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Release Date: Jan 9, 2004
Running Time: 100 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
synopsis
Eighteen-year-old Anna Foster wants the American dream: life and liberty to pursue happiness. But as the only child of the President of the United States, every detail of Anna's life is constantly monitored by the media, the public and her very protective parents--who are backed up by a battalion of Secret Service agents that safeguard Anna from any danger, including the perils of first dates. Charming and irreverent, Anna just wants the freedom to live life like any other teenager--which means ditching the agents who are seriously curbing her good times. While on a diplomatic trip to Europe with her parents, Anna extracts a promise from her father, the President, which allows her a night alone, unescorted. But when her dad has a change of heart, Anna decides to take things into her own hands. In a wild escape, incognito Anna meets mysterious stranger Ben Calder, who reluctantly aids her European getaway. Reveling in her newfound independence, Anna decides to take Europe by storm, accompanied by the ever-so-dashing Ben. As Anna's madcap European adventure takes her farther from her family and brings her closer to Ben, she's dreading the day her holiday will come to an end. Because the most powerful man in the free world is her father, Anna knows that she has a lot more to worry about than getting grounded. But before she can face the President, she has to find a way tell Ben the truth about her identity and risk getting her heart broken--the one thing her father can't fix.
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Anna Foster
Ben Calder
Alan Weiss
Cynthia Morales
Michelle Foster
U.S. President James Foster
Gabrielle
Agent in Club
Grant Hillman
Themselves
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January 9, 2004
On her latest CD, Mandy Moore sings covers of songs by the likes of Elton John, Cat Stevens and Joan Armatrading. In this movie, she's covering Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. She's not a princess, but, as eighteen-year-old Anna Foster, she's American royalty, a president's daughter who abdicates her duties as a good girl to go AWOL in Europe with Ben (Matthew Goode), a Brit stud. OK, Prague and Venice look great, but blandness falls over this movie like a steady snow. Start with Moore: What
Liberty is a retread of the 1953 classic about a young princess (played by the exquisite Audrey Hepburn, who won an Oscar for her performance) who escapes her royal duties while visiting Rome and spends one carefree, fun-filled day with undercover reporter Gregory Peck. There are even a few scenes in Liberty taken directly from Roman Holiday; Anna cuts off her hair to go incognito, and Hepburn does the same, and there's a scooter ride through Prague's streets in Chasing Liberty that mimics the
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