This DVD item from Warner Home Video was reviewed on 11-Dec-2008.
Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) Reference DVD. Classifications : Showbiz By Theme Comedy Genres DVD Video Classics Romantic Comedies Comedy Genres DVD Video Classics Musicals Musicals & Performing Arts Genres DVD Video Comedy Musicals Musicals & Performing Arts Gen . Click the following link to view the cover of Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition). Related topics: 1952-04-11. Showbiz. By Theme. Comedy. Genres. DVD. Video. Classics. Romantic Comedies. Comedy. Genres. requestid: 3386449f-0b7f-4a1d-aa9f-3d15977fd399
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1) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. We first watched this movie as a family about 5 years ago, and Donald O´Connor cracked my son up while Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds entranced my daughter. Now, 5 years later, we purchased the movie for the holidays, and everyone loved it just as much again. We had to repeat "Make ´Em Laugh" a couple of times, and the music and dancing dazzled everyone throughout. The story is fun, too. A classic movie with a vibrancy and joy that transmits cleanly through time to all ages. What great fun!¤ 2) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. Singin in the Rain is a real classic!
You find yourself humming tunes from
the movie for days after watching it.
The movie is enjoyable and has no
violence or profanity.¤ 3) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. I was hesitant to go for the two disk set, but it´s really worth it if you love musicals, and love MGM movies. The second disk is a great addition, packed with loads of info about Arthur Freed, with commentary by Debbie Reynolds, and it even includes the original film clips of the songs in the movie. This is a great choice for a fan.¤ 4) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. We received it from NetFlix, she watched it 3x in a row! Bought it for a Christmas present. Gene Kelly is fabulous, and Donald O´Connor´s athleticism and stamina in "Make ´Em Laugh" is amazing. Great song and dance numbers for any age.¤ 5) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. Singin´ In The Rain is one of those rare films where everything works: casting, music, sets script and costumes. The two disc package by Turner Entertainment helps the viewer to see and understand the place of the musical in American film history.
The story of Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly), Cosmo Brown (Donald O´Conner) and Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) is familiar to most viewers. The inside look at Hollywood in the time of the transition from silent film to talkies has been covered in other places but nowhere is it as effective as it was in this 1952 film.
The Special Edition Package contains a weath of material that has been restored completely. The film is in spectacular Technicolor and looks even better than it did when it played on the screen. There is a commentary with nine participants hosted by Debbie Reynolds that covers just about all aspects of the production process. A feature called Rell Sound provides clips from films that were critical to the sound to talkie transition. A branching feature on Inspirations for the film gives three segments of hidden footage relating to specific scenes. The first disc is rounded out with the original trailer and some cast and awards information.
The bulk of the special features are on disc two. The disc starts with the feature length Musical Glorious Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM. This feature highlights the life and work of the famed producer. A second feature What A Glorious Feeling is a 35 minute retrospective coving the making of the film and is hosted by Debbie Reynolds. There is an extended selection of excerpts of the Freed-Brown musical numbers taken from their original films. This is a wealth of material that puts the songs from the film in perspective. The final section of the disc gives us the original MGM Orchestra scoring sessions for just about all of the music in the film.
This is a well put together package that is a joy to watch. It is essential viewing for any fan of the MGM musical period.¤ 6) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. Set in the 1920s silent movie star don lockwood falls for a young newcomer whose golden voice & dancing moves are a perfect perfect match for him. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/05/2005 Starring: Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Run time: 103 minutes Rating: Nr¤ 7) DVD DVD Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Warner Home Video. Decades before the Hollywood film industry became famous for megabudget disaster and science fiction spectaculars, the studios of Southern California (and particularly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) were renowned for a uniquely American (and nearly extinct) kind of picture known as The Musical. Indeed, when the prestigious British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts its international critics poll in the second year of every decade, this 1952 MGM picture is the American musical that consistently ranks among the 10 best movies ever made. It´s not only a great song-and-dance piece starring Gene Kelly, Donald O´Connor, and a sprightly Debbie Reynolds; it´s also an affectionately funny insider spoof about the film industry´s uneasy transition from silent pictures to "talkies." Kelly plays debonair star Don Lockwood, whose leading lady Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) has a screechy voice hilariously ill-suited to the new technology (and her glamorous screen image). Among the musical highlights: O´Connor´s knockout "Make ´Em Laugh"; the big "Broadway Melody" production number; and, best of all, that charming little title ditty in which Kelly makes movie magic on a drenched set with nothing but a few puddles, a lamppost, and an umbrella. --Jim Emerson¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 8-Jan-2009, 0790765195012569562127, 7X6-506-4BB-9DB-9FB-GZB-F9B-OAB-CSB-NIB-JEB-8 
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