The Audrey Hepburn Story
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Initial DVD release July 11, 2000 Duration Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Writer Marsha Norman Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 27, 2000 (2000-03-27) Cast (Audrey Hepburn), (Ella van Heemstra), (Mel Ferrer), (Young Audrey Hepburn (ages 12-16)), (Joseph Hepburn), (Audrey Hepburn (at 8 years old)) Similar movies American Sniper , Entourage , Raiders of the Lost Ark , Youth , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Tagline Experience the loves, tragedies and triumphs of a beloved screen legend. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Audrey Hepburn Story is a 2000 television film biopic of actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn. It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, who also produced the film. Emmy Rossum and Sarah Hyland appear during the early scenes of the film playing Hepburn in her early years.
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Plot
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.
The closing credits include footage of the real Audrey Hepburn during one of the UNICEF missions she undertook near the end of her life.
Broadcast
Several versions of the film were aired. On the American ABC Network, it aired as a three-hour movie, while in other countries a longer version was broadcast over two nights.
References
The Audrey Hepburn Story WikipediaThe Audrey Hepburn Story IMDb The Audrey Hepburn Story themoviedb.org