One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Collector's (2010)

Milos Forman has always had a knack for assembling great ensemble casts. This is particularly true in his most critically acclaimed releases (Taking Off, Amadeus and this film). It would be difficult indeed to come up with actors and actresses who were better suited to fill the roles in OFOTCN. This is true in terms of both the stars, Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, and the secondary characters. Who could have been a better Harding than William Redfield? A better Billy Bibbit than Brad Dourif? A better Cheswick than Sydney Lassick? And most especially, a better Chief Bromden than Will Sampson?

I rank this movie as the best of the best of what I consider to be American Cinema's golden decade, the 70s. It certainly won the widest acclaim, with its sweep of the major Oscars for 1975 (Nicholson also won best actor from the New York Film Critics voters that year).

Not to be overlooked is the fantastic job performed by the film's adaptors, Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben, who also won Oscars for their screenplay. True, they did have a fairly decent stage version (by Dale Wasserman) to work with. I remember seeing an excellent production of the play, with a terrific cast, in San Francisco circa 1972. Just as an aside, I read in the Norton Critical edition of the novel, a review of a NY production of the play by Walter Kerr that was an absolute pan. Suffice it to say that the movie is much different than either the novel or the play. Those familiar with Kesey's great novel understand how difficult a transfer from page to screen would be; about a third of the story is Bromden's delusional interior monologue. The final script, quite rightly, focuses almost exclusively on Randal P McMurphy's struggle with Nurse Ratched for the hearts and minds of the inmates.

This is truly a gut and soul-wrenching movie, with many moments of high maniacal comedy interspersed. Though many of his other films are top-notch, this is Forman's masterpiece. If you haven't read the book, read it. It you don't own this movie, buy it. There are few works in the history of American literature and film that are superior.

It has taken me nearly 30 years to get round to watching this film, and I genuinely think I appreciate it more for being that much older. It has had accolades for everything -plot, direction, filming, casting, acting. It deserves them all. It is nothing short of compulsive. The bad guy who has not lost his soul (much less his spirit) is pitted against the embodiment of sanctimonious righteousness who never had a soul to lose.

I wonder whether Nicholson has even yet had full recognition for the truly great actor he is (how many people have even seen The King of Marvin Gardens, for instance?) His screen presence is enormous, magnetic and menacing. He combines outsize testosteronic individuality with the ability to get inside a character, and an electric sense of threat with a real power to tug at the heart-strings. Bad he may be, but unsympathetic never. He is a very big little guy, but he is still the little guy against the system. It must be impossible, surely, to upstage that?

Incredibly, no. The ultimate star in a film that has no shortage of up-and-coming luminaries as well as Nicholson (D de Vito for one) is Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched. I am never going to forget that mask-like expressionless face and that ever-rational, implacable, ever-modulated voice mouthing those soulless, uncomprehending, the-system-is-right banalities. Above all, I am never going to forget that hair. Among the many touches of genius in this production, that hairstyle is the ultimate. I simply could not take my eyes off it. The name is effective too, and I shall continue to believe until someone proves me wrong that it was an inspired borrowing from Jane Eyre -the dreadful and sadistic Miss Skatcherd brought up to date and given a 20th-century twist.

This film is never going to become dated as long as these polarities continue to repel each other. I saw it at all only because my son showed it to me. It is relevant to my generation, it is relevant to his, and I can't foresee when it is not going to be relevant.

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This is one of my favorite Jack Nicholson movies. The collector's edition has some nice goodies: a 52 page hard-bound book, reproduction of the original press book, a 52 card deck, 4 mini-reproduction of the original worldwide theatrical posters and 6 cast/character photos. A great package for a great movie that received 5 Academy Awards.

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This movie is as relevant now as it was when it first hit movie theaters in the 70's. Hilarious, somewhat dark and thought provoking. Great performances all around, anyone I recommend this film to loves it. You will remember most of these characters, right down to Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito in supporting roles. In my opinion, one of the most uproariously funny moments in movie history occurs when Chezaroo flips out about Nurse Ratched's stingy cigarette policy.

The Blu ray transfer of this movie is excellent. It is not the very best of the best, but for a film that came out in the mid-seventies it has superb PQ on Blu ray.

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5 stars for the film, 1 star for the DVD:

There are a lot of reviews that discuss the movie itself, so I will keep this one short and talk about the DVD.

The DVD is a bit of a disappointment. The film itself is very dirty; it looks like the transfer was done from a copy of the film that's been shown a few hundred times in a theater. It's hard to believe that the master itself has deriorated this much.

There are no interesting extras on this DVD. No deleted scenes, no commentaries, no behind the scenes footage. Just some text screens talking about awards the film received, etc.

The are no audio options. You're just stuck with standard sterio. And the menu is bland and static. Basically, you are getting the movie, as you would have experienced it in a theater nearly three decades ago, and nothing else.

I love this film however, especially the ending, so I still recommend buying it if you are a Jack Nicholson fan. Just don't expect the DVD to actually take advantage of the medium.

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Pierre Etaix (Criterion Collection) (1971)

Passionate music lover since he was a child and of circus world and influenced by the silent screen comedy artists he love Langdon, Keaton, Laurel & Hardygreat french comedy master Pierre Etaix started his cinematic career in a brief cameo scene of Robert Bresson's Pickpocket and at the side of also comedy genius Jacques Tati. Painter, professional clown he shared stage with Charlie Rivel in the Medrano, joined Tati at the Olympia, on his show "Jour de fete", became a popular comedian on his country working first in famous salas like "Le cheval d'or" and then with his wife Annie Fratellini as comedy couple and graphic artist he drew between others the film posters of Tati's Mon Oncle and Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot he jumped into film direction and the filming of his own stuff joining Jean-Claude Carriere whom Etaix considers his script writing teacher in the short film Rupture(1961),co-directed with Carriere himself. Tagged sometimes as the french Buster Keaton one of his most beloved and admirated comedy artists with Stan Laurel and Charlie Rivel -probably for his precise "mise-en-scene", exquisite and very calculated sight-gags and his way of acting Etaix joins in his films slapstick, classic circus routines and acrobatic bits with sophisticated comedy in films plenty of surreal visual invention. His movies also shine for his great taste for the coreographic visual gag and the funny, very creative use of sound and music. This DVD/Blu-Ray collection as the previous french edition collects all the flicks of Etaix as director five feature films and three shorts: Rupture, Happy anniversary and his episode bit and tribute to Hulot "En pleine forme", added originaly by Etaix, with the other 4 comedy sketches, to his first montage for the 1966's premiere of "As long as you're healthy", and later delated for the 1971 re-release. After a long legal battle (20 years) at the side of his friend and usual film collaborator great french scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carriere for the recovery and exhibition of his films, Pierre Etaix extraordinary films has been shown again at the film theaters and finally edited in DVD in what has been in only few years a metheoric resurrection and recognition of the art of this true comedy genius. A wonderful chance to see in wonderfuly restored copies his absolute feature films masterworks: Le soupirant his feature film debut as director with a plot that reminds in some parts to Buster Keaton's Seven chances -, and YoYo Etaix's personal favorite and a very beautiful tribute to circus world -, so as his great films Le grand amour that contains a delightful dreamy scene in which Etaix's bed goes out of his bedroom taking off down the road, stopping to pick up a gorgeous nightied hitchhiker and passing other beds stopped for repairs, having accidents... -, the episodes movie "As long as you're healthy" that contains between other brilliant comedy sketches a bedtime Hammer style vampire story and Pays de cocaigne, a satyrical candid camera documentary shot after the events of May 68 and focused on french people vacations that was surprisingly punished by the critics, stopping during many years Pierre Etaix's film career.

Passionate music lover since he was a child and of circus world and influenced by the silent screen comedy artists he love Langdon, Keaton, Laurel & Hardygreat french comedy master Pierre Etaix started his cinematic career in a brief cameo scene of Robert Bresson's Pickpocket and at the side of also comedy genius Jacques Tati. Painter, professional clown he shared stage with Charlie Rivel in the Medrano, joined Tati at the Olympia, on his show "Jour de fete", became a popular comedian on his country working first in famous salas like "Le cheval d'or" and then with his wife Annie Fratellini as comedy couple and graphic artist he drew between others the film posters of Tati's Mon Oncle and Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot he jumped into film direction and the filming of his own stuff joining Jean-Claude Carriere whom Etaix considers his script writing teacher in the short film Rupture(1961),co-directed with Carriere himself. Tagged sometimes as the french Buster Keaton one of his most beloved and admirated comedy artists with Stan Laurel and Charlie Rivel -probably for his precise "mise-en-scene", exquisite and very calculated sight-gags and his way of acting Etaix joins in his films slapstick, classic circus routines and acrobatic bits with sophisticated comedy in films plenty of surreal visual invention. His movies also shine for his great taste for the coreographic visual gag and the funny, very creative use of sound and music. This DVD collection as the previous french edition collects all the flicks of Etaix as director five feature films and three shorts: Rupture, Happy anniversary and his episode bit and tribute to Hulot "En pleine forme", added originaly by Etaix, with the other 4 comedy sketches, to his first montage for the 1966's premiere of "As long as you're healthy", and later delated for the 1971 re-release. After a long legal battle (20 years) at the side of his friend and usual film collaborator great french scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carriere for the recovery and exhibition of his films, Pierre Etaix extraordinary films has been shown again at the film theaters and finally edited in DVD in what has been in only few years a metheoric resurrection and recognition of the art of this true comedy genius. A wonderful chance to see in wonderfuly restored copies his absolute feature films masterworks: Le soupirant his feature film debut as director with a plot that reminds in some parts to Buster Keaton's Seven chances -, and YoYo Etaix's personal favorite and a very beautiful tribute to circus world -, so as his great films Le grand amour that contains a delightful dreamy scene in which Etaix's bed goes out of his bedroom taking off down the road, stopping to pick up a gorgeous nightied hitchhiker and passing other beds stopped for repairs, having accidents... -, the episodes movie "As long as you're healthy" that contains between other brilliant comedy sketches a bedtime Hammer style vampire story and Pays de cocaigne, a satyrical candid camera documentary shot after the events of May 68 and focused on french people vacations that was surprisingly punished by the critics, stopping during many years Pierre Etaix's film career.

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Criterion has done it again...I want to personally thank Criterion for taking the time and effort to remastering and releasing the films of Pierre Etaix to the public. Like his mentor Jacques Tati, Etaix is a comic genius whose humor is rooted in the classic comedians of the silent era (Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Harold Lloyd). Also like these comedians, Etaix uses humor to comment upon modern society (or what was considered modern at the time he was working). My personal favorite film out of this collection is Le Grand Amour, which takes the cinema trope of the troubled marriage, and brings it to a brilliantly surreal level. This is, without a doubt, the blu-ray release of the year!

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A previous reviewer heaped praise on Criterion for "remastering and releasing" Etaix's films to the public. I don't disagree with that sentiment, though it should be limited to releasing the films to the US public. Criterion isn't in the job of remastering, and this was done for the Etaix films by Etaix himself in 2010, with financial support from the Groupama Gan Foundation, and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage. We have these versions here, with new subtitles and various features.

Again, this isn't to slight Criterion. If it wasn't for them, it's difficult to think of another publisher that would purchase the US rights to these films. Praise all around, then.

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I saw The Suitor 50 years ago, and was delighted with the beauty of the film, a series of carefully crafted images that told a simple story with a quiet surface but great underlying emotion. Etaix managed an uneasy balancing act of telling a comedic story without making his protagonist a clown.

Now, with the re-release of all his films, I find that Etaix was literally a clown at one time, and brought that background to film. So far, I've watched The Suitor, Yoyo (in which Etaix' background is a major aspect of the plot a rich kid who runs off to join the circus) and two highly inventive short films. All are beautifully filmed on low budgets, but the Blu-Ray restoration helps show the highly polished works that they are.

I would recommend these films to anyone who enjoys Jacques Tati (Etaix's mentor) or Bill Forsyth movies. They are in that quiet spirit, but evoke hearty laughter.

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Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)

Bettie Page was the number one pin up model in the 1950's. Bettie Page: Dark Angel tells the story of the last three years of her brief career as a pin up model before she disappeared from the spotlight.

The bulk of the movie is told through a series of reenactments of some of Bettie Pages most famous bondage scenes. The dialog and story is not that fleshed out. Despite this minor flaw the films succeeds overall because of director Nico B.'s eye for detail in when recreating Page's Bondage segments. These segments are stylishly photographed in black and white. Nico B.'s direction is solid through out and it is obvious in every frame that this project was a labor of love.

The acting in this film is average at best with the exception of Paige Richards who plays the lead role Bettie Page. Paige Richards is a dead ringer for Bettie Page and she does an admirable job capturing the essence of Bettie Page. It is amazing just how much Nico B. is able to recreate with the limited budget he had at his disposal. Bettie Page: Dark Angel is a wonderful tribute to one of America's most icon pin up models whose popularity has not waned through the years

Bettie Page: Dark Angel comes on a 25 GB single layer BluRay. The film is presented in a 1080 progressive anamorphic widescreen. Though the transfer for the DVD was very good for the time when it was released. This new Hi Def transfer improves upon that aforementioned transfer in every way. It should be noted that the grain looks more pronounced in some scenes then in others and this is most likely due to the film's source materials. In all this is a strong transfer that does a very good job with the limitations of the source materials.

This release comes with one audio option, a Dolby Digital Stereo mix in English. The audio sounds clean, clear and balanced throughout. This release comes with four subtitle options, English, French, Spanish and Dutch.

Extras for this release include three `Making of' featurette's, the first one titled `Paige Richards as Betty Page Photo Shoot' (10 minutes 43 seconds anamorphic widescreen), the second one titled `Paige Richards as Betty Page Still Gallery' (4 minutes 13 seconds ) and the third one titled `Casting Call & Rehearsals' (16 minutes 27 seconds anamorphic widescreen), the uncut version of a scene from the film titled `Dominate Bettie in a Black Corset' (8 minutes anamorphic widescreen), a music video titled `The '57 Incident Teaserama' (2 minutes 19 seconds anamorphic widescreen), a documentary titled `In Search of Bettie Page' (10 minutes 10 seconds anamorphic widescreen) and a section titled `The Original Bondage Films of Bettie Page (1951-1956)', the total running time for the 11 short films (40 minutes 8 seconds anamorphic widescreen).

The titles of the 11 short films are as follows, `Untitled', `Bettie Paige and Her High Heel Shoes', `Untitled', `Bettie Gets Bound and Kidnapped', `Untitled', `Untitled', `Second initiation of a Sorority Girl', `Teaser Girl in High Heels', `Domineering Roz Strikes Back' and `Bettie Gets Dressed in Satin'. Overall Bettie Page: Dark Angel makes its way to Hi Def via an exceptional release from Cult Epics.

I honestly can't say how many folks will be won over by BETTIE PAGE: DARK ANGEL. Essentially, it's a fictional account of Page's life up until the point of her `mysterious disappearance' from society. Clearly, it's made on the cheap shot on video and 16 mm and it's helmed by Nico B, the founder of Cult Epics. Paige Richards does a respectable job in trying to recapture the pomp & circumstance that surrounded the original Bettie; however, while she captures the pinup queen's on-screen antics quite well, the smaller moments the ones trying to tell the story of Bettie's life fall mostly as flat as one expects from direct-to-DVD or Cinemax skin pics aired after hours.

As for the story, there really isn't all that much here. The narrative essentially serves to give license to re-capturing the substance of Bettie's bondage films, and these recreations are interspersed liberally throughout the 75 minute story. Instead of learning more about the starlet, we're basically given retreads of the shorts. Certainly, Bettie enthusiasts will be pleased, but folks expecting a story can only glean the bullet points already available from a Wikipedia entry.

The motion picture is the responsibility of Cult Epics for production and distribution. The image and sound are what we've come to expect in this era of homegrown production, and the disc is chocked with special features including: the original bondage films of Bettie Page (1951 1956); the 57" Incident Teaserama music video; In Search of Bettie Page (a nice little video of Nico B's attempt to achieve a greater insight into the model); some basic behind-the-scenes shorts including casting calls and some rather dubious attempts at what are called `rehearsals'; and the uncut short film of "Dominant Bettie in Black Corset."

As someone who loves history especially when it's given a face and a name, I expected more from this one, but I'd imagine it serves up exactly what its intended audience wanted. Given the fact the Ms. Page remained a recluse unwilling to speak about her past, this may be all we ever know.

RECOMMENDED only for fans of Bettie Page and maybe even folks who have an ongoing interest in pinups, cosplay, and adult films. There's not an awful lot of nudity here, but Page in many respects wasn't so much about bare skin as she was the playfulness of sexuality and fetishes. By comparison to so much of what's available on the web these days, so much of what she did was genuinely benign, and it's no wonder she's embraced by a legion of fans around the world.

In the interests of fairness, I'm pleased to disclose that the fine folks at Cult Epics provided me with a DVD screener of BETTIE PAGE DARK ANGEL by request for the expressed purposes of completing this review.

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Indiscreet (1958)

Indiscreet is one of my favorite Cary Grant movies of all time!

Ingrid Bergmand & Cary Grant are at their all time most charming selves in this light-hearted romantic comedy. Bergman, who has shown her talents in suspenseful thrillers such as Notorious, is surprisingly outstanding in comedy! Will Anne (Bergman) who plays a famous stage actress and Phillip (Grant) an international financier get together? In the course of finding out, you will be delighted with the amusing interactions & banter which so accurately characterize men & women in romantic relationships. Ingrid Bergman is stunning and stylish and her apartment is to die for. Grant is debonair and charming as always. The lines in this movie are timeless! A favorite scene includes watching Grant dance with Bergman at a ballroom type function. This is a movie you can watch again & again and love even more each time.

From the first frame of the opening credits it was clear that the transfer was from a poor quality master and that no restoration had even been attempted. The picture is morbidly dark throughout. The sound level is atrociously low I had to turn up the amp nearly to reference level to understand the dialog. The soundtrack was harsh, with strings braying like castrated trombones. The picture popped out of focus at least a half-dozen times, and on at least two occasions large black blobs sullied the picture. Republic/Artisan pat themselves on the back BOTH before and after the movie, for what I do not know. The announcement following "The End" startles, since it and it alone is recorded at the proper level.

I just A/B'ed this DVD with the "35th Annivesary" widescreen VHS and except for sharpness (which is lost in the darkness anyway) the Video wins hands down: the sound is at an appropriate level, and the vividness of the (Techni)colors is astounding.

This one's definitely going back, and I'm afraid to open the copies of Operation Petticoat and The Grass Is Greener which were released at the same time as installments in the "Cary Grant Collection". BTW, none of these are marked as anamorphic so I'm assuming they are not.

Republic/Artisan: what the heck were you thinking?

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I just bought this because it is one of my favorite movies and my VHS tape was kaput after so many viewings. DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!! It is supposed to be widescreen, digitally remastered and close-captioned. It is NONE OF THESE THINGS!! The film is full of lines, snow, etc. No re-mastering here. The menu only contains scene selection and play movie. If I thought I could get my money back, I would send this one back. It is most definitely NOT as advertised.

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'Indiscreet' from 1958 is the 2nd of four films Cary Grant made with the very talented director Stanley Donen and his 2nd film go around with Ingrid Bergman. For Cary Grant fans (of which I am one) this film is a must own. Yes, this film is a product of it's time and many younger viewers may think it is a pointless bit of fluff. Even so, it is still as good or better than most of what now passes for "entertainment"! Showcasing Cary at his debonair and comic best , 'Indiscreet' while a slightly uneven film for some, has all the elements of a classic and Cary Grant's personal favorite from all of his 77 films. It isn't mine, but Cary Grant IS my absolute all time favorite and as such this film holds an honored place on my shelf.

The five stars I award are not for the transfer, but for the overall value of the package. For many it would be worth even more after the price drops in a month or so. With that said, this review will focus mainly on the video and audio quality, plus any extras included in this Blu Ray package.

Let's cut right to the chase here. How is the picture quality of this release and is it a worthy upgrade from your VHS or DVD copy? Picture quality is "ok" with the transfer faring much better in the last half of the film. Olive Films has done an admirable job here by NOT adding any edge enhancement or DNR. ON the other hand, they have not done any color correction or noticeable restoration. (If only Robert Harris could have got his hands on the original film elements,then we would be talking about a different transfer altogether) Also it is noteworthy that Olive Films encoding of 'Indiscreet' appears top notch. No actual transfer problems that I could detect , so while not much was done to clean up and restore this title to it's former glory, it has not suffered any new abuse.

If you have seen 'Indiscreet' lately on HD cable, then you have seen this transfer. Of course it doesn't suffer from the compression artifacts of cable TV (I have Verizon Fios which is very fast but still very compressed) and you get 24 frame motion rendering. Colors go from very nice, to faded and back again. Ingrid Bergman is shot in soft focus for much of the film and things suffer somewhat as a result. There are scenes that look abysmal, and other scenes that look top notch and sometimes they go back and forth during the same scene. If you were hoping for or expecting a top notch rendering of this film on Blu Ray, it sadly is not the case.

One glaring issue I have with this transfer is we are given the first few minutes (the title cards) in the original aspect ratio and then, as with the HD cable TV transfer , the film is cropped on the top and bottom and zoomed to fill your 16:9 HDTV screen. This not only gives us the wrong aspect ratio and messes with the directors picture composition, it also cuts into some of the resolution by zooming an already substandard picture. ON my Oppo BDP-95 I am able to use "Under Scan" to slightly shrink the entire picture area and improve resolution. I also have the option to shrink the picture size IN HALF and when I do that the PQ is REALLY great but the movie is "window boxed" and annoying to watch that way. Oh well, I assume the file Olive Films released was sent to them this way and that is how they had to put it out for us.

However, this IS the best 'Indiscreet' has ever looked for the home video market or is likely to EVER look unless someone decides to invest heavily in a full restoration. I enjoyed watching it from start to finish once I accepted the limited quality of the source materials Olive Films had to work with. It could have been a LOT worse and honestly it isn't all that bad. Just don't purchase this expecting anything close to perfection. ON a scale of 1 to 5 I would give it a 3 to 3.5 for video quality although it occasionally reaches up into the 3.75 range. I own far worse transfers and since this is Cary Grant I had no choice but to purchase and force myself to overlook any shortcomings on the video front. For comparisons sake, the Blu Ray Criterion transfer of 'Charade' is much better. For now, 'North by Northwest' and 'To Catch a Thief' remain the very best Cary Grant titles on Blu Ray, at least in regards to picture quality. (honorable mention to 'An Affair to remember' but "CinemaScope Mumps" keeps that off the top of my list)

*****I want to add that the Blu Ray case is NICE and solid and NOT one of those dreadful "Eco-Cases" that are more air than plastic! Your investment will be well protected in the case provided and for that I am grateful.

How about the sound? Thankfully the included DTS-HD Master Audio MONO track is just fine. Nothing special but it is uncompressed with no annoying buzzes or ground loop hums. You can hear the dialogue and there is no need for any surround activity. (which is fine since you won't be getting any! Ha Ha )

There are NO special features on this disc.

'Indiscreet' sits firmly between such films as "To Catch a Thief' and 'North by Northwest'. I'm not quite sure WHY Mr. Grant loved this film so much, but I do enjoy his dancing and mugging and there are a few choice lines he delivers that only Cary could get away with. I have looked at various screen shots posted on the web of this release and I can tell you it looks MUCH Better in motion than any screenshot would suggest. This is a worthy upgrade to previous versions of this film and if you are a Cary Grant or Ingrid Bergman fan (or Stanley Donen for that matter) then it is a no brainer and a must purchase! Recommended for fans!

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Although this is not one of my all-time favorites, it is still a funny and charming film. In many ways, it is not as good as many of Cary Grant's earlier screwball comedies...but that can also be a matter of personal taste. The script is not as witty and frantic as the screwball comedies, but the movie is more romantic and is given a real sense of warmth by the affectionate behavior of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.

Essentially, Indiscreet is the story of a romance between actress Anna (Ingrid Bergman) and diplomat Philip (Cary Grant). There are several surprising twists and turns, and to explain anything more would be to give too much away.

Anyhow, one reason Indiscreet is such a nice film is that the real life friendship and warmth between Cary and Ingrid comes though very well, and they are very believable together! Indiscreet also has several funny scenes, especially the one in which Cary does a hysterical tap dance at a fancy ball. The two stars seem to be having fun, and you will too while watching them. This film is good for the whole family, and is very enjoyable: highly recommended.

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