How to Steal a Million

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Seth M The John Williams score is what makes this movie. However I don't think I would have liked this movie if it weren't for the score. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/07/24 Full Review Matthew D Audrey Hepburn charms in Givenchy as she must heist a fake art sculpture. German director William Wyler's romantic crime comedy How to Steal a Million (1966) is a delightful caper. Wyler's direction is pleasant with an upbeat tone. He balances humor with light romance and plenty of posh style. Wyler's direction is sublime with creative caper hijinks and gentle natural romance. How to Steal a Million is one of Audrey Hepburn's greatest and cutest films. Writers Harry Kurnitz and George Bradshaw slap together tons of euphemisms and jests for a sweet lark. I love how the romance feels organic and based around Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole's charisma. The clever caper around forging paintings and art sculptures is just hilarious and intricate. The fact that Audrey and Peter are trapped in a closet for most of the heist is hysterical! How to Steal a Million is a wonderful crime comedy that remains a cinema classic all these years later. Audrey Hepburn is adorable as a bumbling art thief by necessity named Nicole Bonnet. She's a sweet French socialite turned cat burglar to save her art forger father the embarrassment and imprisonment by stealing his fake sculpture before it gets outed as fraudulent. Hepburn is effortlessly gorgeous, chic, poise, funny, romantic, and charming as her cunning cat burglar Nicole. It really is mirthful to see Audrey Hepburn having a remarkable amount of fun! Peter O'Toole does a fantastic Cary Grant impression as lovable prissy cat burglar Simon Dermott. He has real romantic chemistry and gentlemanly charm opposite Audrey Hepburn. I'm so glad she finally got to play alongside an actor closer to her own age for once. Eli Wallach is excellent as the excited art lover American and total idiot Davis Leland. Hugh Griffith is delightful as Hepburn's art forget father Charles Bonnet. His laissez faire attitude is generally entertaining. Charles Boyer is excellent as the bombastic art authenticator for Wallach named DeSolnay, who doubts Bonnet's art collection's veracity. Fernand Gravey is great as the excitable art lover from the museum named Grammont. Marcel Dalio is crazy as the erratic art connoisseur Señor Paravideo. Jacques Marin is a riot as the irritable French chief guard of the art museum. Moustache is hilarious as the jolly museum guard who drinks wine hidden within a bucket. His massive bushy mustache, eyes bulging out of his head, to putting the cork in his eye when he drinks are all a scream! Roger Tréville is great as the quick speaking auctioneer. Eddie Malin is amusing as the dour insurance clerk. Production designer Alexandre Trauner's fancy sets look lavish. Cinematographer Charles Lang uses all these cute close-ups of Audrey's pretty face looking at Peter with longing like all they're kissing scenes in close quarters. Lang's wide shots of Paris are dazzling and bring tons of charm. Editor Robert Swink's swift cuts keep a quick pace and show us striking frames of Wyler and Lang's blocking. Composer John Williams provides a wondrous jazzy film score full of upbeat organ melodies. His pleasant 60's music fits How to Steal a Million. Sound designers David Dockendorf and Joseph de Bretagne record clear voices and light footsteps across marble for a playful sound design. Costume designer Hubert de Givenchy crafts all these luxurious, posh dresses that fit Audrey Hepburn's fashionable style. Givenchy's costumes are simply marvelous to behold on Audrey in every scene. Hairdresser Grazia De Rossi gives Hepburn her iconic brunette bun and pixie cut that's very becoming on her. Makeup artists Alberto De Rossi and Freddie Williamson put very cute pink blush and blue-green eyeshadow on Audrey. In short, How to Steal a Million is a sweet 123 minutes of hanging out with Audrey Hepburn in Paris alongside Peter O'Toole. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Good for anyone here good family watching. Yes I recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas September 14, 2023. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/14/23 Full Review Crom W if you're a sucker for Audrey Hepburn, this movie is a must Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member 80% rating ... one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn films & rom-coms Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Pat W I love this movie. It is so much fun! Also all the characters, her father, the museum guards, add so much to it. And Peter O'Toole was such a hunk! And the two,of them together have so much chemistry. I've seen it several times and never get tired of it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/28/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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