Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to Release “Audrey Hepburn Blu-ray Collection” September 30
(June 9, 2014 – Burbank, CA) – Oscar-winning actress, fashion icon, and philanthropist
Audrey Hepburn was a talented performer known for her beauty, elegance and grace. Often imitated, she remains an indelible symbol of Hollywood glamour.
On September 30, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will remember Hepburn with the debut of a Blu-ray collection containing three of her most endearing films – “Funny Face,” “Sabrina,” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” The latter two account for two of her five Best Actress Academy Award nominations. The other Best Actress nominations were “Wait Until Dark,” “The Nun's Story,” and “Roman Holiday,” for which she took home the statue. She was also honored posthumously by the Academy with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1993.
About Audrey Hepburn:
Born in 1929 in Brussels, Ms. Hepburn spent part of her youth at an English boarding school and studied at The Netherlands’ Arnhem Conservatory. After World War II, she studied ballet in Amsterdam and London and made her stage debut in 1948 in the chorus of “High Button Shoes.” Additional small parts on the British stage were followed by appearances in English films, including the Alec Guinness classic “The Lavender Hill Mob.” Soon after, she came to America to take on the title role in the Broadway production “Gigi” and her career took off. Ms. Hepburn is one of the few actresses to win the four major performance awards – the above mentioned Academy Award for “Roman Holiday,” an Emmy (1993; Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming “Gardens of the World”; episode "Flower Gardens"); and Tony Award (1954; “Ondine,” Best Actress in a Play). She also is the recipient of a Grammy (1994; Deborah Raffin, Michael Viner, producers & Audrey Hepburn for “Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales”). Hepburn’s other popular films include “War and Peace,” “The Children’s Hour,” “The Unforgiven,” “Charade,” “My Fair Lady,” “Two for the Road,” and “They All Laughed.” In her later years, acting took a back seat to Hepburn’s charity work. She became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in the late 1980s, traveling the world on humanitarian missions to raise awareness about children in need. About the Films: “Sabrina” (1954)
“Sabrina” is charming, humorous and aglow with some of Hollywood's greatest stars. Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn star in a Cinderella story directed by renowned filmmaker Billy Wilder (“Sunset Boulevard,” “Some Like It Hot”). Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie's all work, Holden's all playboy. But when Sabrina, daughter of the family's chauffeur, returns from Paris all grown up and glamorous, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of Hepburn's delightful charms. Special Features:
• “Audrey Hepburn: Fashion Icon”
• “Sabrina's World”
• “Supporting Sabrina”
• “William Holden: The Paramount Years”
• “Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words”
• “Behind the Gates: Camera”
• “Paramount in the '50s” “Funny Face” (1957)
In the Academy Award-nominated classic, Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire join forces, lending their song and dance talents to the timeless musical. When a fashion magazine mogul (Kay Thompson) and her head photographer, Dick Avery (Astaire) scout out a bookstore for their next photo shoot, Dick discovers the unique face of bookseller and amateur philosopher Jo Stockton (Audrey). Whisked off to Paris, Jo is soon transformed into a global supermodel…and finds herself falling for the photographer who first notices her sunny, funny face. Special Features:
Holly Golightly (Hepburn) delights audiences as the carefree ingénue searching Manhattan for a dream millionaire to marry. George Peppard plays the struggling, “sponsored” young writer who gets swept away in Holly’s chaotic-yet-enchanting lifestyle. Directed by Blake Edwards (“The Pink Panther,” “Victor/Victoria”), this two-time Oscar-winning film features Henry Mancini’s honored score, as well as his and Johnny Mercer’s Academy Award-winning song, “Moon River.” Special Features:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees, as well as directly to consumers through WBShop.com and WBUltra.###
Born in 1929 in Brussels, Ms. Hepburn spent part of her youth at an English boarding school and studied at The Netherlands’ Arnhem Conservatory. After World War II, she studied ballet in Amsterdam and London and made her stage debut in 1948 in the chorus of “High Button Shoes.” Additional small parts on the British stage were followed by appearances in English films, including the Alec Guinness classic “The Lavender Hill Mob.” Soon after, she came to America to take on the title role in the Broadway production “Gigi” and her career took off. Ms. Hepburn is one of the few actresses to win the four major performance awards – the above mentioned Academy Award for “Roman Holiday,” an Emmy (1993; Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming “Gardens of the World”; episode "Flower Gardens"); and Tony Award (1954; “Ondine,” Best Actress in a Play). She also is the recipient of a Grammy (1994; Deborah Raffin, Michael Viner, producers & Audrey Hepburn for “Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales”). Hepburn’s other popular films include “War and Peace,” “The Children’s Hour,” “The Unforgiven,” “Charade,” “My Fair Lady,” “Two for the Road,” and “They All Laughed.” In her later years, acting took a back seat to Hepburn’s charity work. She became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in the late 1980s, traveling the world on humanitarian missions to raise awareness about children in need. About the Films: “Sabrina” (1954)
“Sabrina” is charming, humorous and aglow with some of Hollywood's greatest stars. Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn star in a Cinderella story directed by renowned filmmaker Billy Wilder (“Sunset Boulevard,” “Some Like It Hot”). Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie's all work, Holden's all playboy. But when Sabrina, daughter of the family's chauffeur, returns from Paris all grown up and glamorous, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of Hepburn's delightful charms. Special Features:
• “Audrey Hepburn: Fashion Icon”
• “Sabrina's World”
• “Supporting Sabrina”
• “William Holden: The Paramount Years”
• “Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words”
• “Behind the Gates: Camera”
• “Paramount in the '50s” “Funny Face” (1957)
In the Academy Award-nominated classic, Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire join forces, lending their song and dance talents to the timeless musical. When a fashion magazine mogul (Kay Thompson) and her head photographer, Dick Avery (Astaire) scout out a bookstore for their next photo shoot, Dick discovers the unique face of bookseller and amateur philosopher Jo Stockton (Audrey). Whisked off to Paris, Jo is soon transformed into a global supermodel…and finds herself falling for the photographer who first notices her sunny, funny face. Special Features:
-
• Trailer
• “Paramount in The 50's”
• Photo Gallery
Holly Golightly (Hepburn) delights audiences as the carefree ingénue searching Manhattan for a dream millionaire to marry. George Peppard plays the struggling, “sponsored” young writer who gets swept away in Holly’s chaotic-yet-enchanting lifestyle. Directed by Blake Edwards (“The Pink Panther,” “Victor/Victoria”), this two-time Oscar-winning film features Henry Mancini’s honored score, as well as his and Johnny Mercer’s Academy Award-winning song, “Moon River.” Special Features:
-
• “A Golightly Gathering”
• “Henry Mancini: More Than Music”
• “Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective”
• “Breakfast at Tiffany's The Making of a Classic”
• “It's So Audrey! A Style Icon”
• “Behind the Gates: The Tour”
• “Brilliance in a Blue Box”
• “Audrey's Letter to Tiffany”
• Galleries
• Theatrical Trailer
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees, as well as directly to consumers through WBShop.com and WBUltra.