Mildred Pierce - The Criterion Collection|Joan Crawford

Product Code: CC3444UHDBDUK

EAN: 5060952892561
Catalogue Code: CC3444UHDBDUK
Title: Mildred Pierce - The Criterion Collection,
Principle Contributor: Joan Crawford
Contributors: Michael Curtiz, Jerry Wald, Ranald MacDougall, Max Steiner, Ernest Haller, Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, George Tobias, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg
Genre: Classic
Produced by Label/Studio: Criterion Collection, 1945
Published by: Spirit Entertainment, 09 Sep 2024
Format: Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray,
Media: 2 disc(s)

Bonus Footage|Documentaries: 'Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star' (2002)|Interviews: Conversation with Molly Haskell and Robert Polito (critics)|Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring Joan Crawford; Segment from a 1969 episode of The Today Show featuring James M. Cain (novelist); Essay by Imogen Sara Smith (critic); Q&A with Ann Blyth (actor) from 2006, presented by filmmaker Marc Huestis and conducted by film historian Eddie Muller; Cover by Sean Phillips|Trailers

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Cover Notes: Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Joan Crawford's iconic performance as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by her bootstraps, first as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well-heeled owner of a successful restaurant chain, the ingratitude of her materialistic firstborn (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent's tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations. Recasting James M. Cain's rich psychological novel as a murder mystery, this bitter cocktail of blind parental love and all-American ambition is both unremittingly hard-boiled and sumptuously emotional.

Extras: Bonus Footage|Documentaries: 'Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star' (2002)|Interviews: Conversation with Molly Haskell and Robert Polito (critics)|Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring Joan Crawford; Segment from a 1969 episode of The Today Show featuring James M. Cain (novelist); Essay by Imogen Sara Smith (critic); Q&A with Ann Blyth (actor) from 2006, presented by filmmaker Marc Huestis and conducted by film historian Eddie Muller; Cover by Sean Phillips|Trailers

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Even More Details: Language(s): English|Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English|Interactive Menu|Screen ratio 1:1.37|Mono

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