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A Tale of Two Cities

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A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 8  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 45 mins
Synopsis:
Lavish and well-acted production of Dickens' 1857 novel of the French Revolution. Ronald Colman plays the flippant lawyer who lends aid to the victims of the Reign of Terror. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Picture, Best Film Editing.... [More]
Lavish and well-acted production of Dickens' 1857 novel of the French Revolution. Ronald Colman plays the flippant lawyer who lends aid to the victims of the Reign of Terror. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Picture, Best Film Editing. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, Blanche Yurka

Director: Jack Conway
Story: Charles Dickens
Producer: David O. Selznick
Composer: Herbert Stothart

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 10, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Oscar Nominated Short Audioscopicks
  • 2 Classic Cartoons: Hey, Hey Fever and Honeyland
  • Audio-Only Bonus: Radio Show Adaptation Starring Colman

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Selznick managed to create the cinematic equivalent of "the best of times" without a downside.

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It's everything I expect from a Dickens adaptation: a grand, sweeping storyline; impeccable period costumes and sets; and colorful villains and selfless heroes.

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