An American in Paris

DVD 1951

The dancing of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, a thrilling score by George Gershwin, and the romantic settings of Paris make for a timeless musical delight that garnered six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Inspired by Gershwin's 1928 symphonic tone poem of the same name, the M-G-M classic tells the story of an American expatriate artist who falls in love with a beautiful French girl.

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ISBN:

9781419866371
9780780665811
0790744414
0780665813

Description:

1 videodisc (114 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital mono
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: G

Other Title:

American in Paris (Motion picture) [DVD]
American in Paris (Motion picture). French [DVD]

Notes:

Number of discs may vary
Title from container
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951
Director of photography, Alfred Gilks ; choreography by Gene Kelly ; ballet photographed by John Alton ; film editor, Adrienne Fazan ; musical direction, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina Foch
DVD, NTSC, region 1; dual-layer disc; Dolby digital mono
For private home use only
Winner, Best Picture (Arthur Freed), Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin), Best Costume Design, Color (Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff), Best Cinematography, Color (Alfred Gilks, John Alton), Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Color (Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason); Nominee, Best Director (Vincente Minnelli), Best Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan) -- 1952 Academy Awards (U.S.A.)
In English or dubbed French; optional English, French, Japanese or Thai subtitles; subtitled for the hearing impaired

Contents:

Disc 1. An American in Paris (DVD)
Disc 2. Bonus disc (DVD)

Control Number:

3182782

UPC:

012569506923
883929003952
883929157778

Other Authors:

Alton, John, actor
Caron, Leslie, actor
Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997, actor
Fazan, Adrienne, editor of moving image work
Foch, Nina, actor
Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, actor
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer (expression)
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, composer (expression)
Gilks, Alfred, director of photography
Green, Johnny, 1908-1989, actor
Guétary, Georges, actor
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, actor
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986, screenwriter
Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972, actor
Loew's Incorporated, production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company
Minnelli, Vincente, film director
Salinger, Conrad, composer (expression)
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor

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