Woman of the year

Blu-ray 2017

"George Stevens' Woman of the Year, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katherine Hepburn had made in The Philadelphia Story, marked the beginning of the personal and professional union between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, who would go on to make eight more films together. This tale of two newspaper reporters who wed and then discover that their careers aren't so compatible forges a fresh and realistic vision of what marriage can be. The fr...

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Journalists Drama

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 867 The Criterion collection The Criterion collection ; 867

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ISBN:

9781681432878

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet
4 3/4 in
digital optical monaural
video file Blu-Ray region A

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: PG
MPAA: Not rated

Other Title:

Container of (work): Woman of the year (Motion picture)

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1942
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Full screen (1.37:1) aspect ratio
Special features: New interview with George Stevens Jr., the director's son ; 1967 audio interview with George Stevens ; new interview with George Stevens biographer Marilyn Ann Moss ; new interview with writer Claudia Roth Pierpont on actor Katharine Hepburn ; George Stevens: a Filmmaker's Journey, a 112-minute 1984 documentary by George Stevens, Jr. ; The Spencer Tracy Legacy: a Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, an 86-minute documentary from 1986 ; trailer ; essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
Music, Franz Waxman ; director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, Frank Sullivan
Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; musical score, Franz Waxman ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; gowns by Adrian ; film editor, Frank Sullivan
Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Dan Tobin, William Bendix, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake, Roscoe Karns
Blu-ray, region A; full frame (1.37:1 aspect ratio); uncompressed mono
Optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

2247508

UPC:

715515196116

Other Authors:

Adrian, 1903-1959, costume designer
Bainter, Fay, 1892-1968, actor
Bendix, William, 1906-1964, actor
Blake, Gladys, 1910-1983, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960, art director
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, actor
Kanin, Michael, 1910-1993, screenwriter
Karns, Roscoe, 1893-1970, actor
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 1915-2000, screenwriter
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., film producer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, presenter, production company
Owen, Reginald, 1887-1972, actor
Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983, director of photography
Stevens, George, 1904-1975, film director
Sullivan, Frank, 1896-1972, editor of moving image work
Tobin, Dan, 1909-1982, actor
Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967, actor
Watson, Minor, 1889-1965, actor
Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967, composer (expression)

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