Gigi
by Vincente Minnelli
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Actor: Eva Gabor, Hermione Gingold, Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice ChevalierDirector: Vincente Minnelli
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
Cinematographer: Ray June
Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Producer: Arthur Freed
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner
Writer: Colette
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- This delightful, multi-Oscar winner (including Best Picture) features a turn-of-the-century Parisian tomboy (Leslie Caron) who falls for her guardian, Louis Jordan, while being groomed as a courtesan. Maurice Chevalier co-stars.Running Time: 116 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS Rating: G Age: 883929002429 UPC: 883929002429 Manufacturer No: 1000035633
Movie Reviews of Gigi
Movie Review: A wonderful musical production
Summary: 5 Stars
I have heard it said that the original stageplay was not a musical, but Hollywood made it into a great musicle production. I saw the original release in Hollywood over 50 years ago, and more recently it has been on TV. As with any DVD, you need to ensure that you get the best edition. The story has been well covered over the years in various reviews, but for the benefit of people following my reviews, it is the story of a girl growing into a young woman in Paris, and being groomed by her grandmother and an aunt to become a courtesan - somewhat a tradition in the family. She is taught to evaluate jewels (never accept anything cheap), that great kings are not good matches because they have no reason to give great gifts, and the finer points of society. However, they have not considered other aspects of relationships, and things do not quite turn out as they expected.
Summary of Gigi
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/08/2008 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: GAlan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1958 direct-to-screen follow-up to their My Fair Lady was--miraculously--every bit as memorable as that stage smash. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris and based on a Colette story, Gigi also is about a girl (Leslie Caron) on a lower rung of society who blossoms into Cinderellahood before our eyes and ears. Thank heaven for Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier as her mentors, and Louis Jourdan as her prince. The screenplay writer and lyricist Lerner always said that Gigi's title song was his favorite of all he'd written, and it's easy to see why--"Gigi" is a transcendent anthem to being transformed by love from an unexpected source. The entire score, including "Say a Prayer" (which had been cut from My Fair Lady), "I Remember It Well," "The Night They Invented Champagne," and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," comprise a sparkling, rare soundtrack recording that stands alone and can be enjoyed and understood by those who have not yet seen the movie, deprived souls that they are. The winner of nine Academy Awards (plus a special Oscar for Chevalier), including Best Picture, Gigi was the last great MGM movie musical and one of the best. --Robert Windeler
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