Carmen Jones
by Otto Preminger
List Price:
Our Price: $7.49
You Save: $2.49 (25%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $4.92 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Joe Adams, Olga James, Pearl BaileyDirector: Otto Preminger
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
Producer: Otto Preminger
Editor: Louis R. Loeffler
Writer: Harry Kleiner
Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II
Writer: Prosper M?rim?e
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.55:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-01-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Carmen Jones
DVD Review: Carmen Jones rocks
Summary: 5 Stars
I was pleasantly surprised by how good this film was. I thought some of the singing was cooky, and wish it were more soulful, but overall a good movie.DVD Review: An original overwhelming adaptation!
Summary: 5 Stars
More than a classic, Bizet's Carmen has become a modern myth and has literally surpassed the limits of the Opera to acquire an own life.
"Carmen Jones" was a daring challenge for Otto Preminger. Even so, he bet and won with that classic adaptation. For Dorothy Dandridge meant a nomination for an Academy Award and for Harry Belafonte starring the jealous marine.
Marylyn Horne dubbed to Dorothy. A must see.
DVD Review: A powerful display of Dandrige's appeal...
Summary: 4 Stars
Dorothy Dandrige's roles went beyond that of sex symbol to being a parody of female sexuality... Carmen Jones is a powerful display of her appeal...
Based on Bizet's operatic masterpiece, Otto Preminger's film is the story of a GI about to go to flying school (Harry Belafonte), a noble young man who loves the cigarette-maker Carmen very dearly...
Filled with passionate songs and a first-rate supporting cast, the movie is filled with exciting musical numbers that are necessary to the film... But as impeccable and skillful the supporting cast is, this is Dandrige's magnetic star of enduring international appeal... Her Carmen is a flame of fire, isolating in a few moments the essence of her attraction... Her enigma sustained throughout a career notable for its startling changes of tempo and direction...Her shapely figure, blazing eyes, with the air of the unexpected add up a touch of melancholy to even the most routine sequences... Her performance was a parable of love and its power to destroy if misused...
DVD Review: OTTO PREMINGER, OPUS 20
Summary: 4 Stars
**** 1954. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Based on Georges Bizet's Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera Orchestra and Prosper M?rim?e's Carmen and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics). Bronze Bear in Berlin and Golden Globe in the Best Film Musical/Comedy category. Joe the soldier is seduced by the free spirited Carmen. He chooses soon to desert and follows Carmen Jones to Chicago where she loses interest in him. After Diane Tremayne Jessup in Angel Face in 1952 and Patty O'Neill in The Moon Is Blue [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ] in 1953, this is the third portrait of a row of a strong-willed woman by Otto Preminger. Thanks to the high quality of the material, libretto and music, CARMEN JONES passes successfully the test of time contrary to most of the musicals of the 50's. Dorothy Dandridge literally ignites the screen. Highly recommended.
Just a few trailers as bonus features but a near perfect copy should lead you to add this DVD to your library.
DVD Review: Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Classic Dorothy Dandridge, if you like her, a must see along with Porgy & Bess.
Description of Carmen Jones
Powered by Georges Bizet's grand music and Oscar Hammerstein II's magnificent lyrics, this Americanized all-black version of the classic opera Carmen is "a dynamic superb show" with a positively "incandescent Carmen." (Newsweek) Oscar?(r) -nominee Dorothy Dandridge stars in the title role, a passionate, sexy creature who lures Joe (Harry Belafonte), a handsome soldier, away from his sweetheart (Olga James). Following a fatal brawl with his sergeant, Joe deserts his regiment with the sultry femme fatale. But Carmen soon tires of him and takes up with a heavyweight prize-fighter (Joe Adams). Triggering Joe's tragic revenge. Helping to set the screen on fire are Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll, part of the "sensational troupe" that makes this jubilant musical film "hard to beat."Few actresses have captivated the camera as powerfully as Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones. Her polished beauty plays in irresistible contrast to her title character's leonine sexuality and fluid emotions; a man can't decide from moment to moment if he wants to save her from doom, build her a castle, or never let her out of bed. Of course, that's the problem with the boys in this semi-experimental adaptation of Bizet's opera, Carmen. Straight-arrow Joe (a strapping Harry Belafonte), an obedient corporal on a Southern military base during World War?II, is all set to go to flight school and marry his hometown sweetie, Cindy Lou (Olga James), when his troublemaking sergeant orders him to accompany Carmen to a civilian court. In short order, Joe is swept up in Carmen's carnal anarchy and her craving for release from lousy options in life. An impulsive act of violence ensures that Joe's future is gone forever, putting Carmen in the difficult position of destroying their relationship to save him. Oscar Hammerstein II took Bizet's music in 1943 and rewrote the book and lyrics. The result is largely a smashing success with a few missteps (the bullfighter in Bizet's piece becomes a heavyweight boxer here, which breaks up a certain grace in the story) and a couple of perfect stretches (the long prelude to Carmen and Joe's first embrace, set on Carmen's hoodoo-ish home turf). Despite the fact that both Dandridge and Belafonte were singers, their vocal performances were dubbed by LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne. (Yes, it is a little disconcerting to hear another voice come out of the more familiar Belafonte's mouth.) Otto Preminger directed with his usual eye on economy of action and production, as the numerous musical numbers tend to be shot in lengthy, single, carefully choreographed takes. The result can be a little visually static at times, but the passion behind the singing pulls everything through. --Tom Keogh
General DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in General DVDs
Frost/ NixonUniversal; Release date: 2009-04-21; DVD
Best price: $11.39
Price in other shops:
Lost in AustenImage Entertainment; Release date: 2009-04-14; DVD
Best price: $14.98
Price in other shops:
AustraliaTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-03; DVD
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops:
DoubtRelease date: 2009-04-07; DVD
Best price: $14.43
Price in other shops:
True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)Release date: 2009-05-19; DVD
Best price: $38.99
Price in other shops:
FireproofSony; Release date: 2009-01-27; DVD
Best price: $8.50
Price in other shops:
The ReaderGenius; Release date: 2009-04-14; DVD
Best price: $12.30
Price in other shops:
The WrestlerTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-04-21; DVD
Best price: $11.49
Price in other shops:
Marley and Me (Single-Disc Edition)Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-31; DVD
Best price: $10.55
Price in other shops:
Slumdog MillionaireTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-31; DVD
Best price: $10.40
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
PinkyTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2006-01-10; DVD
Best price: $7.55
Price in other shops:
Claudine (1974)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2003-01-14; DVD
Best price: $4.36
Price in other shops:
MahoganyParamount; Release date: 2007-05-01; DVD
Best price: $7.76
Price in other shops:
Island in the SunRelease date: 2006-01-10; DVD
Best price: $7.56
Price in other shops:
Lady Sings the BluesParamount; Release date: 2005-11-08; DVD
Best price: $6.24
Price in other shops:
HallelujahWarner Brothers; Release date: 2006-01-10; DVD
Best price: $3.24
Price in other shops:
The Josephine Baker StoryRelease date: 2001-06-05; DVD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Cabin in the SkyWarner Brothers; Release date: 2006-01-10; DVD
Best price: $10.83
Price in other shops:
Introducing Dorothy DandridgeRelease date: 2000-02-08; DVD
Best price: $2.94
Price in other shops:
Stormy WeatherRelease date: 2006-01-10; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops: