Like Hawaii, Rome is one of those places you cannot make a badly photographed film in the place. Half the pleasure of seeing Rome Adventure is seeing the breathtaking sights of the Eternal City just as we did in Roman Holiday, Three Coins In The Fountain, The Seven Hills Of Rome and many others I could mention.
It's also nice if you have a good story to go along with the cinematography. We have Suzanne Pleshette recently a school librarian who gave a banned book to a student and left before she was fired by the Puritan maidens who run the girl's college. She hasn't seen a whole lot of life. She makes a lot of new friends starting on the boat with Rossano Brazzi and Hampton Fancher. It's Brazzi who finds lodging for her and Fancher in Rome where she meets up with Troy Donahue, graduate student in architecture. He likes Pleshette's architecture a whole lot, but he also likes Angie Dickinson's architecture as well and she's just broken up with Troy. Suzanne lands a job with Constance Ford at an English language bookstore and Ford's a wise old hen who gives the new chick a lot of good advice.
Troy and Suzanne lit up the screen in this one. I'm sure their performances were helped in no small measure by the fact that they were having one torrid romance and married after the film was wrapped. Sad to say though in real life it was not happily ever after.
The real outstanding role with some bite to it is that of Dickinson. Angie is one spoiled bad girl who wants what she wants on a whim and a prayer. After leaving a rich and possessive lover she left Troy for she marries the rich guy. But still wants Troy on the side. Not an arrangement that Donahue finds appealing. Angie is most appealing however for the audience.
Rome isn't called the Eternal City for nothing. You could make a nice remake of Rome Adventure today with a Reese Witherspoon and a Ryan Phillippe. Maybe a broken couple can have a romance rekindled. Until then we can settle for this nice romantic story about love in Rome.
It's also nice if you have a good story to go along with the cinematography. We have Suzanne Pleshette recently a school librarian who gave a banned book to a student and left before she was fired by the Puritan maidens who run the girl's college. She hasn't seen a whole lot of life. She makes a lot of new friends starting on the boat with Rossano Brazzi and Hampton Fancher. It's Brazzi who finds lodging for her and Fancher in Rome where she meets up with Troy Donahue, graduate student in architecture. He likes Pleshette's architecture a whole lot, but he also likes Angie Dickinson's architecture as well and she's just broken up with Troy. Suzanne lands a job with Constance Ford at an English language bookstore and Ford's a wise old hen who gives the new chick a lot of good advice.
Troy and Suzanne lit up the screen in this one. I'm sure their performances were helped in no small measure by the fact that they were having one torrid romance and married after the film was wrapped. Sad to say though in real life it was not happily ever after.
The real outstanding role with some bite to it is that of Dickinson. Angie is one spoiled bad girl who wants what she wants on a whim and a prayer. After leaving a rich and possessive lover she left Troy for she marries the rich guy. But still wants Troy on the side. Not an arrangement that Donahue finds appealing. Angie is most appealing however for the audience.
Rome isn't called the Eternal City for nothing. You could make a nice remake of Rome Adventure today with a Reese Witherspoon and a Ryan Phillippe. Maybe a broken couple can have a romance rekindled. Until then we can settle for this nice romantic story about love in Rome.