directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
USA 1952
 

Quintessential classic musical that features standard song and dance numbers. The plot is also somewhat of a historical expression for the film genre with the prevalent mention of the advent of talkies, how it was done and the technical bridges that were crossed in that era. An all-time family favorite and one of the most exhilarating musicals of all time. Its comedic attributes are often forgotten, but the fantastic script's dialogue is another reason for its successes... that and hard work put into the performances. It is shameful that we will never see anything like this again - it's not cost effective anymore.out of

Gary W. Tooze

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Theatrical Release: March 27th, 1952 - New York City, USA

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Runtime 1:42:40 1:42:40
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Subtitles English, French, Spanish, English - hearing impaired, French- hearing impaired, Spanish- hearing impaired, and none English, Spanish, French and none
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Studio: Warner Studios

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Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1

Edition Details:
• Theatrical trailer
• Widescreen anamorphic format

DVD Release Date: June 6th, 2000
Snapper Case

Chapters 60

Release Information:
Studio: Warner Studios

Aspect Ratio:
Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1

Edition Details:

• Commentary by Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, co-director Stanley Donen, screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green, filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, and author/film historian Rudy Behlmer
• All-new 2002 digital transfer from state-of-the-art restored elements
• "What a Glorious Feeling": a new 30-minute documentary about the making and impact of Singin' in the Rain
• Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM, a 96-minute documentary about the career of producer-songwriter Arthur Freed
• Excerpts of movies in which Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown songs originated
• Outtake musical number: "You Are My Lucky Star"
• Stills gallery
• Scoring session music cues
• Number of discs: 2

DVD Release Date: September 4th, 2002
Digi-pak inside sliding cardboard case
Chapters: 38

 

 

Comments: Quite a striking difference in image quality between the two editions. Even the colors were obviously manipulated by the contrast boosting the the initial offering. Color balance is actually quite disturbed. It's fairly obvious that the newer 2 disc set has all the advantage, except that we can now see it is cropped quite a bit on the left and bottom edges. Criterion tend to do this as well - it must have something to do with the restoration to DVD process. I don't have an answer, but in this case if all we have to put up with is some side cropping to get such a vast improvement in every area - I'll have to begrudgingly accept it. In the new release they really toned down the chapter stops too. The old edition had 60! I'd be surprised if you don't own this SE version already, but if you don't - correct this grave error immediately.  

 - Gary W. Tooze

NOTE (From Enrique!): Just a quick note -The old Warner DVD was a reissue of the previous MGM DVD. The old MGM DVD came in a plastic keepcase along with an 8 page booklet. If you want to make your own liner notes, you could reprint the notes from Criterion's great laserdisc. The laserdisc has a commentary track by Ronald Haver and original versions of songs in the movie, as performed by Bing Crosby, Cliff Edwards, Charles King, and Anita Page. Also a 1926 "talking picture" demonstration. Here is a link to the old LD linernotes by Ronald Haver. 

 

 

 




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