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The Magnificent Ambersons (Criterion Collection)

The Magnificent Ambersons (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1942)
Drama
USA | English | Color | 02:30
#87
7
Criterion Collection
LaserDisk
2 discs

The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As George struggles to sabotage his mother's new romance, he must deal with his own romantic feelings for Morgan's daughter and the consequences of his meddling as his once great family falls into ruin due to his machinations...


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Madeleine Stowe Isabel Amberson Minafer
Bruce Greenwood Eugene Morgan
Jonathan Rhys Meyers George Amberson Minafer
Gretchen Mol Lucy Morgan
Jennifer Tilly Fanny Minafer
William Hootkins Uncle George
Dina Merrill Mrs. Johnson
James Cromwell Major Amberson
Keith Allen George (Age 9)
Jane Brennan Nurse
Laura Brennan Lucy's Friend #2
Kelly Campbell Lucy's Companion
Michael Devaney Eugene's Secretary
Mairead Devlin Nurse
Bernard Deegan Youth
Mark Doherty Drugstore Clerk
James Donnelly Forth Beau
Darren Donoghue Third Beau
Patrick Clarke Roger
Kieran D. Gough Fred Kinney (Age 22)
Roger Michael Gregg Barber
Jonathan Forbes First Beau
David Gilliam Wilbur Minafer
Eamon Glancy Driver of Model T
Fiona Glascott Lucy's Friend #1

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Added Date Mar 10, 2012 13:58:31
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:33:13

Notes

"This Ambersons should help motivate any film lover to make the laser move." -Jay Cocks, Time

Made right on the heels of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles' complex drama of a Midwestern family in decline is one of the most telling films ever made about American society. Both Criterion releases feature audio commentary by film historian Robert Carringer about the film's complex production history and lost footage.

Criterion's CAV edition also contains:

The shooting script of the film
Complete storyboards for all scenes, including those cut by the studio for the film's theatrical release, and subsequently lost
Silent film and radio treatments of the Ambersons story