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Two for the Road Overview:

Two for the Road (1967) was a Drama - Comedy Film directed by Stanley Donen and produced by Stanley Donen and James H. Ware.

Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best WritingFrederic RaphaelNominated

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Two For The Road (1967): A Rom-Com for a New Era

“If there’s one thing I despise it’s an indispensable woman.” – Albert Finney The world seemed a very different place in 1967. It had changed and with it, love and the romantic comedy underwent a transformation of its own. Because, in some sense, humanity had reached a ... Read full article


Two for the Road (1967)

Two for the Road Directed by Stanley Donen Written by Fredric Raphael 1967/USA Stanley Donen Films First viewing/Netflix rental Two gorgeous people falling in and out of love in the South of France. How could you lose? The story explores the ups and downs of Mark (Albert Finney) and Joanna’s (... Read full article


The Style Essentials - Audrey Hepburn Gets Modern in 1967's TWO FOR THE ROAD

This past weekend, I presented THE STYLE ESSENTIALS: HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM 1960s at the Egyptian Theatre. One of the influential films I featured from that decade was 1967's Two for the Road. Not only that, we even watched it on the big screen after my presentation, an incredible thrill being a... Read full article


Two for the Road (1967)

Starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney,this romantic comedy gives a more realistic view of love and marriage. Mark and Joanna have been married about 10 years now and despite their wealth they seem unhappy. The non-linear story relates how they both met each other while vacationing in France. The... Read full article


Two for the Road (1967)

Starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney,this romantic comedy gives a more realistic view of love and marriage. Mark and Joanna have been married about 10 years now and despite their wealth they seem unhappy. The non-linear story relates how they both met each other while vacationing in France. The... Read full article


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Two for the Road Quotes:

Mark Wallace: If there's one thing I really despise, it's an indispensable woman.

Mark Wallace: [Joanna has returned from an affair] Hello.
Joanna Wallace: Hello.
Mark Wallace: Well?
Joanna Wallace: [softly, on the verge of tears] I'm back.
Mark Wallace: Enjoy yourself?
Joanna Wallace: [nods] Yes, thank you. But I *missed* you.
[Mark sarcastically rolls his eyes, not believing her]
Joanna Wallace: But I *did*.
Mark Wallace: Why?
Joanna Wallace: Because he's so serious.
Mark Wallace: I thought you liked people who were serious.
Joanna Wallace: But he's *so* serious.
Mark Wallace: Well, I'd better make some funny faces...
Joanna Wallace: [softly] You don't need to make funny faces.
[Mark gives no response]
Joanna Wallace: Mark, I'm back!
Mark Wallace: You humiliated me. You humiliate me... and then you come back.
Joanna Wallace: [nods tearfully] That's right.
Mark Wallace: Thank God!
[he hugs her and they tearfully kiss]

Mark Wallace: Darling, what's French for 'Inspector, I don't believe a word you're saying and you're not gonna get a damn penny?'
Joanna Wallace: 'Oui, monsieur.'

[Before getting married, hitchhikers Mark and Joanna spend a night in a hotel together]
Mark Wallace: This is completely against my principles.
Joanna Wallace: Good. I hate to think that it happened all the time.
Mark Wallace: I had absolutely no intention of sleeping in hotels.

Mark Wallace: It's really meant for photographing three-dimensional objects.
Joanna Wallace: I'm three dimensional, as a matter of fact.
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Two for the Road Facts
Henry Mancini said that although the scoring was the most difficult in his career, the music he composed for this movie was always his favorite.

Audrey Hepburn narrowly missed getting an Oscar nomination for this film. The Academy had to choose between her performances in this film and in Wait Until Dark and chose the latter.

Paul Newman and Michael Caine were director Stanley Donen's first two choices for the role of Mark Wallace.

Jacqueline Bisset is partially dubbed by another actress. Soon after filming, Bisset received a role in a major Hollywood film. She left England and was therefore unavailable when it came time to re-dub some of her lines.

Average Shot Length = ~4.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.4 seconds. Both values are quite fast, and demonstrate the experimentation with faster cutting rates during the mid to late 1960s. For example, even a noted fast cutter like Sam Peckinpah would take until 1969 to produce a film (_Wild Bunch,The (1969)_) that is cut faster than _Two For The Road (1967)_.

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