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A Little Romance is a 1979 American romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, and 13-year-old Diane Lane in her film debut. The screenplay was written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on the novel E=mc2 Mon Amour (1977) by Patrick Cauvin.
A Little Romance: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill. American teenager Lauren King living in Paris, meets and falls in love with a local boy named Daniel Michon.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- George Roy Hill
- 1979-04-27
America is having a love affair with “A Little Romance”. Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon.
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- George Roy Hill
After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius (Laurence Olivier) to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a...
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- George Roy Hill
- PG
- Laurence Olivier
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Lauren King (Diane Lane) is a book-smart 13-year-old American girl with an IQ of 167 living in Paris with her affluent family. She spends her free time reading Heidegger. Daniel Michon (Thelonious Bernard) is a street-wise 13-year-old French boy who lives in La Garenne with his father, a cabbie. He loves Hollywood films and amuses himself handicapp...
Laurence Olivier as Julius Edmund SantorinDiane Lane as Lauren KingThelonious Bernard as Daniel MichonArthur Hill as Richard KingThe filming for "A Little Romance" took place in Paris, France as well as Verona, Venice and Veneto, Italy. Because the crew was unable to shoot scenes in the Louvre, a replica set was built for it. Prior to the making of the movie, Thelonious Bernard was not fluent in acting and had no previous acting experience, so he stayed at director George Ro...
Following its initial release in 1979, "A Little Romance" received mixed reviews, with some of them being quite negative. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 72% rating based on 25 reviews and it received an 86% positive audience rating based on 5,156 reviews. In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby described the film as "so ponderous it se...
52nd Academy Awards 1. Best Adapted Screenplay: Allan Burns (nominated) 2. Best Original Song Score: Georges Delerue (won) 3. Best Supporting Actor- Motion Picture: Laurence Olivier (nominated) 32nd Writers Guild of America Awards 1. Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium: Allan Burns (nominated) Young Artists Awards 1. Diane Lane: Best Juvenile A...
Mar 7, 2020 · Based upon the novel E=mc2 Mon Amour by Claude Klotz (writing as Patrick Cauvin) and adapted by The Mary Tyler Moore Show creator Allan Burns —who received an Academy Award nomination for his work — A Little Romance is as mischievous as it is fun.
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