Swing Time (1936) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
Swing Time (1936) (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:
- 9233246
- UPC/EAN:
- 5050629208535
- Release date:
- 8.7.2019
- Genre:
- Musical
- Playing time ca.:
- 103 Min.
- Director:
- George Stevens
- Actor:
- Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
- Film music:
- Jerome Kern
- Language:
- Englisch
- Picture:
- 4:3
In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens laces their romance with humor and clears the floor for the movie’s showstopping dance scenes, in which Astaire and Rogers take seemingly effortless flight in a virtuosic fusion of ballroom and tap styles. Buoyed by beloved songs by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern—including the Oscar-winning classic “The Way You Look Tonight”—Swing Time is an exuberant celebration of its stars’ chemistry, grace, and sheer joy in the act of performance.
Special Features
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films
Archival interviews with performers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan
New interview with George Stevens Jr.
In Full Swing, a new program on the film’s choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer
New interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the “Bojangles of Harlem” number
PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
Reviews
Lexikon des Int.Films: "Eines der bekanntesten und besten Musicals mit dem tanzenden Traumpaar des amerikanischen Musikfilms der dreißiger Jahre: Fred Astaire und Ginger Rogers."
