Our Town (Widescreen Edition)

Our Town (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Jayne Atkinson, John Braden, Reathel Bean, Tom Brennan, Wendy Barrie-Wilson
Director: James Naughton
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Phil Abraham
Editor: Camilla Toniolo
Producer: Frank Garritano
Producer: Joanne Woodward
Producer: Marc Bauman
Producer: Rebecca Eaton
Writer: Thornton Wilder
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs (Direct)

DVD Reviews of Our Town (Widescreen Edition)

DVD Review: Could be better
Summary: 2 Stars

This movie is very true to the original story, but it is very boring. My class begged me to turn it off.

DVD Review: An excellent production
Summary: 4 Stars

This is an excellent production of this distinctly American play. I am extremely pleased with this version. This dialogue in this version is very similar to the written scripts that I have found.

DVD Review: Not as Good as 1940
Summary: 1 Stars

I saw this on HBO or someplace. Newman was sleeping through it. The man boy power of William Holden made the 1940 version for me. That's all I have to say.

DVD Review: Great Teaching Tool
Summary: 4 Stars

I used this video to help my high school seniors better understand the play. This was an amazing version of the play. The production stayed true to the script and Paul Newman was a powerful and enthusiastic stage manager (narrator). One of the best versions of the play I've seen. It is very moving.

DVD Review: Great story - beautifully done.
Summary: 5 Stars

One of America's most insightful plays brought to us through great theater. From the mundane daily tasks to emotionally wrenching situations, it keeps you riveted and leaving knowing you have been involved in a very real experience.

Description of Our Town (Widescreen Edition)

Veteran actor-director Paul Newman makes his first Broadway appearance in four decades in this sold-out Westport Country Playhouse production of the Thornton Wilder classic. Newman plays the Stage Manager, who narrates the immortal tale of Grover's Corners, U.S.A., and its citizens.The superb cast of Our Town includes Frank Converse, Jane Curtin, Ben Fox, Jayne Atkinson, Stephen Spinella, and Maggie Lacy. "Marvelous," writes the New Yorker.

Thornton Wilder's venerable and shiver-inducing Our Town may be one of the most frequently produced plays in the American repertory, but rarely has it been graced by the likes of Paul Newman's sure hand and stellar clarity. The star was asked by the Artistic Director of the Westport County Playhouse--who just happens to be Joanne Woodward, Newman's wife--to inhabit the role of the all-seeing stage manager in a live production of the show (which subsequently played Broadway). As evocatively re-staged for this video version, the New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners breathes again its crisp air and sad aura of mortality. The show is well acted, especially by vets Jayne Atkinson and Jeffrey DeMunn and heartbreaking newcomers Maggie Lacey and Ben Fox. Newman holds down the center, and his meticulous gestures and singsong voice perfectly conjure up the stage manager's detached but vaguely regretful view of life's transience. The moon is still bright over Our Town. --Robert Horton

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