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Ma vie de star

Original title: The Audrey Hepburn Story
  • TV Movie
  • 2000
  • PG
  • 2h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
2.9K
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Jennifer Love Hewitt in Ma vie de star (2000)
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Biographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch overachiev... Read allBiographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parents divorce and enduring five hard years of li... Read allBiographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parents divorce and enduring five hard years of living in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II. Audrey then settles in the USA where sh... Read all

  • Director
    • Steven Robman
  • Writer
    • Marsha Norman
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Frances Fisher
    • Keir Dullea
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
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    • Director
      • Steven Robman
    • Writer
      • Marsha Norman
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Love Hewitt
      • Frances Fisher
      • Keir Dullea
    • 113User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Audrey Hepburn
    Frances Fisher
    Frances Fisher
    • Ella van Heemstra
    Keir Dullea
    Keir Dullea
    • Joseph Hepburn
    Gabriel Macht
    Gabriel Macht
    • William Holden
    Peter Giles
    Peter Giles
    • James Hanson
    Emmy Rossum
    Emmy Rossum
    • Young Audrey Hepburn (ages 12-16)
    Eric McCormack
    Eric McCormack
    • Mel Ferrer
    Seana Kofoed
    Seana Kofoed
    • Kay Kendall
    Michael J. Burg
    Michael J. Burg
    • Truman Capote
    Stéphane Archambault
    Stéphane Archambault
    • Marcel
    Joan Copeland
    Joan Copeland
    • Cathleen Nesbitt
    Marcel Jeannin
    Marcel Jeannin
    • Givenchy
    Adam MacDonald
    Adam MacDonald
    • Nick Dana
    Mark Camacho
    Mark Camacho
    • Tiffany's Cab Driver
    Sarah Hyland
    Sarah Hyland
    • Audrey Hepburn (at 8 years old)
    Vlasta Vrana
    Vlasta Vrana
    • Uncle Willem
    Barry Julien
    • Skip
    Lise Roy
    Lise Roy
    • Sister Luc
    • Director
      • Steven Robman
    • Writer
      • Marsha Norman
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    Cipher-J

    A portrait of an exceptional girl.

    Many actresses have "played" the ingenue role, but Audrey Hepburn "was" that role. Modern audiences tend to be rather jaded about such things, and for good reason. No sooner do we discover some seemingly innocent yet precocious girl on the screen, who wins our hearts, but her mug is in the tabloids, all painted up like a tart, and involved in some sordid situation. They pretend they aren't role models, just actresses "playing" role models, but Audrey Hepburn was what she was both off-screen and on.

    To the "youth" audience of today, with its Winona Ryders, and for that matter Jennifer Love Hewett, an Audrey Hepburn must seem as remote and irrelevant as a Shirley Temple or Mary Pickford. Yet Audrey personified something sadly missing in these starlets of today - something decent and respectable, unwilling to appear cheap and sleazy. Perhaps through this excellent portrayal of her life, younger audiences will discover that, at least to Audrey, an actress could be "more" than just another painted-up, tinsel-town puppet.

    The characterization of Audrey, as portrayed by Hewett, is so perfect that one wonders how anyone like that could ever have pulled it off. To the minutest detail of every look, word and nuance of Audrey Hepburn, she gives a thoroughly convincing rendition. Too bad some of the depth didn't rub off along with mastering the surfaces. The only critical comment is that the film was obviously made for television, with rather jarring breaks to allow for commercials. These are not there for the recorded version, and hence just when we get in the mood for one scene, we are jolted into another. The result seems hacked up and butchered. That's a minor complaint for an otherwise outstanding film, however.
    6arataman-139

    Jennifer Love Hewitt is all wrong and the film should have either been made much better or else not at all!

    Let me begin by saying that I am extremely biased when it comes to Audrey Hepburn therefore it is perfectly logical from my point of view that no one can play Audrey Hepburn but Audrey Hepburn. Miss Hewitt is (its been said before many times) too full when it comes to her bosom and she didn't flash a huge smile like Audrey did. Audrey's smile could light up a whole room (even better than Julia!) and Hewitt could barely light a candle in a corner so to speak. Her hair was pathetically streaked in the "Tiffany" scenes whereas Audrey's streaks blended perfectly with her natural brown tresses. Also, Audrey's hair was butched at the Oscar ceremony... Hewitt's was the same as it was during the filming of "Roman Holiday". As for the rest of the cast, Emmy Rossum was much better as young Audrey than Hewitt. Frances Fischer (of "Titanic" fame... she was Kate Winslet's self-righteous mother) was believable as Audrey's mother, Baroness Edda Van Heemstra. Eric McCormick was too contemporary to play Mel Ferrer, plus he didn't look a thing like him; the same applies to Gabriel Macht who played Bill Holden but Michael J. Burg captured the essence of Truman Capote to the button. The most embarrassing of all was Ray Landry as Humphrey Bogart; he had way too much makeup on him to look meatier where Bogie was a skinny, ugly railing. Plus, his accent was pathetically forced like he was trying way too hard to impersonate Bogie and he still couldn't do a good job. The film in short, should never have been made... no one can play Audrey Hepburn but Audrey Hepburn!
    cocoanut_grove

    Possibly the worst movie ever made

    Despite the other comments on this page -apparently submitted by the Jennifer Love Hewitt Appreciation Society (or the Denial of Terrible Movies society), there can be no doubt that "The Audrey Hepburn Story" is one of THE WORST movies ever made. Yes, no one could ever recapture the magic that was Audrey Hepburn, but for God's sake, why did they even try? From the shonky knockoffs of Givenchy gowns, to the blatant errors in the film recreations, to the extremely poor Bogart impersonator, this movie is so bad in fact, is is grotesquely fascinating.

    And at the centre of it all we have Miss Hewitt herself, all stiff grey wigs (who designed THEM?!), phoney Continental accent and smug little smile. Honey, that your bust is a little larger than Audrey's should be the LEAST of your worries!!!

    I shudder to think that future generations might stumble upon this cinematic travesty (OK, I know it was made for television) and take it as a serious tribute to the lovely Miss Hepburn. They will surely wonder what we all saw in her. But that will never happen. Audrey's movies will be remembered forever- long after this Z-grade piece of rubbish is consigned to pop-culture oblivion.

    Take a bow, filmmakers. You've managed to reduce the life of one of the screen's most beloved icons to Audrey's one-note obsession with finding her father (how's *that* for a fresh idea!) and producing offspring.

    To the sadly misguided Hewitt fans (you know who you are) who took it upon themselves to insult Audrey Hepburn in a vain attempt to make JLH look better, you ought to get your heads examined.

    JLH you should be ashamed of yourself!!!! (I'm ashamed of myself too, that I actually took the time to write this thing for such a poorly acted, written and directed- not to mention every other aspect of production- waste of videotape.)
    7tcorrell-69070

    Far From A Masterpiece, But Also Far From The Disaster It's Unfairly Made Out To Be

    No actress, regardless of how bad or good they are or if they're neutral, would have done a better than adequate job of playing Audrey Hepburn. She was simply too unique, for better as much as for worse, for anybody to portray her better than adequately.

    Honestly, Jennifer Love Hewitt (who was 19 during filming) did no better and no worse than any other actress would've done portraying Audrey Hepburn, who Jennifer portrayed from 17 years of age and older. She did as adequate a job as Sarah Hyland, who portrayed eight year of age Audrey Hepburn, and Emmy Rossum, who portrayed 12 to 16 year of age Audrey Hepburn. Sarah Hyland was eight during filming and Emmy Rossum was 12.

    But poor Jennifer is the one who got such flack for it. Sarah and Emmy were basically unacknowledged for it, probably because Sarah was eight and Emmy was 12.

    The movie basically covers many aspects of Audrey Hepburn's life from late 1937 at age eight until her untimely death from cancer in early 1993 before she would've been 64. I won't go through the laundry list of them.

    Just watch to find out what they are as I don't want to spoil the movie for Audrey Hepburn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Hyland and Emmy Rossum fans who watch the movie. They're only people who should watch this movie, anyway.

    Recommended only to Audrey Hepburn fans who are also fans of Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Hyland and Emmy Rossum. The Audrey Hepburn Story was filmed in late 1998.
    6silentsyni

    I don't know. there seemed to be something lacking in Hewitt's performance

    I do not know much about Audrey Hepburn. All I have seen was My Fair Lady, but there seemed to be something missing in Hewitt's performance. I enjoyed the movie but something was always off about the way she portrayed Audrey.

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Love Hewitt is actually an avid fan of Audrey Hepburn and admitted she found it very "scary" to be playing her idol onscreen as she was worried her portrayal would not do her justice.
    • Goofs
      When Hepburn finally reunites with her father, she leaves estranged. In reality, she maintained in touch with her dad until the end of his life.
    • Quotes

      Audrey Hepburn: [after receiving an Academy Award] I would like to thank my mother, who taught me to stand up straight, sit erect, use discipline with wine and sweets, and only smoke six cigarettes a day.

    • Alternate versions
      A four-hour version was made for foreign distribution.
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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2002 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Audrey Hepburn, une vie
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Endemol Entertainment
      • Robert Greenwald Productions
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      2 hours 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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