Summertime (1955)
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Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi Katharine Hepburn (as Jane Hudson) with Rossano Brazzi (as Renato de Rossi)

 

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Plot Summary
Jane Hudson, a jaunty as well as attractive middle-aged secretary from Akron, Ohio, has finally made it to Venice, Italy, for her long-awaited dream vacation. Never-married Jane is a self-described "independent type" who`s content, or so she claims, ... (www.imdb.com/title/tt0048673/plotsummary)
Tagline
It Happens to Hepburn - It Happens in Venice!
She Came To Venice As a Tourist -And Went Home a Woman!
All the pent-up yearning of her life was finally fulfilled ... amid the splendor of the world`s most fabulous city!
What "3 Coins in the Fountain" did for Rome ... ... "Summertime" does for Venice!
 

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Awards
Summertime (1955) was nominated for the following awards:

Academy Awards

1.
Oscar
1956
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated  
2.
Oscar
1956
Best Director
Nominated  

BAFTA Awards

3.
BAFTA Film Award
1956
Best Foreign Actress
Nominated  

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

4.
NYFCC Award
1955
Best Director
Won  
 

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Trivia
  • When Katharine Hepburn filmed the scene where she falls into the canal, one of her eyes became infected. That infection stayed with her the rest of her life.
    (imdb.com)
  • Director David Lean said filming on location in Italy was expensive because he had to pay local merchants whose customers were scared off by the camera equipment and crew.
    (imdb.com)
  • Reportedly David Lean`s personal favorite of his own films.
    (imdb.com)
  • The number of tourists traveling to Venice doubled after the film’s release.
    (imdb.com)
  • Katharine Hepburn`s apartment is actually an amalgam of three different locations. The door through which she enters the apartment belongs to the Trattoria Sempione, a restaurant that still exists today. Her bedroom belongs to an apartment two miles away in the suburb of Dursoduro, and the terrace was a purpose-built set in Compo San Vio.
    (imdb.com)
  • "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.
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  • The story was also later adapted as a Broadway musical called "Do I Hear A Waltz" by Arthur Laurents with songs by Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. The show opened at the 46th Street Theatre on March 18th, 1965 and ran for 220 performances. Laurents later revised the script and a new production was staged in 2000 at the Pasadena Playhouse in New Jersey. Recordings of both productions are available for purchase on specialist websites.
    (imdb.com)
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