| | Metropolitan DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Friends Videos, Teenage, Criterion Collection, Character Study, Big City | | Starring | Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols, Will Kempe, Chris Eigeman, Carolyn Farina, Isabel Gillies, Dylan Hundley, Bryan Leder, Allison Rutledge-Parisi | | Director | Whit Stillman |
Whit Stillman's hit film is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middle-class young man's romantic misadventures among New York City's debutante society. Christopher Eigeman, Taylor Nichols, and Carolyn Farina star. EXtras include audio commentary, outtakes and alternate casting, essay by Luc Sante, and more. Tom's a quiet, down-to-earth college student who usually keeps to himself. But when he's recruited by a group of debutantes (a wealthy clique short on male escorts for Yuletide season pageants) he winds up a regular deb date. Before long, Tom's tight with this haughty crew and finds himself fascinated by their erudite conversations, posh lifestyle and impeccable taste. A chronicle of the social scene of a group of young Park Avenue socialites and their vanishing debutante scene. Into thier midst comes an outsider, a radical from the socially alien west side. But, because of an escort shortage he is welcomed into their group by the dominant, arrogant leader and his charming girlfriend. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay. Shot in New York at Christmastime "Metropolitan," first feature from writer-director Whit Stillman, played at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival.
Estimated budget: $500,000.
Stillman told reporters his film was vaguely autobiographical. Metropolitan Reviews: "...This just about perfect little picture...is a triumphant anomaly: a rude comedy of manners..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Stillman has a disarming ace....[METROPOLITAN] engrosses and charms..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...A comedy of manners of a very high order....The actors are a uniformly engaging lot..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...Stillman's gift for quiet, scrupulous observation grows on you....Stillman is a pointillist, working in the tiniest, most meticulous degrees..."
-- Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times "[T]his witty yet wistful dream of a film smartly zeroes in on the universal desire to belong." -- Grade: A-
-- Michelle Kung, Entertainment Weekly "Very well-written, affecting and often funny....With an almost sociological eye, Stillman explores the world of Manhattan's preppie debutantes and their escorts."-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Edward Clements video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Carolyn Farina, Dylan Hundley, Bryan Leder, Allison Rutledge-Parisi. Metropolitan | List Price | $39.95 (You save $7.96) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1990 | | All Time Sales Rank |  26397  | | CD Universe Part number | 7010435 | | Catalog number | 1620 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 14, 2006 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | Parents Strongly Cautioned | | Running Time | 98 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Subtitled |
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Metropolitan DVD Keep Case
Widescreen -
1.66
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary: Whit Stillman, Christopher Tellefsen, Chris Eigeman - Director, Editor, Actor
Text/Photo Galleries:
Additional Text: Essay - Luc Sante, author and film scholar
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