The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000 "Experience the loves, tragedies and triumphs of a beloved screen legend."
5.9| 2h13m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 27 March 2000 Released
Producted By: Robert Greenwald Productions
Country: United States of America
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The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in the U.S. where she succeeds in making it big as a movie actress, in such movies as Breakfast at Tiffany's.

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Drama, TV Movie

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Director

Steven Robman

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Robert Greenwald Productions

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
plutus1947 What I can never understand is why an American is chosen to play the part of someone who had a pristine British accent and vice versa. (I know Hepburn was born in Belgium). This movie reminds me somewhat of the now legendary role Dick Van Dyke played (Bert) in Mary Poppins. His cockney accent was to say the least 'atrocious'.Although I must say that the British accent of Jennifer Love Hewitt was better than Van Dykes's it still left a lot to be desired.SPOILER BEGINS This movie charts 'part' of the life of Audrey Hepburn who was in my opinion one of the most beautiful women in the world. That is not to say that Love Hewitt is not stunningly attractive.The movie takes us from her very young age, through WW2 when she was taken to live in Holland where her parents thought she would be safe but of course it turned out that she was raised in German occupied Holland, up to the period when she was one of the most sought after stars in the movie world.I must say that I learned a lot about Audrey Hedpburn watching this movie. For example she actually helped the Dutch underground when she was in Holland and she witnessed the atrocities the Hitler Army was capable of.However, the movie did not go far enough and in my opinion the latter part of her life should have been covered also. She worked tirelessly for UNICEF for several years, right up to her relatively untimely death in 1993 of Appendiceal cancer. This was a two part mini-series and I feel that they could have made a three part series in order to cover her later life.There was only a brief written reference to this in the end credits.SPOILER ENDS I do like Jennifer Love Hewitt as an actress having first seen her in the bittiest of bit parts in Sister Act 2 and then in the popular TV series Ghost Whisperer.It is simply that I feel that she was very wrongly cast in the role of Audrey Hepburn because her English accent was simply not up to it.Had the part of Hepburn be played by someone else (a Brit) and had the whole story been told I feel that the movie would have been wonderful. Even if Jennifer had not tried to emulate an English accent and used her American accent I feel this would have been better.Love Hewitt was Producer & Co Executive Producer of Ghost Whisperer and she was also one of the Co Executive Producers of The Audrey Hepburn Story so I am wondering if that was the reason she played the title role.For the most part the remainder of the cast played their roles extremely well, especially Francis Fisher who played Audrey's mother Ella van Heemstra. She was nothing like the hateful woman Ruth Dewitt Bukater in Titanic.I also liked the way Eric McCormack played Mel Ferrer. He too was nothing like the despicable Ray Summers in Dead Like Me.All in all I feel that the Audrey Hepburn Story could have been a great deal better but nevertheless I will say it is still quite watchable.This mini-series was nominated for one award, the Golden Reel Award, for Best Sound Editing, which it did not win.
goldenglory479 No offense or anything but I'm probably such a big star of the legendary AUdrey Hepburn, I think Jennifer kinda spoiled it. I thought from sideways Jennifer looked a bit like Audrey, but personally, she doesn't have that elegance or grace or beauty Audrey Does. Enough talk to bad acting. The whole movie was OK. The although I think it missed too much, I understood the whole story line. Basically if you watch it, I suggest you do because we all have different view of things and you may like it or maybe not. I would have liked it more if Emma played AUdrey the whole way through because she looked a bit more elegant. I think they rushed at choosing actresses and actors but the effort was quite good. I thought if I made it I would get Sean Hepburn Ferrer to speak in it at the beginning. But over all it was OK.
AudreyHepburnJR I am one of the biggest Audrey Hepburn fans out there and this movie made me literally cry.Jennifer Love Hewitt was horrible. Her accent in the movie was NO where near Audrey's. Her laugh and personality didn't capture anything. Plus, not only was Hewitt horrible, but the plot was too. A lot of the events in the movie did NOT happen in Audrey's real life. Sean Hepburn-Ferrer, Audrey's son said he watched this movie and was very disappointed. Well if i was her son, i would be too! When people say someone else should have played Hepburn, like Natalie Portman, or Winona Ryder, that's also ridiculous. NO ONE in Hollywood history could EVER be Audrey Hepburn. She was graceful, classy, had an amazing sense of style and something that can't be described.What a disappointment.
shopaholic_177 REALLY REALLY GOOD !!!!!! Except the fact that Audrey Hepburn was played by Jeniffer Love- Hewitt but other wise it was really good. I thought it portrayed Audrey's life really well, ( by the way I'm her like #1 fan). I thought Audrey Hepburn should be played by Audrey Tautau. She reminds me of Audrey Hepburn. Really Good movie, I really recommend it! I think Audrey had a really powerful and important life, I really think she made a difference in Hollywood! I know you'll love this movie if you love Audrey Hepburn! I rated it 9/10 stars because I loved the movie overall but I really don't like that Jennifer Love-Hewitt. She doesn't suit Audrey Hepburn at all. EWWW, completely doesn't go. Enjoy the movie, I know you will! you know you love me, Gossip Girl