TIGLFF presents FUNNY FACE

*** We will be honoring ticket purchases from the May event that was cancelled due to weather.*** An oft overlooked musical from two of the genre's greats, FUNNY FACE (Stanley Donen, 1957, USA, 103 min) finds Donen directing Fred Astaire as a fashion photographer transforming pre-Fair Lady Audrey Hepburn into the epitome of modelling chic; her subsequent philosophical quandaries, set to a Gershwin score, are resolved in the most glorious Technicolor. Receiving Oscar® nominations in recognition of its costume design, art direction and cinematography, FUNNY FACE is beautiful - as chic as any fashion film, as graceful as any musical. Featuring Astaire in one of his last great roles and Hepburn at the height of her powers - here, in their only collaboration, both stars are on typically effervescent form. Hepburn is Jo Stockton, a bookshop clerk who might just have what it takes to be a modeling sensation. After inadvertently being discovered by fashion photographer Dick Avery (Astaire), she is offered the chance to become the next big thing. Initially skeptical of the model lifestyle, Jo only agrees when a trip to Paris and the opportunity to meet her intellectual hero are thrown into the bargain. Cue a series of musical set pieces, a liberal slice of Parisian life, a whirlwind romance and enough glamorous silhouettes to fill a walk-in wardrobe. Heart inevitably wins out over head as Jo pushes aside lecherous philosophers, embraces her role as a fashion icon and finds the man she loves - though not after some catwalk drama and a few near misses. (Park Circus)