All About Eve: Blu-Ray: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM
A great study of manipulative cunning and identity theft was done best in the classic film All About Eve, now released on Blu-ray from the vaults of Twentieth Century Fox.
Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) is the stalker fan of today when it comes to Bette Davis’ character Margo Channing, a Broadway superstar nearing the twilight of her career. Eve integrates herself into Margo’s life while she even catapults herself into stardom herself. The film starts with Eve having achieved stardom yet looks back on the steps taken to receive these ill-gotten gains. Yet even as the film ends, it seems that the best laid plans may often backfire or be manipulated by someone else coming into their own. This film not only is a classic in its own right, but also is one of Marilyn Monroe’s earliest roles. Full of amazing roles by Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, and Thelma Ritter, All About Eve received 14 Academy Award nominations including 2 best actress nominees (Davis and Baxter) and 2 best supporting actress nominees (Holm and Ritter). Check out this amazing classic if you haven’t already.
JAMS Ink on All About Eve
A true classic demonstration of manipulation, power struggles within the theatrical world, misdirection of relationships, and the scheming of a power hungry vagabond all lead to the amazing film which still holds up over time. This is one of those movies that shows masters of their craft honing an amazing script to the sharpest possible edge that then cuts the audience open to the joys of cinema. Grab a copy of this for your film set because this just seems to be one of those must haves.
EXTRAS
Just like in An Affair to Remember, Fox has opened up their vaults and loaded up the extras on this set. Audio commentary by Celeste Holm, Ken Geist (biographer of director Joseph Mankiewicz), and Christopher Mankiewicz (son of the director) and a look at the AMC Backstory: All About Eve give some great back story into the film while additional extras give you a look direct into the director’s mind. The collectible book packaging and every other extra on here gives amazing insight into a film that is truly such a classic, and makes the viewing of this Blu-ray into a bit of a challenge as it will never seem to end. Truthfully, with a movie such as this, that’s a good thing. Much like An Affair to Remember which was released the same time as this one, I am glad to have added All About Eve to my collection.
It truly is All About Eve as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases this classic on Blu-ray on February 1, 2011. This film will take over your time as you find yourself entranced by the manipulations of a conniving young lady. So let her into your life.
ALL ABOUT EVE
Street Date: February 1, 2011
Screen Format: Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
French 5.1 DTS
Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
U.S. Rating: PG
Total Run Time: 138 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
Remember check out this review and more from JAM at www.hollywoodteenzine.com for teens and tweens, and at http://jammoviereviews.blogspot.com for movies of all genres and ages.
EXTRAS
Just like in An Affair to Remember, Fox has opened up their vaults and loaded up the extras on this set. Audio commentary by Celeste Holm, Ken Geist (biographer of director Joseph Mankiewicz), and Christopher Mankiewicz (son of the director) and a look at the AMC Backstory: All About Eve give some great back story into the film while additional extras give you a look direct into the director’s mind. The collectible book packaging and every other extra on here gives amazing insight into a film that is truly such a classic, and makes the viewing of this Blu-ray into a bit of a challenge as it will never seem to end. Truthfully, with a movie such as this, that’s a good thing. Much like An Affair to Remember which was released the same time as this one, I am glad to have added All About Eve to my collection.
It truly is All About Eve as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases this classic on Blu-ray on February 1, 2011. This film will take over your time as you find yourself entranced by the manipulations of a conniving young lady. So let her into your life.
ALL ABOUT EVE
Street Date: February 1, 2011
Screen Format: Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
French 5.1 DTS
Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
U.S. Rating: PG
Total Run Time: 138 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
Remember check out this review and more from JAM at www.hollywoodteenzine.com for teens and tweens, and at http://jammoviereviews.blogspot.com for movies of all genres and ages.
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