Little Romance DVD

A Little Romance
The disarming comedy A Little Romance features Diane Lane as a 13-year-old American, living in Paris with her businessman stepfather (Arthur Hill) and her promiscuous mother (Sally Kellerman). Mom is currently enamored with pretentious-filmmaker David Dukes, and it is on the set of Dukes' latest picture that Lane meets another 13-year-old, insatiable French film buff Thelonious Bernard. A likeable street-smart petty thief and gambler, Bernard is instantly attracted to Lane. With the help of roguish old Laurence Olivier, Lane and Bernard arrange a romantic rendezvous under the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. Naturally, when the kids disappear it's a cause for international concern, but all ends as it should. Some of the best moments in A Little Romance belong to Broderick Crawford, unselfconsciously playing "himself" at a movie party. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Laurence Olivier as Julius Arthur Hill as Richard King Sally Kellerman as Kay King Diane Lane as Lauren Thelonious Bernard as Daniel Broderick Crawford as Brod David Dukes as George De Marco Andrew Duncan as Bob Duryea Claudette Sutherland as Janet Duryea Graham Fletcher-Cook as Londet Ashby Semple as Natalie Claude Brosset as Michel Michon

Crew Francois de Lamothe - Art Director Rosine Delamare - Costume Designer Lucie Lichtig - Continuity Carlo Lastricati - First Assistant Director George Roy Hill - Director William H. Reynolds - Editor Daniel Patrick Kelley - Executive Producer Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score) Henry Bumstead - Production Designer Pierre-Wiliam Glenn - Cinematographer Yves Rousset-Rouard - Producer George Roy Hill - Producer Daniel Patrick Kelley - Producer Robert L. Crawford - Producer Michel Desrois - Sound/Sound Designer Allan Burns - Screenwriter Patrick Cauvin - Book Author

A Little Romance
A Little Romance (1979) is an apt title for George Roy Hill's sweet-natured comedy about adolescent love amid the impeccable settings of Paris and Venice. Shot on location, the appealing omance between two outsider kids nicely captures the yearning and joy of first love without cliché Hollywood excess. Making her film debut as the Heidegger-reading Lauren, 14-year-old Diane Lane's beauty and self-possessed performance as the gifted American girl living abroad landed her on the cover of Time in 1979 as a young star in the making. Lane's onscreen appeal was ably matched by fellow newcomer Thelonious Bernard as teen genius and cinéaste Daniel (who is first seen taking in Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dubbed en français). Laurence Olivier is expertly sly and paternal as the mysterious Julius, while Sally Kellerman and David Dukes are suitably and humorously witless; Broderick Crawford nearly steals his few scenes as "himself." Despite its charms, A Little Romance did not become another Hill blockbuster, but Allan Burns did receive an Oscar nomination for his adapted screenplay and Georges Delerue won the Oscar for his enchanting score. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Allan Burns: Academy, Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated) Georges Delerue: Academy, Best Original Score (winner) Laurence Olivier: Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actor (nominated)

Golden Globe, Best Original Score (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: cc "Remembering Romance With Diane Lane" Retro artwork Interactive menus Production/awards notes Theatrical trailer Scene access Subtitles: English, Français, Español DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 110 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. At the Movies [2:28] 2. Commuting Credits [3:08] 3. Horseplay at Home [1:57] 4. Call Me Bogie [5:18] 5. Bingo! It's a Date [2:58] 6. Boys and Heidegger [4:09] 7. Two Smart Kids [4:04] 8. Julius [3:23] 9. Bridge of Sighs Legend [2:54] 10. Two Parties in One [2:24] 11. Male Anatomy [2:47] 12. Blue-Movie Bummer [4:30] 13. Downstairs/Upstairs [4:58] 14. Slugging George, Baffling Brod [2:48] 15. Destination Venice [:03] 16. Horseplay on Computer [1:41] 17. Adult Needed [4:26] 18. Payoff Lunch [2:24] 19. Secret Out, Train Gone [5:13] 20. The Duryeas; Criminal Truth [4:52] 21. Next Day's News [4:10] 22. Two-Wheeler Trio [3:38] 23. A Little Romance [4:25] 24. A Little Uncivilized [7:42] 25. Splitting Up [4:05] 26. Con Men Large and Small [5:40] 27. Richard Meets Julian [2:02] 28. Sunset Kiss [2:55] 29. Different and Glad [2:47] 30. End Credits [3:35]