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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Preston Sturges |
| Stars: |
Rex Harrison |
| Actors: |
Alan Bridge |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Vintage · Murder · Betrayal · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Criterion Collection |
| UPC: |
715515016421 |
| Release Date: |
1948 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 45min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Criterion Collection, 1hr 45min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (July 12, 2005)
UPC: 715515016421 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Preston Sturges |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/01/2005, p.126, Glenn Kenny): "[R]ich....[With] lovely bits from select members of Struges' rep company." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
In his last Hollywood film, Preston Sturges crafts a powerfully rendered mix of slapstick, screwball, and melodrama in his darkest comedy ever. Rex Harrison plays Alfred de Carter, the effete and blasi classical conductor returning to New York on the eve of a great performance. Awaiting his return are his beautiful wife Daphne, her coy sister, and her brother-in-law Auguste. Alfred had asked Auguste to look after Daphne during his absence, and when August alerts Alfred that he had Daphne watched by a detective and attempts to deliver the report, the seeds of doubt are planted in an otherwise blissfully romantic marriage The superb Alfred slowly comes undone as he unwillingly lets the idea of Daphne's possible infidelity contaminate his every thought. Sirk elicits uproarious performances from the dry and evocative cast as the film leads to a masterfully complex climax: Alfred fantasizing variously gruesome, magnanimous, and gallant actions he might take, while simultaneously conducting the symphony orche... |
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