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Release Date: 02 July, 2002 Retail Price: $19.97 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
The Women Reviews
One of Joan's Best!
I recently purchased the Joan Crawford Collection box set through amazon and loved it. All of the titles, including this one, are among Joan Crawford's best, that I am looking forward to Warner/Turner's release of more of her MGM films on DVD. This film is hilarious, and is carried off wonderfully by such a talented cast, including Norma Shearer and the always funny Roz Russell. I have always enjoyed this film, and the film itself deserves 5 stars. I only gave the DVD a four star rating on account of the packaging, namely the incorrect black and white photo on the back cover. By examining it closely, one can see that this photo is not from this film or time period at all. It appears to be a picture from an Anne Bancroft film. I realize that this is not that important, but I do think that more effort should have been put into the packaging of such a wonderful film, especially since it was released by a company like Warner, and not some budget company. The DVD itself is very good and includes many nice features, so I have no complaints there, just the minor one about the cover art on the case.
Simply a great movie; as for the new DVD release...
If you already own the original DVD of "The Women", don't break your neck buying this latest release--it's exactly the same DVD that came out a couple of years ago, only it's been re-packaged in a plastic case to match the other Joan Crawford releases that just came out. And, as another customer noted below, for some inexplicable reason the only photograph on the back of the package is a picture from John Ford's "7 Women" (1966), which ironically hasn't even been released on DVD. Okay, I know Warner Bros. has put out a lot of DVDs to date (thank you Warner Bros. Home Entertainment!), but this is pretty shoddy quality control--don't qualified people check such things before they get printed? (Fox Home Entertainment is infamous for making similar mistakes on their DVD packaging.) La publicite, indeed!
Anyhoo, the film is a treasure, the kind of movie you have to see multiple times to absorb all the wit and subtlety of Clare Booth Luce's original play and Anita Loos and Jane Murfin's script, plus George Cukor's masterful direction. Without a doubt, he definitely knew how to direct women, and here every actress shines equally. Every time I see it I simply can't figure out how Rosalind Russell is able to deliver her lines so briskly without taking a breath! A truly extraordinary cast in a one-of-a-kind motion picture.
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