| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (illustrations ; 48 x 38 cm folded to 19 cm x 12 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 974 |
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Criterion collection ; 974.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Cast |
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins, Betty Linley, Selena Royle. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Leo Tover ; art director, John Meehan ; editor, William Hornbeck ; production design, Harry Horner ; costumes, Edith Head ; music, Aaron Copland. |
| Note |
Based on the stage play by Ruth and Augustus Goetz; suggested by the Henry James novel Washington Square. |
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Title from title frame. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
Full screen (1.37:1). |
| Summary |
"Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of romance. Are his smoldering professions of love sincere, as she believes they are? Or is Catherine's calculating father (Ralph Richardson) correct in judging Morris a venal fortune seeker? A graceful drawing-room drama boasting Academy Award-winning costume design by Edith Head, The Heiress is also a piercing character study riven by emotional uncertainty and lacerating cruelty, in a triumph of classic Hollywood filmmaking at its most psychologically nuanced"--Container. |
| Note |
Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; New conversation between screenwriter Jay Cocks and film critic Farran Smith Nehme; New program about the film's costumes featuring costume collector and historian Larry McQueen; The Costume Designer, a restored 1950 short film featuring costume designer Edith Head; Appearance by actor Olivia de Havilland on a 1986 episode of The Paul Ryan Show; Excerpts from a 1973 tribute to director William Wyler on The Merv Griffin Show, featuring Wyler, de Havilland, and actors Bette Davis and Walter Pidgeon; Wyler's acceptance speech from The American Film Institute's 1976 Salute to William Wyler; Interview with actor Ralph Richardson filmed in 1981 for the documentary Directed by Willam Wyler; Trailer; An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson. |
| Contents |
[disc 1]. [Feature film and trailer] -- [disc 2]. Special features. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH). |
| Subject |
Heiresses -- Drama.
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Rich people -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Elopement -- Drama.
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Disinheritance -- Drama.
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Abusive men -- Drama.
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Elopement. (OCoLC)fst00908214
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Heiresses. (OCoLC)fst01747995
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Rich people. (OCoLC)fst01097537
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Wyler, William, 1902-1981, film director, film producer.
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Goetz, Ruth, screenwriter.
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Goetz, Augustus, screenwriter.
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Tover, Leo, 1902-1964, director of photography.
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Meehan, John, 1902-1963, art director.
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Head, Edith, costume designer.
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Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983, editor of moving image work.
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De Havilland, Olivia, actor.
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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, composer (expression)
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Clift, Montgomery, actor.
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Horner, Harry, production designer.
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Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, actor.
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Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972, actor.
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Brown, Vanessa, 1928-1999, actor.
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Freeman, Mona, actor.
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Collins, Ray, 1889-1965, actor.
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Linley, Betty, 1890-1951, actor.
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Royle, Selena, 1904-1983, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Goetz, Ruth.
Heiress.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Washington Square.
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Paramount Pictures, Inc., production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Heiress |
| Standard No. |
715515229517 |
| ISBN |
9781681435800 |
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1681435802 |
| Music No. |
CC3023DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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