{"product_id":"the-philadelphia-story-criterion-collection-blu-ray","title":"The Philadelphia Story - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-summary\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalised her career and cemented her status as the era’s most iconic leading lady—thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage play \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Story,\u003c\/em\u003e Hepburn acquired the screen rights, handpicking her friend George Cukor to direct. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intoxicating screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn, at her most luminous) against various romantic foils, chief among them her charismatic ex-husband (Cary Grant), who disrupts her imminent marriage by paying her family estate a visit, accompanied by a tabloid reporter on assignment to cover the wedding of the year (James Stewart, in his only Academy Award–winning performance). A fast-talking screwball comedy as well as a tale of regret and reconciliation, this convergence of golden-age talent is one of the greatest American films of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlu-ray Region B: Australian compatible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eBLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIn Search of Tracy Lord,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea new documentary about the origin of the character and her social milieu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew piece about actor Katharine Hepburn’s role in the development of the film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo full episodes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dick Cavett Show\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1973, featuring rare interviews with Hepburn, plus an excerpt of a 1978 interview from that show with director George Cukor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLux Radio Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadaptation of the film from 1943, featuring an introduction by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestoration demonstration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lasgo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53612536660282,"sku":"5050629032130","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/5050629032130.jpg?v=1781591724","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/the-philadelphia-story-criterion-collection-blu-ray","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}