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14 August 1955 (Japan) moreTagline:
It Happens to Hepburn - It Happens in Venice! morePlot:
A lonely American woman unexpectedly finds romance in Venice, Italy. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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DVD: Review: Hobson’s Choice (From The AV Club. 24 February 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
From 1922-1979: Get Your Film School Starter Pack Now
(From Rope Of Silicon. 23 November 2008, 10:07 PM, PST)
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Fragile bittersweet romance amid gorgeous Italian settings... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Jane Hudson |
 | Rossano Brazzi | ... | Renato de Rossi |
| Isa Miranda | ... | Signora Fiorini |
 | Darren McGavin | ... | Eddie Yaeger |
| Mari Aldon | ... | Phyl Yaeger |
| Jane Rose | ... | Mrs. McIlhenny |
| MacDonald Parke | ... | Mr. McIlhenny |
| Jeremy Spenser | ... | Vito de Rossi |
| Gaetano Autiero | ... | Mauro |
| Virginia Simeon | ... | Giovanna |
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UK:99 min | USA:100 min | Argentina:102 min | West Germany:100 minColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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"Summertime" was an adaptation of the Broadway play "The Time of the Cuckoo" by Arthur Laurents. The stage production starred Shirley Booth and opened on Oct. 15, 1952 at the Empire Theatre in New York and ran for 263 performances. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The amount of wine in Di Rossi's glass when he first sees Jane - the glass is empty, then full. moreFAQ
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"Summertime" is more of a mood piece than anything else. It captures the loneliness of a traveler in a foreign land, in this case a spinster who is hungry for love but too repressed to accept the love Rossano Brazzi offers. It has a bittersweet ending, appropriate for a thin story that sets the tone early on and never once makes us believe that Hepburn is going to find her true love in Venice.
The photography is gorgeous and must have had everyone heading for the nearest travel bureau for a tour of Italy when the film was released. The performances are all excellent--but the film belongs to Hepburn. She creates one of her most moving and truthful portraits--sensitively showing us what this woman feels as she watches others pairing off for affairs, alone and unable to really connect. The sexual mores of the 1950s permeate the film--the sexual revolution was just over the horizon but not yet evident.
One of Hepburn's most subtle, yet affecting performances. With David Lean's sensitive direction, the gorgeous photography and the evocative background music, "Summertime" will put you under the spell of its fragile romance. Easy to see why Brazzi was the ultimate continental charmer.