The Philadelphia Story (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!
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  • Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: November 7, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1940
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1940 - Best Actor: James Stewart
Academy Awards 1940 - Best Adapted Screenplay: Donald Ogden Stewart

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh100%

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Total Count: 61

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User Ratings: 47,099
With such a cast and with the sharp cleverness that is the guideline of the film, it's not surprising to say that few times we have had so much fun in the cinema. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review
Cine-Mundial
Sep 16, 2019
Miss Hepburn, as a comedienne, is perhaps a greater star than she ever was at any prior cinema period, as a serious actress. This comes near being her champion achievement. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Apr 22, 2019
Aside from being the season's most spectacular success, this picture is distinguished by adroit direction, clever scripting and superb performances. Full Review
California Eagle
Oct 31, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- Still a sparkling delight. Full Review
Little White Lies
Feb 13, 2015
Rating: 4/5 -- This frothy theatre adaptation dates from the period when Hollywood had pretty much perfected the art of the romantic comedy. Full Review
Times (UK)
Feb 17, 2015
Rating: 3.5/4 -- One of cinema's most dazzling comedies, a whirlwind of breathless wordplay and effortlessly beguiling performances. Full Review
From the Front Row
Jun 3, 2019
The film is a Hepburn triumph, and moviegoers who resent the theatre's habit of requisitioning their stars may feel that Miss Hepburn's time on the stage has not been spent in vain and that she simply prepared herself for this achievement. Full Review
New Yorker
Dec 16, 2013

Product Description:

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY boasts an incredible cast, but it's Katharine Hepburn's picture in more ways than one. Tracy Lord (Hepburn), a Philadelphia heiress, is about to marry coal-company executive George Kittridge (John Howard). The wedding, promising to be the season's premier event, attracts the attention of magazine publisher Sidney Kidd (Henry Daniell), who sees it as an opportunity to break a story. Spy magazine's Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), Lord's ex-husband, is enlisted to "gain access" to the party, along with top scandal writer Macauley Connor (James Stewart, in an Oscar-winning role). However, the reporter is quickly smitten by the bride's charms--and he's not the only one. The film, based on the play by Phillip Barry, was first a Broadway sensation starring Hepburn, who acquired the screen rights, claimed the starring role, and chose the director, screenwriter, and lead cast. In addition to fine work by Grant and Stewart, notable supporting performances are delivered by Ruth Hussey and Virginia Weidler. One of nine films Hepburn made with director George Cukor, it remains one of the classics of their collaboration and of American cinema.

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