
Basing himself in Paris for the purpose, American hack writer Richard Benson, with advance in hand, has been hired by movie producer Alexander Meyerheim to write the screenplay for his latest movie, Benson selling him only on the title, The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower. Meyerheim, who knows about his drinking problem, has been assured by Benson that he is on the wagon. Benson hires Gabrielle Simpson through a secretarial service to be his typist. At the time she arrives fo... (Full plot summary below)
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Basing himself in Paris for the purpose, American hack writer Richard Benson, with advance in hand, has been hired by movie producer Alexander Meyerheim to write the screenplay for his latest movie, Benson selling him only on the title, The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower. Meyerheim, who knows about his drinking problem, has been assured by Benson that he is on the wagon. Benson hires Gabrielle Simpson through a secretarial service to be his typist. At the time she arrives for the job, Gabrielle learns that Benson has squandered away almost twenty weeks, with several drinks passing his lips over the course, without having written a word. With nary a story idea, Benson has only two days, on Bastille Day, until Meyerheim will be arriving from Cannes expecting a final product in Benson having continually implied he is near completion. Upon learning that Gabrielle originally came to Paris to experience life, Benson comes up with a brainchild to imagine the movie being a day, Bastille Day, in the life of someone like Gabrielle. As Benson and Gabrielle work through the screenplay, an espionage caper, they imagine themselves in the lead roles of "Rick" and "Gaby", they subconsciously and sometimes consciously steering the story in the direction of what they hope will happen between "Richard Benson" and "Gabrielle Simpson", both to the screenplay's benefit and detriment.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA more appropriate title would have been Paris When It Fizzles. |
| User ReviewLisa CMy absolute, all time favorite Audrey Hepburn Movie! |
| User ReviewMartina AA great detective style movie with comedy and suspense... one of the early movies of Audrey Hephurn |
| User ReviewMike SA great detective style movie with comedy and suspense... one of the early movies of Audrey Hephurn |
| User ReviewTiffany VA great detective style movie with comedy and suspense... one of the early movies of Audrey Hephurn |
| User ReviewMarilee AFunny movie with Hepburn and Holden doing great performances. Super movie. Funny and clever. Well done. Super film. |
| User ReviewCarol HIncredibly brilliantly excellently fantastically amazing just like the rest of Audrey Hepburn's movies and it touch my heart and it's inspiring just like the rest if Audrey Hepburn's movies with an incredibly brilliantly excellently fantastically amazing performance from Audrey Hepburn just like in the rest of her movies. They mentioned a lot of Audrey Hepburn's movies in this movie like they mentioned My Fair Lady and Breakfast At Tiffany's but that's one of the reasons I love this movie |
| User ReviewRowena BLike, awesome. I love its self-consciousness and its free-wheeling silliness. Definitely one of Hepburn's most underrated movies. |
| User ReviewKrystal LNow if this isn't fun, I don't know what it. Not only do I get the great Audrey Hepburn, but the story is just hilarious. William Holden was great, his character was just awesome. Everybody should see this movie, it's fantastic. |
| User ReviewEmma CFuuny, charming and typical hepburn, sassy and sensational |