| | Peyton Place DVD (4 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Adventure Videos, Suspense | | Starring | Lana Turner, Arthur Kennedy, Lloyd Nolan, Russ Tamblyn, Hope Lange, Lee Philips, Terry Moore, Diane Varsi | | Director | Mark Robson | | Art Director | Jack Martin Smith | | Composer | Franz Waxman | | Director of Photography | William Mellor | | Editor | David Bretherton | | Producer | Jerry Wald | | Production Designer | Lyle Wheeler | | Screenwriter | John Michael Hayes |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English An entertaining adaptation of the best-selling, controversial Grace Metalious novel set in a small New England town. Although everything seems picture-perfect in Peyton Place, there are actually many troubles brewing within the town including infidelity, illegitimacy and rape. Among the many memorable characters we meet are Constance and her defiant daughter Allison, who finds out, much to her shock, that she's an illegitimate child. Then there's Selena Cross, who has a tense relationship with her alcoholic stepfather, a school caretaker who eventually rapes the girl and continues abusing her -- until it leads to murder. The lives and love lives going on behind closed doors in a small New England town create a sizzling saga of passion and scandal. Academy Award Nominations: 9, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress--Lana Turner, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. The film was made into a very successful and popular television series in the 1960s, starring Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal.
Shot in Cinemascope. Color by DeLuxe.
The film was shot on location in Camden, Maine.
Its original running length was 162 minutes. Peyton Place Reviews: "...Varsi and Kennedy are especially good..."-- Mike Clark, USA Today Peyton Place | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.69) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1957 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3988  | | CD Universe Part number | 6388086 | | Catalog number | 2220326 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 02, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 157 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; Studio Classics |
Peyton Place Movie Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)  *A GREAT Drama with GREAT Acting*
I just got this movie today, and being a Lana Turner fan I was SO excited to see this movie. When I finally popped it into the DVD player I was stunned by the beauty of this film. Not only was the acting and actors BRILLIANT but the picture quality was magnificant. Lana Turner's character as a mother with an illegitamate child stunned me and the rape of Hope Lange's character shocked me. Back in the fifty's censors were placed on movies with sex and violence. Surprisingly when this movie was shot the sexualy explicit dialogue and violence were kept in making it a GREAT unforgetable movie.
WATCH IT!! :)
Submitted by Maresa (Key West, FL, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Drama at its Best!
20th Century Fox could always pick the right stories to film and this was no exception. Naturally dated today - especially where values are concerned - the unfolding drama between the characters and the place they live in is an enjoyable escape and when you consider the book is based on a real town and people... well! Has all the right ingredients to make it one of the top films of that era and I believe a timeless classic if you are in to good drama and acting! One of my firm classic no. 1's.
Submitted by pegasusmt (Auckland, New Zealand)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Racy and exciting melodrama
White girl gets an abortion, in a 50s picture....how scandalous!
Submitted by Bustina Copa (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
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20 yr memory
Peyton Place was a movie you would never forget. The actors their talent. The intensity of relationships. The secrets and what the consequences were. I can't believe I saw this movie when I was pretty young - 20 years later I thought of this as a movie for my collection. A movie I could watch over and over, never be bored.
Submitted by almcd130 (Omaha, NE)
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Peyton Place DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Dual Side - Single Layer
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Mono - English, Spanish, French
Stereo - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Terry Moore, Russ Tamblyn - Stars
Featurette:
1. "AMC Backstory: Peyton Place"
2. Movietone Newsreel Footage
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
2. Teaser Trailer
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