Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Film Collection (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2-Disc Special Edition / The Comedians / The Sandpiper / The V.I.P.s) 5 Disc Set
by Anthony Asquith, Mike Nichols, Peter Glenville, Vincente Minnelli
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Actor: Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Richard Burton, Robert WebberDirector: Anthony Asquith, Mike Nichols, Peter Glenville, Vincente Minnelli
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Dalton Trumbo
Writer: Edward Albee
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Writer: Graham Greene
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Unknown
Running Time: 519 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 82110
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson, Robert Webber.
- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC.
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0). Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
- Not Rated. Run Time: 519 minutes.
Movie Reviews of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Film Collection (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2-Disc Special Edition / The Comedians / The Sandpiper / The V.I.P.s) 5 Disc Set
Movie Review: The Royal Couple
Summary: 5 Stars
Here's an interesting, long-overdue batch of films from the First Couple of Whatever. Any fan or film student will want to add these 4 titles to their collection--sort of.
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?: Definitely their best--and one of the best, period. Mike Nichols's film of Edward Albee's landmark play is awesome, start to finish, with four of the finest performances you'll ever see. The ladies both won Oscars, but the men deserved them, too.
THE COMEDIANS: Graham Greene in the Caribbean, and an interesting tale of political hugger-mugger. Look for early performances by James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Gloria Foster. And Alec Guiness and Peter Ustinov, who are great in anything.
THE V.I.P.s: Absolutely. Classy, all-star soap written by Terence Rattigan (SEPARATE TABLES) that is stolen from the glamorous leads--not by bombastic Orson Welles or even Oscar-winner Margaret Rutherford, but by a young, intense, surprisingly beautiful British girl named Maggie Smith in one of her most touching performances.
And then there's THE SANDPIPER, and all I can say is...not so much. I never warmed up to this Vincente Minnelli oddity, mainly because the two lead characters (Liz and Dick, natch) are so off-putting. Poor Eva Marie Saint! And what's up with Charles Bronson's character? Is he gay, or what? Throw in that crashing, insistent, Oscar-winning theme song ("The Shadow of Your Smile"), and the result is almost surrealistic. It's a mess, but a fascinating one--kind of like a train wreck with nice clothes.
All in all, these 4 films show us the power couple at work together--and what a team they were! At their best or at their worst, they were unforgettable.
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Summary of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Film Collection (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2-Disc Special Edition / The Comedians / The Sandpiper / The V.I.P.s) 5 Disc Set
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 5-DEC-2006
Media Type: DVD
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