My Man Godfrey (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
My Man Godfrey (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
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- Country of origin:
- USA, 1936
- Age release:
- Dieser Titel ist nicht FSK-geprüft.
Delivery to minors is not possible.
Infos zu Titeln ohne Jugendfreigabe - Item number:
- 8689351
- UPC/EAN:
- 5050629679632
- Release date:
- 17.9.2018
- Series:
- Criterion Collection
- Genre:
- Komödie
- Playing time ca.:
- 93 Min.
- Director:
- Gregory LaCava
- Actor:
- William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
- Film music:
- Charles Previn
- German title:
- Mein Mann Godfrey (1936)
- Language:
- Englisch
- Picture:
- 4:3
- Subtitles:
- Englisch
Carole Lombard and William Powell dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy by Gregory La Cava—a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and social critique. Irene (Lombard), an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a “forgotten man” (Powell)—an apparent down-and-out drifter—at a dump. She gives him work as the family butler and soon falls head over heels for him. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household’s dysfunction make for a string of madcap high jinks that has never been bested. La Cava’s deft film was the first to garner Oscar nominations in all four acting categories, and it is one of Hollywood’s greatest commentaries on class and the social unrest of the Depression era.
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New program featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins
New interview with critic Nick Pinkerton on director Gregory La Cava
Outtakes
Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938
Newsreels depicting Great Depression class divides
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
Reviews
Lexikon des Int.Films: "Einer jungen Frau aus der feinen Gesellschaft von New York gelingt es, einen 'Tramp' zu kultivieren, der sich bald als Gentleman entpuppt. Auf Dialogwitz und Situationskomik setzende Hollywood-Komödie."
