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Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Clift is ultimately dr...

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Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), Paramount Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Stevens, George, 1904-1975, Brown, Harry, 1917-1986, Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978, Clift, Montgomery, Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011, Winters, Shelley, Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945, Brasselle, Keefe
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, [2001]
Edition:Fullscreen format.
Series:Paramount DVD collection.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama.
New York (State) > Drama.
Trials (Murder) > Drama.
Young men > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
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Summary:Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Clift is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Based on the novel An American tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the Patrick Kearney play adapted from the novel.
Special features: Theatrical trailer -- George Stevens and his place in the sun -- George Stevens : filmmakers who knew him -- Commentary with George Stevens Jr. and Ivan Moffat.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:DVD; region 1; Dolby digital, 5.1 surround.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1951: Best Directing (George Stevens), Best Writing (Screenplay) (Michael Wilson, Harry Brown), Best Film Editing (William Hornbeck), Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) (William C. Mellor), Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) (Franz Waxman), Best Costume Design (Black-and-White) (Edith Head)
Production Credits:Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; edited by William Hornbeck ; music score by Franz Waxman.
ISBN:0792172841