The Bad and the Beautiful
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1
- Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: March 10, 2020
- Originally Released: 1952
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon & Dick Powell | |
| Performer: | Gilbert Roland, Gloria Grahame, Barry Sullivan, Sammy White, Vanessa Brown, Paul Stewart, Ivan Triesault, Elaine Stewart & Leo G. Carroll | |
| Directed by | Vincente Minnelli | |
| Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig | |
| Screenplay by | Charles Schnee | |
| Composition by | David Raksin | |
| Art Direction by | Edward C. Carfagno & Cedric Gibbons | |
| Story by | George Bradshaw | |
| Produced by | John Houseman | |
| Director of Photography: | Robert Surtees |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 5/5 --
The Bad and the Beautiful took home a quintet of Oscars from 1953's ceremony and in its title alone we have possibly the greatest ever description of Hollywood.
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The List
Rating: 4/5 --
Not quite Sunset Boulevard but almost.
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London Evening Standard
Rating: 4/5 --
Even without a knowledge of the background, this is sharp, cynical fun.
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Total Film
The master class in piquant flash tends to Hollywood's warts like sumptuous flowers
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CinePassion
A warts-and-all portrait of Hollywood at its zenith, a tale of how the bad created something beautiful.
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Observer (UK)
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Working from a poison-pen script by Charles Schnee, director Vincente Minnelli uncovers the darkness behind every deal and the provocation behind every production, playing into the narrative of Tinseltown as a place where souls are sold rather than saved.
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Film Frenzy
Rating: 4/5 --
A gaudy soap opera that also manages to satirise gaudy soap operas. Hows about that?
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Little White Lies
Description by OLDIES.com:
An egotistical producer, Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas), determined to prove himself the finest filmmaker of all, gladly steps all over those who helped him when he was starting out.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 21,653
- UPC: 883929712274
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