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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9781559409124
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1559409126
Label: Criterion
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: PMIDCC1565D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 19, 2001
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1955-12
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This 1955 film has been remastered for dvd. Wyman is a wealthy widow and hudson is the gardener who loves her in this film about small town america. Features: widescreen 1.85:1 photos theatrical trailer liner notes. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/19/2001 Starring: Rock Hudson Run time: 89 minutes Director: Douglas Sirk
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Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman were so successful in Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession that they reteamed for this, his first melodrama masterpiece. Young hunk Rock is a strapping son of mother nature, a gardener who woos middle-aged, middle class widow Wyman to the snooty disapproval of her conservative social circle and embarrassment of her self-centered children. Wyman discovers a new life with his open-armed friends and back-to-nature lifestyle, but struggles with life-changing decisions in the face of social pressure and vicious gossip. Living the Henry Thoreau dream, Rock inhabits his personal Walden in a rustic country cabin by a bubbling brook, a dream house lit by a giant picture window overlooking an idyllic countryside where deer pose just outside the window. Wyman's elegant but sterile suburban home transforms into a tomb when she sacrifices her love for the "good name" of her children, and the lonely widow sees her future in the pale, colorless reflection of her TV screen. But don't despair just yet: Sirk's heroines are dynamic and resourceful and no Sirk melodrama ends without a heart-tugging, over-the-top twist. German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who championed Sirk as a master and a mentor, remade the film as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul decades later. --Sean Axmaker
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This DVD is a favorite in our home. A real classic romance movie, from the time when movies were pure talent and wholesome content.
A wonderful "feelgood" movie that is such a relief from the foul mouth and trash movies of today.
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Director Douglas Sirk is a true cinematic master. On the surface his films would appear to be fuzzy melodrama. Scratch the surface and look beyond the apparent glitz more serious themes emerge. Beneath the gloss Sirk is examing prejudice or exploring it to the degree that the bean counters would allow. The real prejudice here isn't so much the age discrepancy between Ron(Rock Hudson) and Carrie(Jane Wyman). No, the self appointed in-crowd show their disapproval towards Ron's chosen profession, ... Read More
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I saw this movie many years ago and when I lost my first husband remembered the movie and it provided some comfort when dealing with a new relationship and how it was handled with children from first marriage. I purchased the movie recently to help a friend who lost her husband at a relatively young age. There can be problems for children when a widow/widower begins a new relationship and this movie deals with that issue. Oldie but goodie.
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Superb artistic work provides the layers of romance that so imbue this delicate film, that it transcends many romances that fail because of flaws in the story editing, the cinematography, or the soundtrack. Even the art direction in this work appears to be intricately designed and presented within all sets (no exception); these touches of perfection elevate romances to the genteel state of relationships. The intent to refine all levels to an exceptional standard are present in this work.
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I rate Magnificent Obsession and All That Heaven Allows the same, holds your attention, you do not want to look away for a second for fear of missing any part of the movie.
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