United Artists Best Picture Collection (Marty / West Side Story / The Apartment / Tom Jones)
by Delbert Mann, Billy Wilder, Jerome Robbins
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Actor: Augusta Ciolli, Betsy Blair, Ernest Borgnine, Esther Minciotti, Joe MantellDirector: Billy Wilder, Delbert Mann, Jerome Robbins
Brand: Unknown
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Mgm Entertainment
Movie Reviews of United Artists Best Picture Collection (Marty / West Side Story / The Apartment / Tom Jones)
Movie Review: United Artists' Best
Summary: 5 Stars
This collection includes the director's cut of Tom Jones, West Side Story and the two black and white motion pictures: The Apartment, and Marty.
I purchased this collection for Tom Jones. A single Tom Jones DVD or VHS tape alone often sells for more than the entire price I paid for this collection. None of the extra material such as interviews or out-takes is included with this collection. If you are interested in these movies at an economical price, you might consider this alternative.
I enjoyed Henry Fielding's longish novel. I purchased the BBC / A&E production as well. Each of these motion picture versions has its merits. Some Amazon reviewers have criticized the UA version's format that in my opinion imitates the scene narration format used in the original novel. My only wish is that Sophia Weston's admonishment of Tom Jones shown at the end of the A&E version were also in the UA version.
While the less sexually graphic UA version was self-censored by the restraints of 1960 film production environment, I think it is a product that I can show to my teenage children with less concern for censorship. The A&E production has some nudity that that is gratuitous in my opinion.
Younger adults might be jaded by color motion pictures but only at the risk of missing great performances by actors of the 1960's motion pictures. The stories in both the black and white offerings are still relevant as when they were made.
West Side story is still a great musical despite our culture's desensitization to gang violence and overall loss of innocence.
This is a good collection. It offers good value at an economical price that can be enjoyed for as long as you have this collection.
Summary of United Artists Best Picture Collection (Marty / West Side Story / The Apartment / Tom Jones)
Disc 1: The Apartment Disc 2: Marty P&S Disc 3: Tom Jones Director???s Cut WS Disc 4: West Side Story P&SDrama DVD Video
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