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Directed by George Cukor
USA 1944
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Lights flicker and dim. Footsteps sound from a sealed-off attic. Mysterious events only vulnerable young Paula sees and hears make her fear she's losing her mind - exactly what treacherous spouse Gregory hopes. Directed by George Cukor, Gaslight shines as a superb exercise in suspense. Ingrid Bergman won her first Academy Award®* as Paula, doubting her sanity while clinging to it. Fellow Oscar® nominee Charles Boyer skillfully plays against type as smoothly evil Gregory. Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty and an 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her movie debut (also capturing an Oscar nomination) help make the Victorian era vividly realized through production design that earned an Academy Award. *** MGM's 1944 production Gaslight -- the second and best screen version of Patrick Hamilton's memorable stage thriller Angel Street -- avoids the two fatal pitfalls that undermine period melodramas: Director George Cukor, the early master of the stage-to-screen translation, eschews clichés, anachronisms, and stylized acting while drawing marvelous performances from his leads, Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. Boyer, one of the screen's most sophisticated leading men, added sadistic villainy to his histrionic bag of tricks with his portrayal of an ostensibly loving husband who attempts to drive his adoring wife insane. Why? Well, we'll only tell you that the reason involves a years-old search for valuable jewels hidden in the house they've recently purchased. Bergman won her first Academy Award for her work as the tortured spouse; her carefully modulated performance is a textbook study of gradually mounting anxiety that metastasizes into unmitigated terror. Almost as impressive is 17-year-old Angela Lansbury, who earned an Oscar nomination (and a long-term MGM contract) for her skillful turn as a sinister maid. An Academy Award also went to art director Cedric Gibbons for his punctilious re-creation of Victorian décor in the sets and props. Taut and suspenseful, Gaslight remains a model that has been equaled in succeeding years, but never quite surpassed. Excerpt from B+N located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: May 4th, 1944
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Review: Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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| Distribution | Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray | |
| Runtime | 1:53:46.903 | |
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1. 33:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 46,365,744,248 bytesFeature: 33,289,224,192 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1966 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1966 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Release Information: Studio: Warner Archive
1. 33:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 46,365,744,248 bytesFeature: 33,289,224,192 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Original 1940 British Version (1:23:57 - SD)• Reflections on Gaslight Pia Lindstrom (13:49 - SD) • Oscars For Movie Stars (1:31) • Trailers (1:53) • Lux Theatre Broadcast 4/29/46 (59:40)
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
On their
Blu-ray,
Warner Archive use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel mono track (24-bit) in
the original English language.
Warner add the original 1940 British Version
of Gaslight running 1 hour 23-minutes in SD (720). It was
directed by Thorold Dickinson and starred Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard,
Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordel and Robert Newton. Like Cukor's
feature - it is excellent but the image quality is quite poor - and is
in the lower resolution. It looks like it needs a full restoration.
There is also about 1/4 hour of Reflections on Gaslight Pia
Lindstrom star of
The Possessed (daughter of Ingrid Bergman) who gives her
perspective on the production and her mother's role. There is a brief
video of "Oscars For Movie Stars", a trailer for the film and an
hour-long, audio-only, Lux Theatre Broadcast from 1946.
One of the best 40's crime drama's - with
some referencing as an important early
Noir.
It's a brilliant Victorian psychological thriller with a bit of the
distressed damsel - Bergman glows and Cotten heroic. It's a film I am very
extremely pleased
to own on Blu-ray
and have the opportunity to see the, also excellent, 1940 Brit version
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