The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story
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Actor: James Whitmore, Kim Novak, Rex Thompson, Tyrone Power, Victoria Shaw
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), PCM Stereo; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), PCM Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-07-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Movie Reviews of The Eddy Duchin Story

Movie Review: A CULTURAL GEM
Summary: 5 Stars

There is a peculiar irony in the necessity of producing a movie depicting civilized culture during a time when culture was still civilized. It no longer is. The barbarians are no longer at the gates, they occupy the essential seats of power. This sensitive, riveting look at a real-life musician sensation is polished, enjoyable moviemaking at its best. It is the account of a gifted man pursuing The Good Life, only to find that attaining one's dreams/ambitions is only the first layer of real life - a layer that paradoxically must be shed if life's core is to be attained. The protagonist of this epic runs headlong into life's limitations laid on him by God, circumstance and his own limited vision of happiness and love.

"The Eddy Duchin Story" has a universal quality about it in its theme of recognizing, then reconciling oneself to, the "plot" of one's own mysterious life. And like another moving classic, "The Razor's Edge," Tyrone Power masterfully portrays the hero of an elusive chase for joy and meaning in life, and the discovery that mature happiness lay in wait for us beyond the shattered dreams of our youth. It helps that the protagonist really lived, so that we feel this film goes beyond mere idle artistic speculation. We also feel the intrinsic fascination toward a celebrity of soaring talent who has captured the acclaim of Society in his day.

The entertainment value of the film is fully equal to its message. The breathtaking popular music permeating the movie is anything but gratuitous, woven logically and elegantly into the story line. The casting, the beautiful uptown Manhattan setting, and the script are cobbled together well, and the generous length of the film is just right here - we want to spend time watching this plot sort itself out, yet the film never drags.

TRANSLATION: kick back for the night with the ones you love - I saw this one when my parents brought me to the theater as a young boy, and I in turn treated my family to it now - get a handkerchief ready at hand, turn out the lights, bring out the popcorn, plug in "The Eddy Duchin Story" ... and bring on Entertainment with a capital "E". Oh yes, and bring out the cliché, "They don't make 'em like they used to." In this case, sadly, "they" could not - this film was made shortly before America had lost its culture, and now it's a case of "all the king's horses..." Today's Hollywood could no more produce a heartfelt, cultured drama like "The Eddy Duchin Story" than today's music industry could yield another Mozart symphony. It is a singular cinematic treasure. We are fortunate to have it in our archives, if not in our active entertainment industry capabilities.

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