Singin' in the Rain 70th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
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Posted March 1, 2022 05:37 PM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain (1952) with a brand new 4K Blu-ray edition of the film, which will be available for purchase on April 26th.
Studio description: Singin' In The Rain is widely considered to be one of the greatest musical films in cinematic history. The musical romantic comedy was directed by choreographed by Gene Kelly (On the Town) and Stanley Donen (On the Town) and stars Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchel and Cyd Charisse. The film was written by Adolph Green and Betty Comden and produced by Arthur Freed. The music is by Nacio Herb Brown and the lyrics are by Arthur Freed. O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for their screenplay, while Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1989, Singin' in the Rain was one of the first 25 films selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film ranked 10th on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list, 16th on AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs list, 16th on AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions list, "Singin' In The Rain" was 3rd on AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs list, and the film was number 1 on AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Studio description: Singin' In The Rain is widely considered to be one of the greatest musical films in cinematic history. The musical romantic comedy was directed by choreographed by Gene Kelly (On the Town) and Stanley Donen (On the Town) and stars Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchel and Cyd Charisse. The film was written by Adolph Green and Betty Comden and produced by Arthur Freed. The music is by Nacio Herb Brown and the lyrics are by Arthur Freed. O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for their screenplay, while Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1989, Singin' in the Rain was one of the first 25 films selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film ranked 10th on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list, 16th on AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs list, 16th on AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions list, "Singin' In The Rain" was 3rd on AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs list, and the film was number 1 on AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- PREVIOUSLY RESTORED IN 4K BY WARNER BROS.
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- RESTORED ORIGINAL MONO TRACK
- Commentary by Debbie Reynold, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, Stanley Donen, Betty Camden, Adolph Green, Bad Lurhmann and Rudy Behlmer.
- Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation Documentary
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH, Latin Spanish, Canadian French subtitles for the main feature