Production Year: 1952 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Joi Lansing, Dorothy Patrick, David Sharpe, Jimmie Thompson, Bob Watson, Wilson Wood, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Mae Clarke, King Donovan, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno, Elaine Stewart, Kathleen Freeman, Dawn Addams, Patricia Denise, Stuart Holmes, Judy Landon more
"Just about the best Hollywood musical of all time," wrote Pauline Kael about SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. After years of honing his skills on the vaudeville stage, hoofer Don Lockwood... more
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Singin' In The Rain
What a glorious feelin'... what a glorious show! An exhilarating musical comedy, Singin' ... more
in the Rain is extraordinarily exuberant, always youthful and joyously indestructible (Vincent Canby, The New York Times). Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring unforgettable song and dance classics like Singin' in the Rain, Make 'Em Laugh and All I Do is Dream of You, it has just about everything you could ask for in a movie musical (Saturday Review). Set in Hollywood in the roaring 20s, co-starring Jean Hagen and the incomparable Cyd Charisse, and featuring a spectacular, 12-minute Broadway Ballet finale, it is indisputably, the most enjoyable of all American movie musicals (Pauline Kael).
Singin' In The Rain
What a glorious feelin'... what a glorious show! An exhilarating musical comedy, Sigin' in ... more
the Rain is 'extraordinarily exubert, always youthful and joyously indestructible' (Vincent Canby, The New Yorks Times). starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring unforgettable song an dance classics like singing in the Rain, make' Em Laugh and All I Do Is Dream of You, it has ' just about everything you could ask for in a movie musical' (Saturday Review). Set in Hollywood in the roaring 20s, costarring Jean Hagen and the incomparable Cyd Charisse, and featuring a spectacular 12- minute 'Broadway Ballet' finale, it is indisputably 'the most enjoyable of all American movie musicals' (Pauline Kael).
A review by kingfisher111 on Singin' In The Rain (Special Edition) (DVD) October 6th, 2009
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Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Soundtrack
Outstanding
How does it compare to similar films?
Outstanding
Advantages:
lovely family film
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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I love the old Hollywood musicals and none more so than Singin' in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. This lovely film has got it all - romance, comedy and lots of great singing and dancing along with a couple of downpours for good measure! I recently received the DVD of this film for my birthday and the other day we all sat down as a family to watch this great film. Even my four year old daughter really enjoyed it!
Singin' in the Rain (made in 1952) steps back in time to the advent of 'talking films. Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) are big silent movie stars. However, when the movie production company starts to make talking pictures there is a big problem because it soon transpires that Lina's voice is terrible. No one knows what to do about this until Don meets the beautiful Cathy Seldon (Debbie Reynolds). She is also an actress, on the stage, and Don's great friend Cosmo (Donald O'Connor) comes up with the idea that Cathy could be a voiceover for Lina. It sounds like a great idea but of course there are complications along the way, particularly as Don and Cathy are falling in love - much to Lina's disgust! It's all a lot of fun and a very enjoyable storyline to follow.
All four leads are excellent. Gene Kelly is as charismatic as ever with excellent singing and dancing. I also really enjoyed Donald O'Connor as Cosmo and these two actors seem to complement each other very well. The contrast between Cathy and Lina is brilliant too. Cathy is refined, genteel and well spoken whereas Lina is just about the opposite - brash, crass and almost unintelligible! Much of the comedy in the film comes from Jean Hagen's wonderful portrayal of Lina. It is quite sad when you watch this film though, to reflect that apart from Debbie Reynolds, none of these wonderful actors are still alive.
As this film was made well over half a century ago it does feel a little dated but it is interesting to see what counted for special effects in those days. What the fill does have in plenty though is big singing and dancing numbers. There is of course the wonderful scene as Gene Kelly sings the title number 'Singing in the Rain'. This is lovely and had the whole family singing and dancing along with him as he jumps in puddles and gets extremely wet! Another great number is 'Good Morning' which is sang by the three main characters which is a lovely upbeat number. There are times when the storyline does become a bit tenuous almost it seems as an excuse to fit in another big song and dance number. Overall though the music is fantastic and is one of the reasons why this is such a great family film!
There is romance, music and comedy in this film and my two daughters really loved all the funny moments which mainly occurred when Lina was on screen. It is also very funny watching all the initial teething troubles as the studio tries to move over to talking films. The funniest moment id when the sound becomes not synchronised with the image and everyone ends up speaking everyone else's lines - my girls were in hysterics as you might imagine.
We have the two disc special edition DVD which has lots of extras with it. These include:
Two documentaries - The All New What a Glorious Feeling and Musicals Great Musicals! These are both very interesting to watch if you are interested in the great films and musicals made in the mid twentieth century.
There is also excerpts of songs from Herb Brown musicals and something called Scoring Stage session which I have not watched but I assume is something about writing the score! Overall on Disc 2 there is over four hours of additional footage along with an audio commentary and some other short extras on disc 1 so there is an incredible amount to watch all for the price of £5.98 (if you buy from Amazon).
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Advantages: It will have you singing all the classics, and attempting all the amazing dance moves! Disadvantages: your friends will have to put up with you attempting to sing all the songs and do all the dance moves!!!
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Singin' in the rain is a fabulous homage to the silent film era and the begining of "Talkies". Gene Kelly not only acts but co-directs this MGM production! With a major imput in the dancing, Kelly shows off his signture style especially in his key performance of 'Singin' in the Rain'.
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"Just about the best Hollywood musical of all time," wrote Pauline Kael about SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. After years of honing his skills on the vaudeville stage, hoofer Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) has finally reached the top and become a swashbuckling star of the silent silver screen. Then the self-satisfied celebrity has his confidence shattered when ingenue Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) dismisses film actors as "shadows" without substance. After getting over the insult, he falls hard for her--much to the consternation of his costar, the sexy, selfish Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), who wants Don all to herself. But Don has career troubles too. The wild popularity of THE JAZZ SINGER has studios scrambling to change from silent films to talkies, and Lina's shrill voice and Don's stiff acting left the preview audience roaring with laughter. There's only one way to save the movie and their careers: turn THE DUELLING CAVALIER into a musical, with Kathy secretly dubbing in Lina's lines and songs. But can they hide the truth from Lina
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Special Features: Featurette - 1. Reel Sound (with 4 video clips), Audio Commentary - 1. Debbie Reynolds, Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical, Scene Selection, Interactive Menus, Additional Text - Singin' Inspirations (with Branching Feature), Documentary - 1. WHAT A GLORIOUS FEELING (30 mins), 2. MUSICALS GREAT MUSICALS: The Arthur Feed Unit at MGM (80 mins), Featurette - 1. Excerpts of Movies Where Arthur Feed and Nacio Herb Brown Songs Originated (40 mins, Outtakes - 1. Musical Number - You Are My Lucky Star, Interactive Feature - 1. Scoring Stage Sessions with Play Option, Hidden Feature - Baz Lurhmann, Photo Gallery
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Professional reviews
Review: "...A movie about movie-making, in which sound is married to image, it smoothly integrates its several superbly choreographed song-and-dance numbers into the storyline..." -- 5 out of 5 stars (Total Film, p.106, 01/12/2000)
"...Near-perfect musical comedy....It's funny and fast-paced..." (USA Today, p.10D, 19/10/1994)
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