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Singin' in the Rain [Remastered]

Actor(s): Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell
Director(s): Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
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Details

MPAA Rating: G
Content Advisory: Suitable for Children
Movie Release: 1952
DVD Release: 03/26/1997
Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins
Studio: MGM
Members Wishing: 37
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Musical Comedy, Musical Romance, Showbiz Comedy
See Also: Singin' in the Rain, Singin' in the Rain [Special Deluxe Edition], Singin' in the Rain [Classic Collection Box]

Synopsis

Hollywood, 1927: the silent-film romantic team of Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) is the toast of Tinseltown. While Lockwood and Lamont personify smoldering passions onscreen, in real life the down-to-earth Lockwood can't stand the egotistical, brainless Lina. He prefers the company of aspiring actress Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds), whom he met while escaping his screaming fans. Watching these intrigues from the sidelines is Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor), Don's best pal and on-set pianist. Cosmo is promoted to musical director of Monumental Pictures by studio head R.F. Simpson (Millard Mitchell) when the talking-picture revolution commences. That's all right for Cosmo, but how will talkies affect the upcoming Lockwood-Lamont vehicle "The Dueling Cavalier"? Don, an accomplished song-and-dance man, should have no trouble adapting to the microphone. Lina, however, is another matter; put as charitably as possible, she has a voice that sounds like fingernails on a blackboard. The disastrous preview of the team's first talkie has the audience howling with derisive laughter. On the strength of the plot alone, concocted by the matchless writing team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Singin' in the Rain is a delight. But with the addition of MGM's catalog of Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown songs -- "You Were Meant for Me," "You Are My Lucky Star," "The Broadway Melody," and of course the title song -- the film becomes one of the greatest Hollywood musicals ever made. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Gene Kelly - Don Lockwood
Donald O'Connor - Cosmo Brown
Debbie Reynolds - Kathy Selden
Jean Hagen - Lina Lamont
Millard Mitchell - R.F. Simpson

Awards

1952	Best Film - Any Source (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Gene Kelly
1952	Best Film - Any Source (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Stanley Donen
1952	Best Director (nominee)	Directors Guild of America	Stanley Donen
1952	Best Director (nominee)	Directors Guild of America	Gene Kelly
1952	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com (winner)	Golden Globe	Donald O'Connor
1952	Best Musical Score (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Lennie Hayton
1952	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Jean Hagen

Editorial Review

Arguably the greatest movie musical of all time, Stanley Donen's Singin' in the Rain comes to DVD with a standard full-frame 1.33:1 image (as any film made before 1955 should). A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in those three languages as well. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer. This disc is practically required for any aficionado of Hollywood musicals, but film historians might have appreciated some more materials that would have put this film and its historical setting in context. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide