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Summary: Essential Classic Cinema
Review: Time to call your folks and tell them they were right. "All About Eve" is a great film. And in it's modest DVD packaging the picture is crisp and the sound clear, making it that much more enjoyable. With this movie and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" you understand the appeal of Betty Davis and why there will never be another like her. She takes this role and runs with it, delivering each of her lines with sadistic relish. The only one who comes close to matching her is George Sanders, who also gets the lions share of one-liners. But even with the outstanding performances of the two actors, you never get the feeling that this is their movie. All About Eve is rounded nicley with an ensemble cast that includes Celeste Holme and Ann Baxter, who plays the title role. The script is one of the best (if at all for the party scene alone) and surpisingly racy for something that came out fifty years ago. The filmakers don't actually come out and say what is going on, but it is certainly implied. The features on the DVD are modest and enjoyable. The is a thirty minute behind the scenes look that includes interviews with Davis and Baxter. Also and add campaign with promo and award reels. There is a section where you can see the difference between the new "cleaned" versions too. It was moderatley interesting and most of it went over my head but I'm sure film historians and students will eat it up. This is definitely one for your library and a must for those looking for a great starting point to watching classic film.
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Summary: Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!
Review: A great, one-of-a-kind, dramatic masterpiece! This film is about an aging actress(brilliantly played by Davis) of the stage who discovers that she is getting older and virtually replaced by a younger actress named Eve Herrington whose performances on stage are "full of fire and music..."according to her playwright, Lloyd. Margo(Davis)also thinks Eve is trying to "steal" her longtime director boyfriend, Bill Sampson. And when she starts getting that notion get ready for the fireworks to fly!(Or in Margo's own words "Fasten your seatbelts, ...it's going to be a bumpy night!") But, when Margo finally realizes she's too old for twenty year-old parts(she's forty years old)
Eve learns that essential life lesson:"What goes around comes around")This is a gem of a movie that I highly recommend if you like Bette Davis, stage acting, or just great, classic films!
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Summary: "Fasten your seltbelts, it's gonna be a..." Well, you know.
Review: The screenplay alone rates five stars! Bette Davis gives one of her most amazing performances as a bitchy stage diva who finds her life slowly being stolen by a younger, ambitious actress. (It's kinda like "Showgirls" only, you know, good.) It has some of the wittiest dialogue in movie history. ("Everybody has a heart - except some people." "You're maudlin and full of self-pity, you're marvelous.") On the down side, Anne Baxter's performance borders on camp at times; also Gary Merril and Hugh Marlowe can't quite hold their own opposite Davis, but Celeste Holm, George Sanders, and Thelma Ritter more than compensate. It's a good time.
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Summary: Perfect Example of What People Will Do To Make It!
Review: Great movie about the highs and lows of Show Business.
Even though its a movie, its art imitating life.
This is a perfect movie on what people will do to make it,
and to Be careful what you wish for and also shows what goes around, comes around.
Even though this movie was made in 1950, things like in the movie have went on in show business, Hollywood, and the stage before that movie after it, and surely today.
At the end the Eve character doesn't see it coming, but a so-called fan of hers pretends to worship and idolize her, and wants to follow her around and work for her, but what she really wants is to make it as an actress. Scheming, clever Eve doesn't realize it.
I wish there could of been more to show how Eve gets done it. I would of loved to see Eve get done in and then go crazy when she does, that would of been a great 2nd half. I wish the movie could of been longer like "Gone With The Wind" it deserves it. Even though its a just a movie, the movie is great and seems very realistic, sometimes you find yourself wondering what happen to that person. The movie is sooo good it flys by, wish it could of been more. But, Hollywood back then knew how much to show and when to end, this movie will keep you wondering.
I'm not going to give a long review, the things I've said above, are juicy enough.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING!!!
Review: A must-have for any collection of classic American movies. Great story. Great Actors. And more one-liners than any movie I can think of...
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Summary: Timeless movie.
Review: If I had to pick my favorite movie of all time this would be it. First of all - Bette Davis, who in my opinion is one of the most talented female actors in Hollywood history. Even if she had not done anything else, giving as Margo Channing would have been a great accomplishment. Despite to numerous unforgettable characters she has given life to, for me Bette Davis is and always will be Margo Channing. In addition to Bette, you've got Anne Baxter, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Celeste Holm, George Sanders, Thelma Ritter and Merilyn Monroe (in her debut role). Hollywood's best doing their best all in one movie, what more can one want. With its brilliant story, exquisite writing and impeccable performances this truly is the smartest and the most remarkable films I've ever seen.
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Summary: exquisite special edition dvd of a true classic film
Review: All About Eve is one of those classic films that you will never forget. Like Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, you are left breathless at the talented cast, superb direction and magnificent screenplay. All About Eve is one of the ten best classic films, and this special edition dvd does it justice. The film begins with Eve Harrington receiving an award for best actress. She is surrounded by all of her friends, but none of them seem enthusiastic for her, and the rest of the film tells you why. The story, written by director Mankiewicz, is lots of fun and the cast -- Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, the acerbic Thelma Ritter and a young Marilyn Monroe getting one of her first speaking parts -- is just wonderful. A restoration of the film was planned for the 50th anniversary of its winning the Best Picture Academy Award, and the accompanying dvd features are terrific. There are comparisons of a number of old and restored scenes; promos by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter; four Movietone newsreels -- the film's premiere, and its winning Oscars, a Holiday Magazine Award and a Look Magazine Award; a 24-minute AMC Backstory feature; and two commentary tracks. One commentary features Sam Staggs, author of a book about the film. The second commentary features Celeste Holm, director Mankiewicz's son (being painfully candid about his father), and Kenneth Geist, the director's biographer. The emphasis on the second track is how life imitated art: Bette eventually married Gary Merrill, her film husband; Anne Baxter unwittingly kept Bette from winning an Oscar for playing Margo Channing; the famous party scene reenacted similar scenes at the Mankiewicz home; etc. These commentaries, along with the AMC Backstory, are really great. If you love this film, you will thoroughly enjoy these informative and fun behind-the-scenes features. The film can be seen in English, French or Spanish, and subtitles are available in English or Spanish. Highest recommendation.
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Summary: Fasten your seat belts for this scathing comedy masterpiece!
Review: Growing older did wonders for Bette Davis' career. Here she's Margo Channing, an aging theatrical diva who's about to be upstaged by her backstabbing understudy, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). This movie is so brilliant, in its writing, star performances and editing that 50 years later it continues to hold the top spot on hundreds of critic's lists.
Fox has remastered the film but with mixed results. Although this edition does not suffer from the obtrusive chips and scratches inherent in the previously issued DVD, there is an overall soft quality to this disc that is, at times, unflattering and hard on the eyes. Fine detail in costumes and faces is occasionally lost and black levels at times retain a sickly gray tint. This version of the film also contains a making-of featurette, theatrical trailers and stills gallery. These are all nice touches but the integrity of the print is what disappoints me. It's okay, just not outstanding, something a film as witty, charming and revealing as this, most definitely deserves.
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Summary: Could of been better
Review: Much of the editors from way back then seem to keep it kind of boring. Only real spots seems to be at the Airport, fan waiting in alley. Movie dragged on. Thought their be makeovers, more training to be a star. But no, only be a fan/friend and then steal away your best friend to get into show business. It was like on purpost not enough gas got into the tank, just to hold up the main star from acting that night. Gave the newcomer plenty of time to be the understudy. Like I said slow moving movie. Should be remade better.
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Summary: Fasten Your Seatbelts. . .
Review: It's rather hard to imagine that "All About Eve" beat "Sunset Boulevard" for Best Picture of the Year in 1950. For newer fans, both were filmed in Glorious Black and White, both looked at the dark underbelly of show business, and both are chock-full of "cliches", except that they weren't cliches when they were penned .An aging actress, a young and beautiful wannabe, the actress' entourage, and the drama over how one intertwines with the other. Add dialogue that snaps and crackles like walking in sock feet over a wool carpet on a cold day, and throw in wit drier than a triple martini straight up and hold the olives, with a dash of cynicism, a cast to beat all casts, and a director who was also the screenwriter and producer, and friends, you have a knockout film! Though not really an ensamble film, the players click like a swiss watch attached to an atomich warhead! The resulting fireworks, and the enjoyment for the audience, have seldom been matched! When George Sanders offers his hand, and apologizes for mixing his "boxing" metaphors, if you're not transported into realms of delight not seen on the screen in forty years, you don't know JACK about movies. And Bette Davis. Well, when Bette gets momentum, there's little on this earth that can stop her! And in this film, about twenty immovable objects wouldn't stand a chance agains her irresistable force.Just one thing. Don't believe me. Get this DVD. See it in it's catty, uncut, fully restored glory. And Fastent Your Seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night!
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