls dream of finding romance in Rome, but there is none for secretaries, Anita tells her replacement at the USDA...
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 2 nominations
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(3 articles)
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User Comments:
Mainly watchable for its scenes of an almost empty Rome, and Jean Peters (sigh)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Clifton Webb | ... | John Frederick Shadwell |
| Dorothy McGuire | ... | Miss Frances |
| Jean Peters | ... | Anita Hutchins |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | Prince Dino di Cessi |
| Maggie McNamara | ... | Maria Williams |
| Rossano Brazzi | ... | Georgio Bianchi |
| Howard St. John | ... | Mr. Burgoyne |
| Kathryn Givney | ... | Mrs. Burgoyne |
| Cathleen Nesbitt | ... | La Principessa |
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Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints)
Certification:
Australia:G |
Canada:G (video rating) |
Finland:S |
USA:Approved (PCA #16697, General Audience) |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U
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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 16 seconds (including opening Sinatra travelogue montage).
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Continuity: At the beginning of the final scene at the Trevi fountain, the fountain is dry and being cleaned. While the actors are there, the fountain begins flowing again. However, when the actors leave, the fountain is completely full, not a possibility given the size of the fountain and the period of time over which the scene occurs.
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Quotes:
John Frederick Shadwell:
Why can't women play the game properly? Everyone knows that in love affairs only the man has the right to lie!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Leave It to Beaver: The All-Night Party (#6.36)" (1963)
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Soundtrack:
Largo Al Factotum
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What fountain was used for the coin-tossing scene?How does the movie end? Whose wish is granted?
Who sings the opening theme song? His voice sounds familiar.
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It's been plagiarised and remade so many times that it seems very ho-hum these days, but even when I first saw it, aged about 14, I wondered why the gorgeous Dorothy McGuire was considered to be old, and why she felt so strongly for the Clifton Webb character, who clearly (to me) was not romantically interested in women. It's a shame that so little is seen of Anita (Jean Peters, one of those tragically under-used actresses), who is a much more interesting character than the breathtakingly dull Maria (Maggie MacNamara). Maria comes to Rome from the mid West and leaves after a month because she's unsuccessful in hooking a prince. Sad! In fact none of the romantic story lines are credible. It's interesting how little cutting there is in the dramatic scenes - due to the anamorphic lenses, and the heftiness of the cameras, I suppose. It's interesting to contrast with 'North West Passage', released 5 years later. In that exciting movie Geoffrey Unsworth makes great use of the CinemaScope camera.