Decades before the Hollywood film industry became famous for megabudget disaster and science fiction spectaculars, the studios of Southern California (and particularly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) were renowned for a uniquely American (and nearly extinct) kind of picture known as The Musical. Indeed, when the prestigious British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts its international critics poll in the second year of every decade, this 1952 MGM picture is the American musical that consistently ranks among the 10 best movies ever made. It's not only a great song-and-dance piece starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and a sprightly Debbie Reynolds; it's also an affectionately funny insider spoof about the film industry's uneasy transition from silent pictures to "talkies." Kelly plays... Learn More
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yet again...a studio "dumbs down" a release by not giving us the full image. Teach them a lesson by boycotting these "butchered" releases...Conrad Hall (the cinematographer) deserves better. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Dick Van Dyke - Debbie Reynolds Director(s): Bud Yorkin DVD Release Date: Released the 06 January 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Charlotte's Web This animated feature based on the popular E.B. White book for children--about the special relationships between Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and Templeton the rat--is a straight adaptation from the page, with songs added. Endearing, heartbreaking, and ultimately wise, it may not please all of those with a strong attachment to the book, but it works all the same. --Tom Keogh
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Spinning a yarn that begins where the 30-year-old original concluded, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure returns to Zuckerman's farm for more endearing pig tales. Faint-hearted Wilbur preserves his dear friend Charlotte's memory by befriending the lone black sheep of the farm.... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Debbie Reynolds - Henry Gibson Director(s): Charles A. Nichols - Iwao Takamoto DVD Release Date: Released the 18 March 2003 Usually ships within 1 to 3 weeks
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First of all, Singin' In The Rain (SITR) is the greatest movie musical ever and ranks in the top ten for all-time greatest movies of any kind. This DVD set really does justice to the film.
To start, the extra features are fun and informative; I especially liked the clips from movies that first featured the songs from SITR. I also enjoyed seeing Debbie Reynolds looking so good 50 years after filming (she narrates the "Making of..." piece).
Moving on to the film itself, the transfer to digital medum was done very well. The picture is great (especially since I started using an S-video connection from DVD player to TV) and the sound is fantastic. The music was apparently digitized from a pristine original or something (I am not too clear on the technical details). Whatever the MGM folks... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Gene Kelly - Donald O'Connor - Debbie Reynolds Director(s): Gene Kelly - Stanley Donen DVD Release Date: Released the 19 November 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Decades before the Hollywood film industry became famous for megabudget disaster and science fiction spectaculars, the studios of Southern California (and particularly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) were renowned for a uniquely American (and nearly extinct) kind of picture known as The Musical. Indeed, when the prestigious British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts its international critics poll in the second year of every decade, this 1952 MGM picture is the American musical that consistently ranks among the 10 best movies ever made. It's not only a great song-and-dance piece starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and a sprightly Debbie Reynolds; it's also an affectionately funny insider spoof about the film industry's uneasy transition from silent pictures to "talkies." Kelly plays... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Donald O'Connor - Debbie Reynolds Director(s): Stanley Donen DVD Release Date: Released the 24 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This animated feature based on the popular E.B. White book for children--about the special relationships between Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and Templeton the rat--is a straight adaptation from the page, with songs added. Endearing, heartbreaking, and ultimately wise, it may not please all of those with a strong attachment to the book, but it works all the same. --Tom KeoghMore Info About This DVD Actor(s): Debbie Reynolds - Henry Gibson Director(s): Charles A. Nichols - Iwao Takamoto DVD Release Date: Released the 19 June 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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When Albert Brooks cast Debbie Reynolds to play his mother in this acclaimed 1996 comedy, the veteran singer-dancer-actress hadn't had a leading film role in nearly 30 years. Brooks had to pour on the charm to persuade her to make a comeback. The results were triumphant for writer-director Brooks and his on-screen mom, who earned some of the best reviews of their respective careers. The movie's about a science-fiction writer named John (Brooks), who's just weathered a second divorce and blames his failure with women on his dysfunctional relationship with his widowed mother (Reynolds). He decides that the best way to improve his romantic future is to move back in with his mother and resolve their simmering differences--a wild leap of logic that seems outrageous to John's brother (Rob... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Albert Brooks - Debbie Reynolds Director(s): Albert Brooks DVD Release Date: Released the 13 February 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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