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Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Widescreen, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Reprising her Tony Award-winning Broadway role as a zany answering-service operator who falls in love with the man she knows only as a voice on the telephone, Judy Holliday stars in this jubilant screen adaptation whose timeless songs include "Just In Time" and "The Party's Over." Dean Martin co-stars and Vincente Minnelli directs. Look for Hal Linden (TV's Barney Miller) in an uncredited bit part.
"Sprightly adaptation of the Broadway musical hit..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
Holliday's last screen appearance and perhaps her best, reprising her stage role in the Comden and Green musical. Holliday plays a switchboard operator at a Manhattan telephone answering service, Susanswerphone, who gets mixed up in her kooky clients' lives, acting as both muse and therapist, eventually falling in love with a client's voice. Early appearance by Stapleton, and a cameo by Holliday's husband, saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. The picture's many musical hits include "Just in Time" and "The Party's Over." Academy Award Nominations: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Plot Summary
This is one the most delightful musical comedies ever made for the screen, directed with an effervescent flair by the incomparable Vincente Minnelli. | Ella Peterson is a switchboard operator at a Manhattan telephone answering service, Susanswerphone, who gets mixed up in her kooky clients' lives, acting as both muse and therapist. Her main predicament though, is that she's fallen in love with a client's voice...
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; French Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 3/15/2005 |
| Running Time: 126 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1960 | | Catalog ID: 65913 | | UPC: 00012569591325 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1961) | | | Andre Previn, Nominee, Best Music, Scoring Of A Musical PIcture |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"Holliday's screen swan song, it also was the last MGM musical from two kings of the form: producer Arthur Freed and director Vincente Minnelli." 04/01/2005 p.3E |
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