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Features: DVD, Behind the Scenes Footage, Documentary, Dolby Digital (5.1)
On with the show! And the show within a show! When two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in the musical version of The Taming Of The Shrew, life imitates art, art imitates life--and it all proves that no musical comedy can quite imitate or match Kiss Me Kate, the backstage/onstage delight based on the 1948 Broadway smash and featuring 14 peerless Cole Porter songs. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson portray the tangled twosome who are "So In Love" despite her "I Hate Men" flashpoints. Ann Miller adds heat too, razzle-tap-dazzling in "Too Darn Hot" and wowing "Tom, Dick and Harry" (Bob Fosse, Tommy Rall, Bobby Van). Fosse and Hermes Pan provide the comin'-at-ya choreography (the film was originally in 3D) under George Sidney's nimble direction. So "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" and enjoy. Kate won't just kiss you. She'll floor you. Includes original theatrical trailer.
"Bright filmization of Cole Porter's Broadway musical..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Witty and thoroughly beguiling. Every number's a show-stopper." Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
Editor's Note
This Cole Porter hit based on the Shakespeare play "The Taming of the Shrew" features such hits as "So in Love" and "Always True to You in My Fashion." Academy Award Nominations: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Plot Summary
The divorced stars of a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" find that their offstage romantic lives parallel their combative onstage ones.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | "Making Of" Documentary | | Rare Vintage Short Subjects | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 3/15/2005 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1953 | | Catalog ID: 65088 | | UPC: 00012569508828 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1954) | | | Saul Chaplin, Andre Previn, Nominee, Best Music, Scoring Of A Musical Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
"...The performances fizz with exuberance and physicality and there are a succession of impressive musical numbers..." 02/01/2001 p.92USA Today
"...Renowned as one of the best movies shot in 3-D and the springboard to Bob Fosse's choreography career..." 07/29/1994 p.13E Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 8 of 10
Bright filmization of Cole Porter's Broadway musical, adapted from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Grayson and Keel are erstwhile married couple whose off-stage and on-stage lives intertwine. Songs include "So in Love," "Always True to You in My Fashion," "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" (delightfully performed by Wynn and Whitmore)...
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