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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 06/05/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 21 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama, Marriage Drama

Grad-school administrative head Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is in the midst of writing a book. The walls are thin in the apartment she's taken for work purposes, and soon Marion begins listening to the sessions conducted by her neighbor, an analyst. One of the patients is Hope (Mia Farrow), whose marriage is in tatters. As Hope prattles on, Marion begins flashing back to highlights (and lowlights) of her own marriage. Her musings are constantly interrupted by the memory of the man (Gene Hackman) she'd once ardently loved. Later on, chance encounters with old friends force Marion to face the fact that she has lived her life sheltering herself from her true emotions. Director Woody Allen's career-long indebtedness to Ingmar Bergman is underlined in Another Woman via Bergman's frequent cinematographer Sven Nykvist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Gena Rowlands - Marion Post
Mia Farrow - Hope
Ian Holm - Ken Post
Blythe Danner - Lydia
Gene Hackman - Larry

Woody Allen deviates momentarily from his comedic work to make the dramatic Another Woman. MGM has done nice work on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are some instances of fading in the picture, as well as a few minor scratches, but overall this is a very nice looking print. All colors and black levels look very even and deftly rendered. Audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 (English, French, and Spanish) and works well with the film it compliments. Another Woman is a dialogue-driven film, and as such is not in need of an overly aggressive soundtrack. Dialogue, effects, and music are all clean of distortion or hiss. Also included on this disc are French and Spanish subtitles. Much like the other Woody Allen titles by MGM, Another Woman's only extra feature is a theatrical trailer for the movie. Perhaps someday Woody Allen (and MGM) will decide to record commentary tracks for his films; until then, fans are stuck with mostly bare-bone DVD editions of his work. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide