A Touch of Class

A Touch of Class
by Melvin Frank

A Touch of Class
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $17.99
You Save: $1.99 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $11.02 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases


(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Cec Linder, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, K Callan, Paul Sorvino
Director: Melvin Frank
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-02-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Turner Home Ent

Movie Reviews of A Touch of Class

Movie Review: My favorite Glenda Jackson film
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of my favorite romantic comedies, for several reasons: good writing, fine acting, London in the early 70's, and Glenda Jackson. It evokes a time which was memorable for those of us who were born and raised during the turbulent 60's. After a decade of such angst, society seemed to regain a bit of self-deprecating humor with the dawn of the 70's. It is precisely that brand of humor that I find appealing in this film. The dialogue is sharp, sophisticated, and has the great good fortune to be delivered by two fine actors; Glenda Jackson being especially deft, tossing out acidly witty, intelligent retorts with withering English stoicism. She is clearly the "class" in the film.

Yes, it is "dated" -- the clothes, the coifs, phrases such as, "He's my male secretary", the rather pointed portrayal of a gay man -- but for those who like to wallow in nostalgia every once in a while, those things are positives rather than negatives. I highly recommend this movie to fans of Glenda Jackson, London, and witty dialogue.

Summary of A Touch of Class

It's tame in hindsight, but A Touch of Class brought much-needed prestige to the romantic-comedy trend of the early and mid 1970s. Glenda Jackson won an Oscar? for her performance as a savvy London divorc?e who falls in love with married insurance agent George Segal, and the film surprised critics by earning a Best Picture nomination as well. Chemistry's the key, with Jackson and Segal equally adept at bickering and making up (and she even has a gay male friend, long before that became a genre clich?). What begins as a routine affair--complicated by a wide spectrum of lightly comedic pitfalls--ends with mutual love and the dilemma it creates. Writer-director Melvin Frank keeps the dialogue briskly intelligent, and while he can't match Neil Simon word for word, Touch mines the same romantic territory that was perfected in Simon's later hit The Goodbye Girl. Consider them a fine double bill, with A Touch of Class ranking a respectable second. --Jeff Shannon

Art House & International DVD Video

DVD Video
Movies most talked about in Actresses who won a Golden Globe 1968 - 1982
Thoroughly Modern Millie ImageThoroughly Modern Millie
Release date: 2003-06-03; DVD
Best price: $7.34
Price in other shops: $14.98
The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) ImageThe Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-09-11; DVD
Best price: $15.24
Price in other shops: $24.98
Rosemary's Baby ImageRosemary's Baby
FARROW/CASSAVETES; Release date: 2000-10-03; DVD
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops: $9.98
Funny Girl ImageFunny Girl
Release date: 2001-10-23; DVD
Best price: $4.73
Price in other shops: $14.94
Cactus Flower ImageCactus Flower
Release date: 2002-04-23; DVD
Best price: $8.43
Price in other shops: $14.94
Anne of the Thousand Days [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Great Britain ] ImageAnne of the Thousand Days [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Great Britain ]
DVD
Best price: $25.52
Five Easy Pieces ImageFive Easy Pieces
NICHOLSON,JACK; Release date: 1999-12-14; DVD
Best price: $7.57
Price in other shops: $14.94
Airport (Widescreen Edition) ImageAirport (Widescreen Edition)
Release date: 2001-05-01; DVD
Best price: $34.95
Love Story ImageLove Story
MACGRAW/O'NEAL; Release date: 2001-04-24; DVD
Best price: $4.94
Price in other shops: $9.98
Carnal Knowledge ImageCarnal Knowledge
Release date: 1999-12-07; DVD
Best price: $5.28
Price in other shops: $14.98
Similar DVD Movies
The Sting ImageThe Sting
Release date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $6.37
Price in other shops: $12.98
Becket ImageBecket
Release date: 2007-05-15; DVD
Best price: $13.45
Price in other shops: $24.98
The Way We Were (Special Edition) ImageThe Way We Were (Special Edition)
STREISAND,BARBRA; Release date: 1999-12-14; DVD
Best price: $4.36
Price in other shops: $9.95
Hopscotch - Criterion Collection ImageHopscotch - Criterion Collection
Release date: 2002-08-20; DVD
Best price: $17.59
Price in other shops: $29.95
The Four Seasons ImageThe Four Seasons
ALDA,ALAN; Release date: 2005-05-31; DVD
Best price: $6.87
Price in other shops: $12.98
Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots ImageAnne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.; Release date: 2007-09-18; DVD
Best price: $12.61
Price in other shops: $19.98
Darling ImageDarling
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2003-12-02; DVD
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops: $14.98
The Goodbye Girl ImageThe Goodbye Girl
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2000-01-18; DVD
Best price: $12.98
Price in other shops: $19.98
Same Time, Next Year ImageSame Time, Next Year
Release date: 2004-04-06; DVD
Best price: $7.77
Price in other shops: $14.98
House Calls ImageHouse Calls
MATTHAU,WALTER; Release date: 2005-05-31; DVD
Best price: $6.19
Price in other shops: $12.98
Compare prices and read customer reviews for more than one million DVD titles.
Oscar 2005 Winners