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
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Import, PAL
Running Time: 129 minutes
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: VellaVision
Movie Reviews of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie Review: I OWN THIS DVD. A WONDERFUL MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS MOVIE IS EXCELLENT.IT DEALS WITH GROWING UP AND HARD TIMES I BELIEVE DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA WHEN THINGS WERE REALLY TOUGH.PEOPLE WENT HUNGRY ,AND YOU COULD COUNT YOUR BLESSING,IF YOU HAD A ROOF OVER YOU HEAD.SURVIVAL WAS DAY TO DAY,FINDING WORK AND KEEPING IT WAS, VERY DIFFICULT.MOST OF US HAVE SOME TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS BECAUSE,WE DID NOT LIVE THROUGH THE DEPRESSION.HOWEVER SO MANY OF US HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS TODAY MAKING ENDS MEET.IMAGINE IF YOU WILL,NO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,NO FOOD STAMPS NO ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING.NO SOCIAL SECURITY. HOW WOULD WE SURVIVE??????. NOW AS WE SEE THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS,CAN WE SEE THE DEPTHS OF THIS WONDERFUL GEM OF A MOVIE.
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 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Black & White, 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, ...A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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