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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 BlogHub Articles:

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

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 22, 2020 From 4 Star Films

“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)

By Beatrice on Oct 1, 2019 From Flickers in Time

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

on Aug 27, 2018 From GlamAmor

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)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 20, 2014 From 4 Star Films

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)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 20, 2014 From 4 Star Films

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:

Joanna Wallace: [referring to a pair of newlyweds seated in the back of a Rolls Royce] They don't look very happy.
Mark Wallace: Why should they? They just got married.
Mark Wallace: Bitch.
Joanna Wallace: Bastard.
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.'
Mark Wallace: We agreed before we were married that we weren't going to have any children.
Joanna Wallace: And before we were married we *didn't*.
Mark Wallace: If there's one thing I really despise, it's an indispensable woman.
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Two for the Road Facts
The "present day" car (a Mercedes 230) was director Stanley Donen's own personal car.
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)_.
Paul Newman turned down the role of Mark Wallace.
Audrey Hepburn was afraid of water, so the scene in which Mark throws Joanna into the water had to be done with some divers standing just barely outside the camera range. One take was ruined because the diver jumped in too save Audrey too quickly.
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