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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Mono Audio, English, Subtitled, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert team up for laughs as mismatched lovers in this 1934 screwball comedy classic. Spoiled Ellis Andrews (Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father (Walter Connolly) who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work newsman, Peter Warne (Gable). When their bus breaks down, the bickering couple set off ona madcap hitchhiking expedition. Peter hopes to parlay the inside story of their misadventures into a job. But complications fly when the runaway heiress and brash reporter fall in love. Directed by Frank Capra, It Happened One Night was the first movie to be honored with all five major Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
"Colbert and Gable are superb as affectionate foes." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Director Frank Capra and his two stars, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, stole hearts and a quintet of Oscars with this sparkling, legendary romantic comedy. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, and it follows a news reporter and a runaway heiress who fall in love while traveling cross country on a bus. But as with any classic, the film is more than the sum of its parts, and special attention should be paid to the fizzy chemistry between the two leads and the witty script from Robert Riskin. This screwball comedy was the first to take home all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Clark Gable, Best Actress--Claudette Colbert, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Plot Summary
Winner of five Academy Awards, Frank Capra's celebrated romantic comedy stars movie legends Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.| When Ellie Andrews, a millionaire's daughter, marries a man her father dislikes, the resulting family squabble sends the beautiful heiress into hiding. She travels across country by bus, a fugitive from high society. En route, she meets the man of her dreams: a sexy but brusque news correspondent who has just lost his job -- which unknown to Ellie, he hopes to recover by selling her story to his former boss. Together, Peter and Ellie have a series of hapless adventures and comic misunderstandings, leading them to the realization that they were made for each other.
| Features | Bonus Trailers | | Talent Files | | Vintage Advertising | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Chinese Subtitles | | Korean Subtitles | | Thai Subtitles | | English Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Portuguese Subtitles | | Original Live Radio Broadcast | | English Version | | Spanish Version | | Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers ...It Happened One N | | Frank Capra, Jr. Audio Commentary | | Digitally Remastered |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 12/28/1999 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1934 | | Catalog ID: 03949 | | UPC: 00043396039490 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: B&W |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1935) |  | Clark Gable, Winner, Best Actor | | Claudette Colbert, Winner, Best Actress | | Frank Capra, Winner, Best Director | | Harry Cohn, Winner, Best Picture | | Robert Riskin, Winner, Best Writing, Adaptation |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Early screwball....Won [Colbert] an Oscar." -- Rating: A 08/09/1996 p.68Sight and Sound
"...Capra's much-loved screwball romance remains a prime example of his deft versatility..." 06/01/2001 p.59 Premiere
"Frank Capra's seminal screwball classic is a charming riff on a now-familiar scenario....The movie is also a landmark road picture..." 12/01/2003 p.4 Total Film
"[A] still-glorious rom-com..." 03/01/2004 p.9 VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 8 of 10
Classic Capra comedy about an antagonistic couple determined to teach each other about life. Colbert is an unhappy heiress who runs away from her affluent home in search of contentment. On a bus she meets newspaper reporter Gable, who teaches her how "real" people live. She returns the favor in this first of the 1930s screwball comedies. The plot is a framework for an amusing examination of war between the sexes. Colbert and Gable are superb as affectionate foes.
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