The Front Page (Blu-ray) R
They'd do anything for a story…and do.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 6, 2019
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau | |
Performer: | Carol Burnett, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Noam Pitlik, Cliff Osmond, Doro Merande, Vincent Gardenia, Herb Edelman, Jon Korkes, Paul Benedict, Dick O'Neill, Martin Gabel, David Wayne, Harold Gould, Susan Sarandon & Allen Garfield | |
Directed by | Billy Wilder | |
Edited by | Ralph E. Winters | |
Screenwriting by | Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond | |
Composition by | Billy May | |
Art Direction by | Henry Bumstead | |
Story by | Charles MacArthur & Ben Hecht | |
Produced by | Paul Monash | |
Director of Photography: | Jordan Cronenweth |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
This slick remake of the ebullient original falls short of being the film it could have been, despite the presence of master filmmaker Wilder and his engaging costars.
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TV Guide
It relies too much on foul language, inappropriate slapstick, and superficial cynicism.
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Time Out
Matthau and Lemmon put in their usual faultless turns, but cannot lift a pervading air of pointlessness.
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Film4
Rating: 4/5 --
Funny retelling with Lemmon and Matthau guided by Billy Wilder.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Rating: 3/5 --
not up to the original
tonymedley.com
Rating: 3/4 --
Carol Burnett is terrible, but everyone else delivers the goods, from Austin Pendleton as the sweet and slightly befuddled convict to Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau playing to their usual strengths.
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Film Frenzy
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Even though the mechanics and demands of movie-making slow what should be the furious tempo, this Front Page displays a giddy bitterness that is rare in any films except those of Mr. Wilder. It is also, much of the time, extremely funny.
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New York Times
Product Description:
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau again team with Wilder in the third film version of the Hecht-MacArthur classic comedy. The familiar story finds hard-nosed editor Walter Burns (Matthau) trying every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter Hildy Johnson from leaving the newspaper business to get married. When Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton) an anarchist facing execution, breaks out of prison, Walter has found the perfect hook to keep Johnson in Chicago for a little longer. The escaped convict suddenly pops up in the press room and Hildy hides him in a rolltop desk until he's able to get a location for an exclusive interview. Despite the pleas of Molly Malloy (Carol Burnett), a prostitute in love with Williams, the newsmen refuse to let him go. As Hildy begins looking into the activities of the Sheriff (Vince Gardenia) and the Mayor (Harold Gould), it seems like they've decided to execute the wrong man. Matthau, Lemmon and Martin Gabel as a lunatic psychiatrist give wonderful performances.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 64,669
- UPC: 738329238285
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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