An American in Paris (Special Edition) (2-DVD)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 16, 2008
- Originally Released: 1951
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary & Nina Foch | |
| Directed by | Vincente Minnelli | |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan | |
| Music by | George Gershwin | |
| Screenplay by | Alan Jay Lerner | |
| Composition by | Johnny Green & Saul Chaplin | |
| Lyricist: | Ira Gershwin | |
| Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons & E. Preston Ames | |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed | |
| Director of Photography: | Alfred Gilks & John Alton |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1951 -
Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score: Johnny Green & Saul Chaplin
Academy Awards 1951 -
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color): Cedric Gibbons & Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1951 -
Best Cinematography: Alfred Gilks
Academy Awards 1951 -
Best Costume Design (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1951 -
Best Original Screenplay: Alan Jay Lerner
Academy Awards 1951 -
Best Picture: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1951 -
Honorary Awards: Gene Kelly
Entertainment Reviews:
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Inspired by the late George Gershwin's impressionistic musical suite of the same name, the picture is one of the finest musicals Hollywood has ever produced.
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New York Daily News
It's hard not to be charmed by Gene Kelly's featherweight smiles and amazing dancing. But the film as a whole is -- and let no one contradict me on this -- a complete trifle.
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Nerdist
...For fun and footwork alone, it makes today's competition look positively lead-footed...
Total Film
Rating: 3/5 --
Fresher than ever.
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Independent (UK)
Rating: 2/4 --
...its defining trait is insistence.
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LarsenOnFilm
Rating: 4/5 --
It is a little sugary and theatrical and perhaps it has dated less well than other classic Hollywood musicals. But there is charm and a kind of willed American innocence.
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Guardian
The Gershwin songs are magnificent, and the climactic ballet a tour de force that won the great Hungarian-born cameraman John Alton an Oscar.
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Observer (UK)
Product Description:
One of the greatest of 1950s screen musicals is a happy collaboration between the grace and athleticism of Gene Kelly and the colorful palette of director Vincente Minnelli. An American G.I. lingers in Paris after the war to study painting and soon falls in love with Leslie Caron, an engaged demoiselle, much to the chagrin of his romance-minded benefactress. This classic musical boasts a 17-minute avant-garde ballet choreographed by Kelly to George Gershwin's unbeatable music. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS garnered eight Academy Award nominations and six wins, including Best Picture and Best Story and Screenplay. Kelly won a special Oscar for his inimitable achievements.
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