Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm admittedly biased: this has been my favorite film since it captured my budding romantic soul at 13 in 1963. Suzanne Pleshette is wonderful in this, her first film. Troy Donahue is great to look at albeit a terrible actor. Angie Dickinson is a treat in the film as well. This film offers old fashioned romanticism, absolutely breathtaking Italian and Swiss scenery, a hauntingly beautiful Max Steiner score, and great overall corniness. Also appearing is a very suave Rossano Brazzi, and Al Hirt is seen in a cameo role. The beautiful, haunting song "Al Di La" featured in the film had recently won the San Remo song festival, and was later recorded by Connie Francis. This film really captures early 60's American mores, and reflected a time when people often sailed, rather than flew to Europe!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I want to say something more about this film because it deserves more than I am saying right now. However, I just tonight heard the news about you. This film is a little away from the mold of A SUMMER PLACE, PARRISH and SUSAN SLADE also directed by Delmar Daves personally for you. Daves definitely saw something in you that the critics didn't. But there are a lot of us out there who also saw what director Daves saw. You represented that slightly shy, slightly naive brooding All-American youth that somehow outlived his usefulness on the screen many years ago. You had your day in the sun however short-lived that time was. Yet you brought many of us happiness and a hope for the future. You thrived at a time that was so fleeting that one wonders if it ever really existed. This film is the proof that those times did really once exist. ROME ADVENTURE's images hold perhaps your best performance. You held your ground convincingly in scenes with the virile Rossano Brazzi. You looked like the worldly traveler as you toured Italy with Suzanne Pleshette. You looked like the seasoned lover in your scenes with Angie Dickinson. You did it all in a way that no one else could. My daughter was only 6 or 7 years old in 1993 but you were the first movie star that she ever took notice of and liked. I always found that amazing and that is a memory that nobody can take away. In our household you were not a heartthrob. You were an actor and real person. I'll admit that she kind of grew out of your films of late. But tonight I saw a tear in her eye and I am sure she is not alone. It was very strange, earlier today we were driving by the Congregational Church in Essex where the wedding scenes for PARRISH were filmed and we stopped a few minutes just to take notice. I now wonder about those few minutes. The day is coming to an end. It is dark outside now. Tonight I will think of all those that were touched by you. You will be missed. Godspeed.
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
No matter how many times i watch this movie i fall deeply in love with Italy. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the beautiful music score that plays almost constantly during the movie. When it comes to romance this is the ultimate and Troy Donahue gives his best performance. I have traveled a good portion of the world but i have to admit being in Italy has to be the most romantic. I'm a motor cycle, leather wearing type of guy but when i watch this movie i turn into a complete hopeless romantic. I'm also a big Troy Donahue fan and all his other films like "Summer Place", "Parish" and "Susan Slade" (the only movie not available on VHS) are all wonderful. These films might be very 60's but they are all sweet, romantic classic movies that will warm the coldest heart. Just one more comment,,,,,will SOMEONE please put these on DVD.....Please.....
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Real adventure
Rapid delivery. Video is in great shape. My husband enjoyed it immensely. Said it took him back a loooooong way!
Published on January 17, 2010 by nancyq
"The first time a good-looking Italian man pinched my bottom, I said,...
ROME ADVENTURE (1962) still stands tall as one of the great romantic films of it's era; with the effective star teaming of Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette, and some gorgeous,... Read more
Published on December 29, 2009 by Byron Kolln
Rome Adventure
I saw this film in 1962 just days after returning from a tour of Italy. While not a classic film by any means, I was totally won over and was back in Italy again. Read more
Published on April 25, 2008 by Mr. Peter Locke
Rome Adventure
I was 16 when Rome Adventure came out. I did not see it then but had a movie magazine with Angie Dickinson's picture on the back. Read more
Published on February 21, 2008 by James Ronald Colyer
Bad Bad Copy
I too placed an order for this movie. I love all the old Warner Bros. films.
I love the music from this picture. Read more
I love the music from this picture. Read more
Published on August 23, 2007 by Susan Emert
rome adventure
this seller should let you know this is not a color dvd and it is in english with english subitles, very annoying. I am returning mine, do not waste your money on this dvd.
Published on July 2, 2007 by M. Wallace
Review of Rome Adventure
This is a wonderful romance set in the stunning scenery of Italy. The theme song is beautiful and it plays at various times throughout the film, enhancing the romance. Read more
Published on June 27, 2007 by C. L. Anderson
Rome Adventure
This movie has a nice story and good music. The best part of the film is the tour of Italy and the mountain areas. It is scenic and show the country side to its best.
Published on June 27, 2007 by Mark S. Gisi
Very poor quality DVD
Badly distorted picture - little colour, mainly glaring white/grey, distorted audio and poor (wrong) subtitles. It's a shame and very disappointing. Read more
Published on June 25, 2007 by Dori
WAIT FOR THE WARNER BROS RELEASE
I should have paid more attention to the description of this DVD. I thought that it was the official WB release, finally, on DVD. Read more
Published on June 5, 2007 by Edward J. Miller
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Look for Similar Items by Category
Look for Similar Items by Subject
|
