Roman Holiday 08 The Vespa Tour

	Roman Holiday 08: The Vespa Tour
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			08-01-1 Movie Location and Filming Location: via del Teatro di Marcello View to: West Object or Scene: Left, Theater of Marcellus. Center, Temple of Bellona. Right, dome of the Synagogue. Last we saw them, Ann and Joe were by the Pantheon. The route by which they scootered to the Theater of Marcellus is unknown. Conjectures?
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			08-01-2 Same


			08-02 Movie Location and Filming Location: Via del Teatro di Marcello View to: Northeast Object or Scene: Street. Victor Emanuele II monument in the background. This is out of order. It should have been just before the previous two. Jumpy editing.


			08-03-1 Movie Location and Filming Location: viale dei Fori Imperiale. View to: East Object or Scene: The Colosseum


			08-03-2 Movie Location and Filming Location: Colosseum View to: North Object or Scene: viale dei Fori Imperiali.


			08-03-3 Movie Location and Filming Location: Colosseum West looking east.


			08-04-1 Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti. View to: North Object or Scene: Left (in the background) Villa Medici—French Academy where Napoleon used to stay when in Rome. At the top of the Spanish Steps. Courtesy Diego and grinisa.


			08-04-2 Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti. View to: North Object or Scene: Irving's Topolino following the Vespa.


	From www.autopareri.com: That's a wonderful FIAT 500 "Topolino" Trasformabile (convertible), probably the first popular tiny car ever built. "Topolino" was the funny nickname the italian people gave to the car, and means literally "little mouse". It has been produced in 3 different versions, from 1936 till 1955; I think that Irving's one is an "A" version (1936-'48). Four cylinders, RWD, 16.5hp. "500" stands for the engine displacement, expressed in cubic centimeters: just half a litre. The maximun speed written on the speedometer was 100 km/ora (about 60 MPH): once grandpa pushed that car so fast that the speedometer needle reached the "r" of "km/ora"!!! In Italy it is quite a myth, because it has been the first car for many families, even before the most important italian popular myth, the "FIAT Nuova 500" (1955-70s). In the same years (40s-50s-60s) the Vespa, built by Piaggio, was having a massive success. It was a simple, easy-to-use vehicle, just perfect for urban travels. Vespa is an italian name for a type of bees, to recall the vehicle's agility. [Or, the sound made by its engine!] As of July 2010 I can't find the page from which I cribbed the above online. But I have found an excellent source at www.imcdb.org that confirms it. The new source adds the model number of Irving's car as "1948 Fiat 500 B," and the Vespa as "1951 Piaggio Vespa 125."

			08-04-3 Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti View to: Southeast Object or Scene: Left, entrance to via sistina. Center, entrance to via Gregoriana. The building with the round loggia, between the two streets, is the Palazzo Zuccari, Rome's "Monster House."


			08-04-4 Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti View to: North Object or Scene: View over via Margutta neighborhood.


			08-04-5 Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti View to: North Object or Scene: Base of the Sallustian obelisk. Joe is pointing at nothing.


			08-05 Movie Location and Filming Location: via del Corso View to: South Object or Scene: Piazza Venezia. Victor Emauelle II monument. And they turned right.

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	Concept / Concept continued Method 00: Cast 00: Credits 01: Arrival 02: Reception 03: Bedtime 04: Escape 05: City Night / 05: continued 06: Day Begins / 06: continued 07: Free for a Haircut / 07: continued 08: Vespa Tour 09: Wild Chase! / 09 continued 10: Wishes 11: The Night 12: The End via Margutta 51 The Map (The Map Key)