How to Steal a Million [VHS] Overview
Audrey Hepburn was never more sleek and glamorous than in this delightful romantic caper costarring Peter O'Toole and directed by William Wyler. She's the chic daughter of a renowned art collector and covert forger (the always eccentric Hugh Griffith) who's deposited his best work, a famous statue, in a Paris museum. Trouble is, technology can now detect such forgery, so Hepburn plots to steal the statue with the help of O'Toole, an amateur thief and covert inspector. Of course, neither of them knows the whole truth about the other. They make an utterly charming couple, with O'Toole stealing the show in an uncharacteristically lighthearted turn. --Bill Desowitz
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- Nicole Bonnet, having recently shot Simon Dermott and watched him grab his left arm now, "Your arm is much better."
- Simon: "Oh, no, no. It hurts, it hurts!"
- Nicole: "It 's other arm!"
- Simon: "The infection is spreading."
Audrey Hepburn, with its timeless charm and neck swan disarmament is so damn nice, I get fired, too. When accidentally pulls the trigger by Peter O'Toole - he was breaking his house, after all - the sequencebelow presents not only his talent for light comedy, GAMS and not only they, not too shabby seen through her pants, but also cause their sparkling chemistry with her male. I have seen in his most vaunted Gestures O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, my favorite year, etc.), but honestly I never liked most in this breezy romantic caper. And is a part of it perhaps because we see Audrey Hepburn in her eyes. Throughout the film gives his views changingAdmiration and resentment and misunderstanding. Of course, Hepburn, channeling their inner Screwball, also asked O'Toole oscillating with its own set of side view looks like. While O'Toole is evil as self-indulgent, for me, at least not as unbearable as in his other pictures. Here is proving an effortless comic timing and a lot of charm and is very funny.
The plot: Looks like the French aristocrat Nicole Bonnet (Hepburn) was practically abandonedreform of their master forger of art of his father. At this stage, it focuses more on reducing the effort he could to the country. But as he forged Cellini statue of Venus gives the museum a museum and a specialist will then examine the art of game, a wild brainstorm Nicole Hits on this: why not a thief steals the Venus? Fortunately, only a man dashing thieves had broken into his house, and even if they were shot, over, parted on the track (because this type ofthe film).
Based on a story by George Bradshaw, How to steal a million hits the mark of two hours, which really did not notice until the movie ended. The frothy plot, guests carefree living often playful dialogue led bankable stars, and Combine the romantic setting of the city of light - all these elements to watch the film a fun, and it's really good, like stealing a million is not so " important "or imageis considered one of the best ever produced by Hepburn and O'Toole. As they often do not bring a touch of style and sophistication Hepburn, and in this sensational in her Givenchy, and really, a great love story may be far away? Peter O'Toole, flashing in those electric blue eyes and rich, noble delivery of its engines and its canary in this elegant two-seater Jaguar. Their interaction is observed quite funny. However, the heart of the movie night Art MuseumHeist, capers, and how it unfolds, is a demonstration of pure elegance. And then we are treated to an unexpected mark also issued to stay together in a small closet. To echo Sentiment breath Hepburn: "wonderful."
Hepburn and O'Toole has good support from a cast of expert Hugh Griffith and eyebrows outside the control of a cameo, little by Charles Boyer. Classic character actor Eli Wallach plays a take-over of American art collectors and, okay, maybe its Side Story is notreally necessary, but it's damn Eli Wallach!
The DVD includes bonus features: audio commentary (recorded tracks separately) with Eli Wallach and director William Wyler's daughter Catherine Wyler, who represents most of the discussion talkie, the excellent 45 Minutes & E Biography on Audrey Hepburn the teaser trailer, theatrical trailer and two TV spots.
The only knock on this film is that I'm not a fan of the hive, even if it means pulling out Hepburn. But Hepburncan probably rock a buzzcut and soften even the praise of fashion.
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