Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD)
The kind of woman most men want - BUT SHOULDN'T HAVE!
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- Number of Discs: 2
- Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 21, 2017
- Originally Released: 1945
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Joan Crawford, Jack Carson & Zachary Scott | |
Performer: | Ann Blyth, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett, George Tobias, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Barbara Brown & Garry Owen | |
Directed by | Michael Curtiz | |
Edited by | David Weisbart | |
Screenplay by | Ranald MacDougall | |
Composition by | Max Steiner | |
Art Direction by | Anton Grot | |
Produced by | Jerry Wald | |
Director of Photography: | Ernest Haller |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1945 -
Best Actress: Joan Crawford
Entertainment Reviews:
All this is good melodrama and fair entertainment, but it is much closer to the waltz-time schmalz of Kathleen Norris than to the fox-trot brass of James M. Cain.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
Crawford is always mesmerizing, steely and teary as she is manipulated, accused of murder and circled by men who are stolid...crass...or emollient.
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Times (UK)
The production, mainly because of Michael Curtiz's direction, is unimaginative and badly hoked-up.
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The New Republic
Rating: 4/4 --
Remains one of Hollywood's great melodramas, a rich and psychologically astute work whose power still resonates today.
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From the Front Row
...CASABLANCA'S Michael Curtiz, still the studio's top director at the time, is in peak form...
USA Today
Rating: 5/5 --
This great film is a more subtle, nuanced beast than expected.
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Little White Lies
Rating: 5/5 --
The tragedy of Mildred Pierce is an essential film noir.
CineVue
Product Description:
A potent mixture of melodrama and film noir, and one of the finest "women's films" of all time--featuring a standout performance by Joan Crawford. The story begins as the police interrogate Mildred Pierce, a wealthy restaurateur, after finding her second husband shot to death. In flashback, we see Mildred's life: her obsession with Veda, her selfish oldest daughter; her troubled first marriage, which ended in divorce; the tragic death of her younger child. Left with only Veda, Mildred determined to become successful in order to give her the best of everything -- and she succeeded brilliantly. But the harder Mildred worked, the more the patrician Veda despised her. Now the moment of truth has come: will Mildred once again sacrifice herself to protect her child... from being convicted of murder' Adapted from the novel by James M. Cain. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture, Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress--Eve Arden and Ann Blyth. Academy Awards: Best Actress--Joan CrawFord.
Keywords:
Romance
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Suspense
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Tear Jerker
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Thriller
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Betrayal
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Murder
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Film Noir
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Melodrama
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Essential Cinema
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