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Paris When It Sizzles

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Paris When It Sizzles
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1hr 50min
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January 1, 1964
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Paramount
Synopsis: Richard Quine directs George Axelrod's acerbic script (adapted from Julien Duvivier's La Fête à Henriette) in this romantic comedy that reunites William Holden and Audrey Hepburn for the first time since 1954's Sabrina. Holden plays Richard Benson, a Hollywood screenwriter being pressured by movie producer Alexander Meyerheimer (Noël Coward) to finish his script entitled "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower." Meyerheimer gives Richard a two-day ultimatum to complete his work, unaware that Richard ... Full Synopsis
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Paris When It Sizzles is conspicuously lacking in sizzle, and that's probably its major problem. An incredibly light, titanically inconsequential romantic comedy such as this one rises or falls mostly on the chemistry between its leading players. Certainly the makers of Paris had every reason to expect that chemistry, as it had been apparent when William Holden and Audrey Hepburn made Sabrina a decade ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Richard Benson
Gabrielle Simpson
Alexander Meyerheimer
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