An American in Paris (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 96 reviews
Sales Rank: 5533

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Original Recording Remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: WARD035911D
UPC: 883929003952
EAN: 0883929003952
ASIN: B001BHI0JE

Theatrical Release Date: 1951
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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An American in Paris (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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2 out of 5 stars Pardon MGM's French    January 6, 2009
lewis jackman (Sleepy Lagoon)
Thanks to its lengthy ballet finale, visual homage to French painters and Gershwin score, some people (or at least Oscar voters) apparently mistook this for some kind of high art in the early Fifties. Today, it is simply hoity-toity snob torture of the worst kind and damn near unwatchable. Kind of telling that whenever the movie is excerpted in tributes today, the only scene you ever see is a few minutes of that endless dance sequence at the end. Begs the question: If this movie is so great, how come they never can find any other compelling clip?


5 out of 5 stars Martha Bamattre and Madge Blake are superb!    December 6, 2008
Film Buff Chris (Doylestown, PA United States)
Martha Bamattre and Madge Blake are superb in this film, and though not as famous as either Gene Kelly or Leslie Caron, are the real reasons for the film's success. Usually the best people in any film are those whose last names are alphabetically at the beginning of the alphabet, and once more that turns out to be true with Bamattre and Blake in this Vincente Minnelli musical which won the Best Picture Oscar. Leslie Caron, whose last name begins with C, comes close to being good in the film; but it's people whose last name begins with B who are the real stars.


5 out of 5 stars S'Marvelous    November 30, 2008
Jon Strand (USA)
I enjoyed the bonuses, but it's the film itself: Beautiful Restoration! I've previously had a vhs tape and then a dvd of this favorite film, and never considered them deficient, but then I watched this version. It is so vivid.


5 out of 5 stars Blu Ray available at Amazon.de    November 21, 2008
Zoran Gonda (Beograd, Serbia)
FYI. An American in Paris, Gigi and Quo Vadis (1951) were released
in Germany and can be ordered from TvBoxset.de. PQ is excelent and BD
are region free.


5 out of 5 stars Fantastic 50's Musical    November 14, 2008
James A. Barnes
An American in Paris is a fantastic musical film from the 50's. I always loved Gene Kelly and while he starred in other great musicals, this film is probably my favirite.