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Whistle Stopper - All About Eve
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543060673
Format: Black & White
Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-01-14
Running Time: 138
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: 1950
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Summary: I'm All About This!
Comment: An Oscar winning film that deserves its' Oscars. After nearly 60 years the humor is still fresh,sparkling,and beautifully written. The cast is first rate and varied. The supporting actors shine just as much as the leads in this behind the scences drama of the theater. The dialogue is crisp,biting,and as sharp as a razor. A must see for any fan of vintage movies.
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Summary: What a story! Everything except the bloodhounds snapping at her rear end!
Comment: I wasn't yet born when this film premiered, but the story it tells is ageless: the Broadway star who sees her career on the cusp of fading, and is afraid to think about her future, and the scheming fan who seeks to take the star's place.
As the star and the fan, Bette Davis and Anne Baxter are wonderful. But so is everyone else, from George Sanders to Thelma Ritter. This is the best-written film I've ever listened to (you'll find yourself remembering favorite quotes and bits of dialog), and it's acted so well.
This is one of the few films I have seen dozens of times. It never gets old.
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Summary: Eve Shmeve
Comment: After viewing "Sunset Boulevard" for the first time, I wanted to see what movie stole it's Best Picture Oscar. I also wanted to see why Bette Davis won the Best actress oscar over Gloria Swanson. I watched "All About Eve" last night, and I was a bit dissapointed. I noticed alot of flaws in the acting, and the story, and the directing. To start, there was not enough character development for Eve's character. She sort just appeared out of nowhere, and in a flash she was backstage hobnobbing with Bette Davis's entourage. In real life, actors would never allow a complete stranger to chat it up with them and hang out and do errands with them within one day of meeting, especially a crazed fan. Then we are led to believe that Eve is borderline obsessed with Margo, and we don't get to see the obsession unfold, other than her being around all the time and later becoming her "personal assisstant". I wanted Eve to be less stoic and more "in your face" and overbearing. The dialogue was very mouthy and wordy, which is fine but it's not the natural way people communicate. There were witty moments and the dialgue was eloquent at times, but it still seemed contrived and forced. As far as the cinematography is concerned....what cinematography? The sets were not gorgeous, it looked as though they were thrown together by non union stage hands. Overall I just couldn't get into 'All About Eve". I wanted Bette Davis to take it to the next level of bitchiness, but her performance was bordering on dreary. This is not to say she didn't pull off a captivating performance, but when compared to Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, Norma Desmond out divafied her hands down. There is just no comparison. I will never understand the Oscars. Of all movies, "All About Eve" holds the record for most nominations? Huh? Oh well, to each his own.
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Summary: Who, in their tiny mind, considered this movie as part of the Amazon Gay Pride Sale???
Comment: To me....this made absolutely no sense..........
I will never understand how anyone could have possibly considered this particular movie a candidate for Amazon Gay Pride. This movie is nothing short of suspense, and heterosexual dialog, scene after scene after scene. Where...do they see anyone in this movie engaging in any homosexual conduct??? I, as a lesbian, went to purchase a movie within said sale, only to find this movie, one of my classic favorites, wedged inside of said sale, and was shocked.
This is not a Gay flick, nor would anyone in their right mind, who has actually seen it, assume it to be. Maybe the poor soul was merely looking at the title. "Silly ole' bear", it's just a title, describing the stalking of one woman hell-bent on insidiously dethroning a famous Hollywood actress merely for the glamour and glitter that she desperately craved, not summing up the sexual ramifications of a sorted love affair between two lesbians.
I could have accepted The Children's Hour, Frasier, The Ellen DeGeneres show, 9 1/2 Weeks, even The Odd couple, due to the gay scenes or actors present in these flicks...but this is never doable. Please Amazon screen your sales selections better. At least, make them watch the movie, before selecting it as part of Gay Pride.
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Summary: Recemmended purchase
Comment: The dvd is in excellent condition. Fast delivery. Very excited about this purchase. Thanks for the great service.
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Showered with Oscars, this wonderfully bitchy (and witty) comedy written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz concerns an aging theater star (Bette Davis) whose life is being supplanted by a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing ingenue (Anne Baxter) whom she helped. This is a film for a viewer to take in like a box of chocolates, packed with scene-for-scene delights that make the entire story even better than it really is. The film also gives deviously talented actors such as George Sanders and Thelma Ritter a chance to speak dazzling lines; Davis bites into her role and never lets go. A classic from Mankiewicz, a legendary screenwriter and the brilliant director of A Letter to Three Wives, The Barefoot Contessa, and Sleuth. --Tom Keogh
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