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| Category | Warner Store DVDs, Warner Special Editions Movies, Music Video Videos, Romance, Recommended, Musical, Classic, Essential Cinema, G-Rated, Silent Films, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, Showbiz, AFI Top 100 Passions, AFI Top 100 Movie Songs, AFI Top 100 Laughs, Vanity Fair 50 Greatest Films Of All Time | | Starring | Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Kathleen Freeman, Cyd Charisse, Millard Mitchell, Mae Clarke, Douglas Fowley, King Donovan, Elaine Stewart, Jimmie Thompson, Wilson Wood, Dawn Addams, Joi Lansing, Patricia Denise, Jean Hagen, Dorothy Patrick, Bob Watson, Stuart Holmes, Judy Landon, David Sharpe | | Director | Stanley Donen | | Choreographer | Stanley Donen
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Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re This joyful musical sparks the desire to splash around in puddles and smile at the sky. Musical numbers glide from poignant ("The Broadway Ballet") to gleeful ("Singin' in the Rain"), with Gene Kelly lighting up the screen in scene after scene.
Hollywood in the 1920smust adapt: The unexpected popularity of talkies pushes studios and stars to reinvent themselves. Lockwood (Kelly) and his lovely but screechy-voiced costar's first talkie is a disaster in previews, but he convinces the studio to turn THE DUELLING CAVALIER into the musical THE DANCING CAVALIER. But this solution means dubbing his costar's voice, ensuring sparks will fly! "Just about the best Hollywood musical of all time," wrote Pauline Kael about SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.
After years of honing his skills on the vaudeville stage, hoofer Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) has finally reached the top and become a swashbuckling star of the silent silver screen. Then the self-satisfied celebrity has his confidence shattered when ingenue Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) dismisses film actors as "shadows" without substance. After getting over the insult, he falls hard for her--much to the consternation of his costar, the sexy, selfish Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), who wants Don all to herself.
But Don has career troubles too. The wild popularity of THE JAZZ SINGER has studios scrambling to change from silent films to talkies, and Lina's shrill voice and Don's stiff acting left the preview audience roaring with laughter. There's only one way to save the movie and their careers: turn THE DUELLING CAVALIER into a musical, with Kathy secretly dubbing in Lina's lines and songs. But can they hide the truth from Lina? SINGIN' IN THE RAIN was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.
Many of the dance sequences are an homage to Busby Berkeley musicals.
MGM still photos more than two decades old were used to reproduce faithfully the 1920s movie studio.
The piece of silk Cyd Charisse dances with in "The Broadway Ballet" is more than 25 feet long.
Ironically, Debbie Reynold's singing voice was dubbed in by Jean Hagen.
Songwriters Freed and Brown worked on the music for MGMs first all-talking musical film.
The song "Make 'Em Laugh" was based on a Cole Porter song used in the film THE PIRATE.
Other musical numbers include: "Singin' in the Rain," "You Were Meant for Me," and "All I Do Is Dream of You." Singin' In The Rain Reviews: "...Near-perfect musical comedy....It's funny and fast-paced..."
-- Tom Green, USA Today "...A movie about movie-making, in which sound is married to image, it smoothly integrates its several superbly choreographed song-and-dance numbers into the storyline..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
-- Tom Dawson, Total Film "...There is no movie musical more fun that SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and few that remain as fresh over the years....SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is a transcendent experience, and no one who loves movies can afford to miss it..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...More than ever, the sheer formal discipline of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, from costumes to choreography, feels like a lost art..."
-- Steve Daly, Entertainment Weekly "...Sublime..."
-- Danny Leigh, Sight and Sound "[O]ne of the greatest movies about Hollywood. With in-jokes galore and effortless breaks into song and dance..."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere
This is the only Stuart Holmes video. Singin' In The Rain | List Price | $26.99 (You save $4.70) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1952 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3456  | | CD Universe Part number | 4956735 | | Catalog number | 65621 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Sep 24, 2002 | | Rating | G (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Singin in the Rain | | Running Time | 102 Minutes | | Additional Info | Special Edition; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Special Edition; Subtitled; Two Disc Special Edition |
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Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Disc 1:
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Debbie Reynolds - Star, Donald O'Connor - Star, Cyd Charisse - Star, Rita Moreno - Star, Betty Comden - Screenwriter, Adolph Green - Star
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2:
Additional Release Material:
Outtakes: "You Are My Lucky Star" (Musical Number)
Excerpts:
1. Movies That Influenced Songs
Featurette:
1. WHAT A GLORIOUS FEELING
2. MUSICALS GREAT MUSICALS: THE ARTHUR FREED UNIT AT MGM (96 Mins)
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos
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