A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Elia Kazan
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Actor: Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn, Joan Blondell, John Alexander, Ted DonaldsonDirector: Elia Kazan
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
Editor: Dorothy Spencer
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Writer: Anita Loos
Writer: Betty Smith
Writer: Frank Davis
Writer: Tess Slesinger
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie Review: OK 20th Century Fox - Where In H@LL Is The U.S. DVD Release?
Summary: 5 Stars
An Elia Kazan Masterpiece yet to be released on DVD...
OK, OK... So what? The film isn't as wonderful as the book. They never are. Because the book is lengthy and takes place from before Francie is born untll after she is 16 years old, the movie concentrates on Francie as a teenager ages 14 - 15. Also one of Katie's sisters is eliminated and her qualities and quotes from the book are giving to Sissy, somewhat toning down her character. Other characters, like Francie's school teacher, are changed to protagonists to ease the transition to film.
However, Elia Kazan's masterpiece with Dorothy McGuire as Katie Nolan, the hard as nails mamma, Joan Blondell as the effervescent, fun loving aunt Sissy, Oscar award winning James Dunn as Johnny Nolan, the drunkard pipe-dreaming father and little Peggy Ann Garner was so wonderful as the young, sweet and sensitive Francie. Thankfully, the Academy gave her an Oscar for Most Promising Juvenile Performer in the year of our Lord 1945.
I am no wimp by any stretch of the imagination but EVERY SINGLE time I view my "homemade/bootleg" DVD copy I bawl like a little baby...
This film is LOOONG overdue for a U.S DVD Release. Come on 20th Century Fox/Turner or whomever owns the rights to "A Tree..." - make this film available to those who have loved this film for ages and those that have yet to appreciate this marvelous masterpiece.
Summary of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Elia Kazan made his directorial debut with this adaptation of Betty Smith's novel about a bright, young girl growing up in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, trying to rise above her tenement existence. Sensitively filmed by Kazan, and graced with wonderful performances by James Dunn as the wistful, alcoholic father and Dorothy McGuire as a strong-willed mother. Peggy Ann Garner won a special Oscar for her performance. --Tom KeoghDrama DVD Video
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