All About Eve (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Actor: Anne Baxter, Bess Flowers, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, George SandersBrand: DAVIS,BETTE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of All About Eve (Two-Disc Special Edition)
DVD Review: Fasten Your Seatbelts....
Summary: 5 Stars
Far more eloquent people than I have extolled the virtues of this classic - not least, the Academy themselves who nominated it for an unbeaten 14 Oscar nominations (it won 6).
It's not often one can say a movie is perfect, especially one over half a century old - and yet this movie does just that. It is a perfect fusion of cast, director, and above all, script. And what a genius screenplay it is - literate, without ever being elitist. Scathing and caustic yet never lacking warmth, it is remarkable that such an insightful movie about women was made by a man - Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
The story revolves around Eve Harrington, a young woman who appears as an adoring fan at the theater back door, waiting for Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis. At first doting and adoring, then insinuating into her affairs, and then showing her ultimate goal - to take her place, Anne Baxter plays Eve with great restraint - allowing her eyes to shine bright with a sincerity we soon come to realize is hollow. While Eve represents all the young ingénues that wait in the wings, Margo as played by Bette Davis is a unique and uniquely well rounded and believable character - not least because it mirrored her own character so much. Scathing, brassy, and yet increasingly vulnerable as her 40th birthday passes, it is the sort of role that even today Hollywood actresses complain there is not enough of, and brilliantly portrayed through an almost permanent haze of cigarette smoke, as much a part of her character as the script. That 40th birthday party, incidentally, contains the infamous line - `fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night..'. Then there is Celeste Holm (heard on one of the commentaries) and a small first screen role for Marilyn Monroe, who, as is often said, appeared to draw all the light on herself when she was on the screen.
Let's not forget the men though - Gary Merrill, later to become Bette Davis real life husband, plays the object of Bette Davis attentions, and is no push-over. When Eve turns her attention on him, he rebuffs her with the harsh "What I go after, I want to go after. I don't want it to come after me.". And then most of all, George Sanders, his mellifluous speech purring out bemusement and cynicism in equal measure, and who turns out to have teeth to go with the purr.
Every character and every line deserves a mention, but instead of reading this review- watch the movie! It's no screwball comedy, but rather a superb character study and ensemble piece, which glitters with wit and talent.
As a bonus, this edition reproduces the same extras as available on the Region 2 'Cinema Reserve' tin set. The movie itself has two commentaries, and the second disc has a couple of period interviews (more amusing for the dated way in which the actresses spout pre-scripted answers, than they are educational) and a half hour documentary which though short, covers some of the fascinating back story to the movie and its real life parallels pretty well.
All in all, great movie, great package, highly recommended.
Description of All About Eve (Two-Disc Special Edition)
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 8-APR-2008
Media Type: DVD
Showered with Oscars, this wonderfully bitchy (and witty) comedy written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz concerns an aging theater star (Bette Davis) whose life is being supplanted by a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing ingenue (Anne Baxter) whom she helped. This is a film for a viewer to take in like a box of chocolates, packed with scene-for-scene delights that make the entire story even better than it really is. The film also gives deviously talented actors such as George Sanders and Thelma Ritter a chance to speak dazzling lines; Davis bites into her role and never lets go. A classic from Mankiewicz, a legendary screenwriter and the brilliant director of A Letter to Three Wives, The Barefoot Contessa, and Sleuth. --Tom Keogh
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