A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Elia Kazan
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Actor: Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn, James Gleason, Joan Blondell, Lloyd NolanDirector: 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 2.0
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Import, PAL
Running Time: 128 minutes
Studio: VellaVision
Product features:
- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
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
Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),English ( Subtitles ),Spanish ( Subtitles ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s),SYNOPSIS: One-time movie song-and-dance man James Dunn won an Academy Award for his 'comeback' performance in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Based on the best-selling novel by Betty Smith, the film relates the trials and tribulations of a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement family. The father, Dunn, is a likable but irresponsible alcoholic whose dreams of improving his family's lot are invariably doomed to disappointment. The mother, Dorothy McGuire, is the true head of the household, steadfastly holding the family together no matter what crisis arises. The story is told from the point of view of daughter Peggy Ann Garner, a clear-eyed realist who nonetheless would like to believe in her pie-in-the-sky father, whom she dearly loves. Joan Blondell co-stars as the family's brash, freewheeling aunt, whose means of financial support is a never-ending source of neighborhood gossip. This first film directorial effort of Elia Kazan earned a special Oscar for 'Most Promising Juvenile Performer' Peggy Ann Garner. A Tree Grows From Brooklyn was remade for TV in 1974, and also served as the basis of a Broadway musical.SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards,
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 Keogh
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