Three features. In, 'Place In The Sun', George Stevens' lavish adaptation of this classic, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor are cast as the star-crossed lovers. As George... more
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A Place In The Sun / Roman Holiday / To Catch A Thief DVD
Main specs
Genre: Drama
Classification: Parental Guidance
Colour: Black & White / Colour
Running Time: 5 hours 32 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Three features. In, 'Place In The Sun', George Stevens' lavish adaptation of this classic, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor are cast as the star-crossed lovers. As George Eastman (Clift) hitchhikes into the town where a job awaits him at the factory of his affluent Uncle Charles (Herbert Heyes), the lovely Angela Vickers (Taylor) speeds by him. Although the job entails packing bathing suits all day, the young man works hard in his eagerness to get ahead. Driven by loneliness, he becomes involved with coworker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), a simple woman of limited appeal, in a relationship which defies company policy. After receiving a promotion, he's invited to a party at the home of the wealthy Vickers family, where he meets Angela, and the two quickly fall in love. While he and Angela continue to see each other, he is forced to continue his involvement with Alice, who threatens to get him fired by revealing their relationship. At the end of a whirlwind summer George and Angela receive the approval of her father (Sheppard Strudwick) on their marriage plans. Shortly thereafter, Alice informs George that she's pregnant with his child. Stevens transforms Theodore Dreiser's biting critique of America's caste system into a glossy romantic melodrama. Sumptuously photographed by William Mellor, who frames the almost inhumanly attractive couple in some of the most dizzyingly enraptured close-ups in movie history, the film features excellent performances by Shelley Winters and Clift, whose presence maintains an earnest, haunted passivity. Also includes 'Roman Holiday' and 'To Catch A Thief'.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date: 10/10/2005
No of Discs: 3
Catalogue No: PHE 8854
Barcode: 5014437885432
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
Three features. In, 'Place In The Sun', George Stevens' lavish adaptation of this classic, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor are cast as the star-crossed lovers. As George Eastman (Clift) hitchhikes into the town where a job awaits him at the factory of his affluent Uncle Charles (Herbert Heyes), the lovely Angela Vickers (Taylor) speeds by him. Although the job entails packing bathing suits all day, the young man works hard in his eagerness to get ahead. Driven by loneliness, he becomes involved with coworker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), a simple woman of limited appeal, in a relationship which defies company policy. After receiving a promotion, he's invited to a party at the home of the wealthy Vickers family, where he meets Angela, and the two quickly fall in love. While he and Angela continue to see each other, he is forced to continue his involvement with Alice, who threatens to get him fired by revealing their relationship. At the end of a whirlwind summer George and Angela receive the approval of her father (Sheppard Strudwick) on their marriage plans. Shortly thereafter, Alice informs George that she's pregnant with his child. Stevens transforms Theodore Dreiser's biting critique of America's caste system into a glossy romantic melodrama. Sumptuously photographed by William Mellor, who frames the almost inhumanly attractive couple in some of the most dizzyingly enraptured close-ups in movie history, the film features excellent performances by Shelley Winters and Clift, whose presence maintains an earnest, haunted passivity. Also includes 'Roman Holiday' and 'To Catch A Thief'.
Advantages: Good harmless fun for all Disadvantages:
...RomanHoliday - featuring the lovely Audrey Hepburn and the dashing Gregory Peck. Audrey plays a princess disenchanted with her lifestyle and who manages to escape for a while whilst on a visit to Rome. Whilst out she falls into the hands of a slack American journalist - Mr Joe Bradley - who proceeds to take Anne Smith, her assumed name, on a tour of the sites of Rome with his friend, a photographer, in the hope of selling the story with photos for $5000. Whilst on their tour the two fall in love and find leaving each other difficult. Will she stay away from the life she so dislikes? or will he sell the story to finance his way home back to the US? I'll leave you to find out. But this is a great romantic comedy to enjoy with your loved one full of funny situations and one liners. Just sit back and enjoy....
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Advantages: Good film, nice plot, good dialogue, extra features on the DVD Disadvantages: None
...-warming romantic story - and Audrey Hepburn plays an utterly believable Princess due to her style and elegance.
The collector's edition DVD is well worth purchasing if you enjoy extra features, as it has a myriad of them. This edition features the theatre and re-release trailers, a few short features related to RomanHoliday and photo galleries. It also has subtitles in English, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Arabic, Croat, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portugese, Serbian, Spanish and Turkish.
While this film isn't Audrey Hepburn's finest, it's a lovely, entertaining film, and I'd definitely recommend it!...
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Advantages: hilarious episodes, good picture quality, classic Mr Bean Disadvantages: expensive method of going about owning the whole series
...Mr Bean returns in another volume of episodes. This third installment to the collection includes '' Mr. Bean Rides Again'', ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean'', and '' Mr. Bean in Room 426''. Yes as you've guessed he gets in more trouble, in different situations. Sketches on this Dvd see special guest appearnces from Danny La Rue, Owen Brenman, Roger Sloman, Stephen Frost, and Nick Hancock.
COST: £9.99
PLACE OF PURCHASE: Blockbuster
NUMBER OF DISCS: 1
CERTIFICATE: PG
Episode 1:
i) Mr Bean wants to go to the post office, his car battery is dead so he has to catch the bus instead. This leads to extraordinary capers when he meets a man who is already waiting at the bus stop and who suddely has a heart attack. Mr Bean does his best first aid to try and recover him and succeeds, only to give the poor guy another heart attack. A good...
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