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DVD Details
- High Definition Digital Transfer
- Video Conversation Between Film Critics Molly Haskell & Andrew Sarris Creativity With Bill Moyers: A Portrait Of Samson Raphaelson, 1982 Program Exploring the Screenwriter's Life/Career
- 1977 Audio Seminar with Samson Raphaelson & Film Critic Richard Corliss
- Ernst Lubitsch Home Piano Recordings
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Subtitles: English (Optional)
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 14, 2005
- Originally Released: 1943
- Label: Criterion
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Don Ameche & Gene Tierney | |
Performer: | Laird Cregar, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Louis Calhern, Signe Hasso, Eugene Pallette, Allyn Joslyn, Spring Byington & Charles Halton | |
Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Edited by | Dorothy Spencer | |
Screenwriting by | Samson Raphaelson | |
Composition by | Alfred Newman | |
Cinematography by | Edward Cronjager | |
Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
Scripted by Raphaelson, Lubitsch's frequent collaborator, this light, suave comedy of manners (his first in color) displays what's known as the Lubitsch touch, and would have been more successful with a more charismatic actor than Don Ameche.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: B+ --
The charming period piece has more depth in its cheerful depiction of death and breezy satire on society mores than what might be apparent.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
...[A] Technicolor 'Man Confronts Satan' fantasy, directed by the incomparable Ernst Lubitsch....With Gene Tierney and an astonishing cast of character-actor legends...
USA Today
The genius of Ernst Lubitsch is appreciated, but it's not at the level of his best films. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Rating: 3.5/4 --
What begins as a sprightly comedy eventually turns into an affecting look at loneliness, ageism and mortality.
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Creative Loafing
Rating: 5/5 --
Elegant, ironic Lubitsch gem.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Rating: 5/5 --
Count German expat Ernst Lubitsch among the directors whose films require a darkened theater and a willing audience to even work -- you just won't get him at home on your flatscreen.
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Time Out
Description by OLDIES.com:
Deceased turn-of-the-century playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of hell. Though the devil doubts that Henry's sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha (Gene Tierney) notwithstanding. Ernst Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases his trademark blend of wit, urbanity and grace.
Product Description:
A sharp romantic comedy with the Lubitsch touch. When a dearly departed former playboy (Ameche) goes to Hell, he must convince the ruler of the realm of darkness that he has come to the right place. He recounts his life story including his unfaithfulness to his beautiful wife (Tierney), but as his life flashes in front of his eyes, he and the devil find he was a terribly good father, a horribly loyal husband and a hideously kindhearted soul. Academy Award Nominations: Best Color Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Director.