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In this devastatingly witty Hollywood classic from JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ (Cleopatra), backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Now, Voyager's BETTE DAVIS) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (The Magnificent Ambersons' ANNE BAXTER).
But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo's life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle, including an acid-tongued critic played by GEORGE SANDERS (Rebecca), as stepping-stones to stardom. Featuring stilettosharp dialogue and direction by Mankiewicz, and an unforgettable Davis in the role that revived her career and came to define it, the multiple-Oscar-winning All About Eve is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the ruthlessness of show business.
Special Features:
- 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Two audio commentaries from 2010, one featuring actor Celeste Holm, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's son Christopher Mankiewicz, and author Kenneth L. Geist; the other featuring author Sam Staggs
- All About Mankiewicz, a feature-length documentary from 1983 about the director
- Episodes of The Dick Cavett Show from 1969 and 1980 featuring actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen
- Hollywood Backstories: "All About Eve," a 2001 documentary featuring interviews with Davis and others about the making of the film
- Documentaries from 2010 about Mankiewicz's life and career, the short story on which the film is based and its real-world inspiration, and a real-life "Sarah Siddons Society" based on the film's fictional society
- Radio adaptation of the film from 1951
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty and the 1946 short story on which the film is based
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 138 mins approx
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 12
- Bette Davis
- Anne Baxter
- George Sanders
- 1950
- English
- 1
- B
- CRITERION COLLECTION
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In this devastatingly witty Hollywood classic from JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ (Cleopatra), backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Now, Voyager's BETTE DAVIS) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (The Magnificent Ambersons' ANNE BAXTER).
But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo's life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle, including an acid-tongued critic played by GEORGE SANDERS (Rebecca), as stepping-stones to stardom. Featuring stilettosharp dialogue and direction by Mankiewicz, and an unforgettable Davis in the role that revived her career and came to define it, the multiple-Oscar-winning All About Eve is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the ruthlessness of show business.
Special Features:
- 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Two audio commentaries from 2010, one featuring actor Celeste Holm, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's son Christopher Mankiewicz, and author Kenneth L. Geist; the other featuring author Sam Staggs
- All About Mankiewicz, a feature-length documentary from 1983 about the director
- Episodes of The Dick Cavett Show from 1969 and 1980 featuring actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen
- Hollywood Backstories: "All About Eve," a 2001 documentary featuring interviews with Davis and others about the making of the film
- Documentaries from 2010 about Mankiewicz's life and career, the short story on which the film is based and its real-world inspiration, and a real-life "Sarah Siddons Society" based on the film's fictional society
- Radio adaptation of the film from 1951
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty and the 1946 short story on which the film is based
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 138 mins approx
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 12
- Bette Davis
- Anne Baxter
- George Sanders
- 1950
- English
- 1
- B
- CRITERION COLLECTION
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The quality of Criterion is rarely surpassed and this release is further proof. The detail of the picture and sound shine through and I’m glad the effort to add a second Blu-ray disc to cover all supplemental materials was made. There is much to enjoy here if you like going beyond the movie, especially the audio recordings of the original ladies of whom the story was said to have inspired Mankiewicz.
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All About Criterion
The quality of Criterion is rarely surpassed and this release is further proof. The detail of the picture and sound shine through and I’m glad the effort to add a second Blu-ray disc to cover all supplemental materials was made. There is much to enjoy here if you like going beyond the movie, especially the audio recordings of the original ladies of whom the story was said to have inspired Mankiewicz. Pay attention to Alfred Newman’s opening credits music. It’s such a clever overture which sets the film’s tone perfectly.
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