His Girl Friday (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
She learned about men from him!
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- Number of Discs: 2
- Run Time: 3 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 10, 2017
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell | |
Performer: | Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall, Ernest Truex, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns, Frank Jenks, Regis Toomey, Abner Biberman, Frank Orth, John Qualen, Alma Kruger, Billy Gilbert & Edwin Maxwell | |
Directed by | Howard Hawks | |
Edited by | Gene Havlick | |
Screenwriting by | Charles Lederer | |
Composition by | Morris Stoloff | |
Art Direction by | Lionel Banks | |
Produced by | Howard Hawks | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph Walker |
Entertainment Reviews:
Watch it and see what a frantic adventure love can be.
Entertainment Weekly
Cary Grant's performance is truly virtuoso -- stunning technique applied to the most challenging material.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 5/5 --
Characters step on each other's lines in the speedy exchanges of weaponized words, and the humor of the banter and their delivery haven't lost their punch in nearly 80 years.
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FanboyNation.com
...One of the funniest American films ever made....Brilliant ensemble cast... -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly
'His Girl Friday' is more feminist than it even gets credit for.
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CraveOnline
A line is never allowed to reverberate but is quickly attached to another, funnier line in a very underrated comedy that champions the sardonic and quick-witted over the plodding, sober citizens.
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Artforum
Rating: 5/5 --
Hawks conducts the intrigue at such a frantic lick - achieving speed by means of overlapping dialogue and manoeuvring the actors within the frame rather than by quick cutting - that we are willingly swept along.
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Movie Talk
Product Description:
In Howard Hawks's screwball masterpiece adapted from the stage play THE FRONT PAGE by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, star reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), once married to suave editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), plans to leave the stressful newspaper world behind and marry a boring insurance agent. Walter won't reveal his feelings for Hildy but tries to keep her from leaving by convincing her to cover one last story, a politically motivated execution. When the convict manages to escape, chaos breaks loose, and Hildy finds herself working alongside Walter to break the story wide open.
HIS GIRL FRIDAY is a loose, freewheeling gem featuring some of the fastest dialogue ever filmed (peppered with inspired ad-libbing by Grant and Russell, each appearing at comedic high points in their careers). Hawks, who changed the original story of two newspapermen into a battle of the sexes, keeps the frenetic action careening forward and allows a few slim but luminous notes of genuine affection to slip into Hildy and Walter's storm of hilarious verbal barbs, creating a potent and heartfelt classic that stands as one of the most influential comedies ever made.
HIS GIRL FRIDAY is a loose, freewheeling gem featuring some of the fastest dialogue ever filmed (peppered with inspired ad-libbing by Grant and Russell, each appearing at comedic high points in their careers). Hawks, who changed the original story of two newspapermen into a battle of the sexes, keeps the frenetic action careening forward and allows a few slim but luminous notes of genuine affection to slip into Hildy and Walter's storm of hilarious verbal barbs, creating a potent and heartfelt classic that stands as one of the most influential comedies ever made.
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