Two for the Road (AUS) ( 2 for the Road )

Two for the Road (AUS) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: 2 for the Road
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stanley Donen

Written By:
Frederic Raphael

Actors:
Audrey Hepburn ..... Joanna Wallace
Albert Finney ..... Mark Wallace
Eleanor Bron ..... Cathy Manchester
William Daniels ..... Howard Manchester
Gabrielle Middleton ..... Ruth Manchester
Claude Dauphin ..... Maurice Dalbret
Nadia Gray ..... Francoise Dalbret
Georges Descrières ..... David (as Georges Descrieres)
Jacqueline Bisset ..... Jackie
Judy Cornwell ..... Pat
Irène Hilda ..... Yvonne de Florac (as Irene Hilda)
Dominique Joos ..... Sylvia

Synopsis:

In preparing his romantic comedy Two For the Road, director Stanley Donen decided to utilize many of the cinematic techniques popularized by the French 'nouvelle vague' filmmakers. Jump cutting back and forth in time with seeming abandon, Donen and scriptwriter Frederic Raphael chronicle the 12-year relationship between architect Wallace (Albert Finney) and his wife (Audrey Hepburn). While backpacking through Europe, student Finney falls for lovely music student Jacqueline Bisset, but later settles for Hepburn, another aspiring musician (this vignette served as the launching pad for the film-within-a-film in Francois Truffaut's 1973 classic Day for Night). Once married, Finney and Hepburn go on a desultory honeymoon, travelling in the company of insufferable American tourists William Daniels and Eleanor Bron and their equally odious daughter Gabrielle Middleton. Later on, during yet another road trip, Finney is offered an irresistible job opportunity by Claude Dauphin, which ultimately distances Finney from his now-pregnant wife. Still remaining on the road, the film then details Finney and Hepburn's separate infidelities. The film ends where it begins, with Finney and Hepburn taking still another road vacation, hoping to sew up their unraveling marriage. While critics did nip-ups over Stanley Donen's 'revolutionary' nonlinear story-telling techniques, audiences responded to the chemistry between Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney, not to mention the unforgettable musical score by Henry Mancini. Note: many TV prints of Two for the Road are edited for content, robbing the viewer of Finney and Hepburn's delightful 'Bitch/Bastard' closing endearments.

The ten-year marriage of Mark and Joanna Wallace is on the rocks. In flashback they recall their first meeting, memorable moments in their courtship and early wedded life, their travels through Europe, their broken vow never to have children, and their increasing tensions that led to both of them having extra-marital affairs.

Joanna is in a touring girl's choir and Mark is a struggling architect. when they first meet on the road in Europe. The film follows their life together --- through courtship and marriage, infidelity and parenthood --- all on the road in a variety of cars through a score of time-shifting vignettes.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 January, 2010.

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