The bad and the beautiful [videorecording] / M-G-M ; directed by Vincente Minnelli ; produced by John Houseman ; screenplay by Charles Schnee.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 65240 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2002]Description: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0790747561
- 9780790747569
- Bad and the beautiful (Motion picture).
- Director, Vincente Minnelli ; producer, John Houseman ; screenplay, Charles Schnee.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Bad and | Available | 33111006257550 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Kirk Douglas plays the corrupt and amoral head of a major film studio in this Hollywood drama, often regarded as one of the film's industry's most interesting glimpses at itself. Actress Gloria Lorrison (Lana Turner), director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan), and screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell) are invited to a meeting at a Hollywood sound stage at the request of producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon). Pebbel is working with studio chief Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas), whose studio is in financial trouble and needs a blockbuster hit. If these three names will sign to a new project, he's convinced that there's no way he can lose. But there's a rub -- all three of these Hollywood heavyweights hate Shields's guts. He dumped Gloria for another woman, he double-crossed Fred out of a plum directing assignment, and he was responsible for the death of James Lee's wife. All three are ready to tell Pebbel to forget it, until they hear the voice of Shields, calling from Europe to discuss the project by phone. The Bad and the Beautiful won five Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Gloria Grahame. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on a story by George Bradshaw.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.
Special features: All-new feature-length Turner Classic Movies documentary, Lana Turner ... a daughter's memoir; scoring session music cues; theatrical trailers of this and its sequel, Two weeks in another town; interactive menus; production notes; and scene access.
Director, Vincente Minnelli ; producer, John Houseman ; screenplay, Charles Schnee.
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown.
Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulative movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD; Dolby Digital mono.
Dialogue in English and French with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai and Korean; closed-captioned.