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| zmu62d| Singin' in the Rain |
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| Director: Gene Kelly, David Thompson, Peter Fitzgerald, Stanley Donen |
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Adolph Green, Arthur Freed, Betty Comden, Nacio Herb Brown |
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Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell |
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| Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
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(NTSC ) |
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English, Spanish, French |
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Special Edition |
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| Studio: Warner Home Video |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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G |
| DVD Release: Sep 2002 |
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Discs: 2 (DVD) [$26.98] |
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| Reviews: 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 debonair star Don Lockwood, whose leading lady Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) has a screechy voice hilariously ill-suited to the new technology (and her glamorous screen image). Among the musical highlights: O'Connor's knockout "Make 'Em Laugh"; the big "Broadway Melody" production number; and, best of all, that charming little title ditty in which Kelly makes movie magic on a drenched set with nothing but a few puddles, a lamppost, and an umbrella. "--Jim Emerson" |
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