She won’t tell Simon her reasons for committing this crime, but he has his own secret reasons for agreeing to help her. Nicole convinces Simon to help her steal the Cellini Venus from the museum. Nicole doesn’t know that Simon is an employee of De Solnay (Charles Boyer), a rich man interested in acquiring some of the Bonet art works. Nicole likes Simon very much despite the fact that they met during an apparent burglary.
The two of them end up on a wild ride in a sports car to the Ritz, their first encounter culminating in a soulful kiss. This tall, good-looking ruffian with intense blue eyes is Simon Dermott ( Peter O’Toole). Creeping downstairs, Nicole discovers an intruder, debonair in a tuxedo, stealing flecks of paint off the “Van Gogh” hanging in the entrance hall. She gets scared to death when she hears a noise in the empty house. Meanwhile, Nicole stays home from the reception and decides to read a Hitchcock novel before going to bed. In his latest publicity stunt, Papa lends his Cellini Venus to a great Paris museum for public display (Carnavalet Museum.) At the opening reception for the exhibit, Leland Davis (Eli Wallach) falls passionately in love with the Cellini Venus, which is insured for $1 million. But my darling, you know that in his whole lifetime he only sold one painting whereas I, in loving memory of his great tragic genius, have already sold two!”–Papa and Nicole ” I doubt very much if Van Gogh himself would have gone to these pains with his work. As the story begins, he has just sold a Cezanne “from his collection” for $5 million. Papa helps maintain their lifestyle by creating masterful art forgeries. Nicole Bonet (Audrey Hepburn) lives the life of an heiress with her father in the family mansion. Paris was a confection of a city then, with its Belle Epoque mansions, inspiring art, the Ritz Bar, Maxim’s restaurant, and Givenchy’s trend-setting fashions.
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“ How to Steal a Million (1966)” takes place in Paris in the swingin’ ’60s. In this caper film, Givenchy’s designs are an important part of the fun. AUDREY HEPBURN earned a special place in our hearts in her star-making performance in 1953’s “Roman Holiday.” What was it about her? Her dark hair, pretty eyes, slim figure and her sense of style all contributed to her unique look, helped along by her favorite designer, Hubert Givenchy.
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