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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Mono Audio, English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Kramer Vs. Kramer is a story of contemporary relationships, values and choices. Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is told by his wife, Joanna (Meryl Streep), that she is leaving him. After a wife," she's going off to find herself--leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to really know his son as free fathers do: cooking his meals, taking him to the park, understanding every need and fear. For the first time in his life he feels like a fulfilled parent. But then Joanna returns. And she wants her son back.
"Successfully moves you from tears to laughter and back again..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
"...intelligent, beautifully crafted, intensely moving..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
Robert Benton's moving and well-observed adaptation of Avery Corman's novel about the aftermath of divorce stars Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep as the separating couple, Ted and Joanna Kramer. When dutiful wife and mother Joanna decides to leave Ted, an advertising executive, she also leaves him with the responsibility of caring for their young son, Billy (Justin Henry). The situation proves to be especially difficult since the workaholic father has never really taken care of the boy and, in truth, barely knows him. Things are rough at first, but as the two become accustomed to life without Joanna and Ted's caretaking skills improve, father and son finally develop a relationship. As Ted devotes more time to his son and less to his work, however, the latter suffers, and Ted's subsequent firing coincides with the return of Joanna, who wants her son back.Despite the titular framing of a custody trial, KRAMER VS. KRAMER steps lightly around the complex issue, essentially concerning itself with the father's discovery of the joys and travails of being a parent. Hoffman and Streep turn in exceptional Academy Award-winning performances, and Benton crafts a memorable exploration of parenthood by wisely focusing on the tiny dramas of everyday life--such as the classic, heartbreaking scene in which Ted, on his first morning as a single father, tries (and miserably fails) to make french toast for his son--to capture the essence of a precious relationship.
Plot Summary
A selfish New York advertising executive is left to take care of his young son when his wife leaves him in this poignant adaptation of Avery Corman's novel.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selections | | Chinese Subtitles | | Korean Subtitles | | Thai Subtitles | | French Dolby Surround | | Spanish Subtitles | | Portuguese Subtitles | | English (Mono) | | French Track | | English Subtitles | | Theatrical Trailers | | Filmographies | | Production Notes | | Widescreen Version | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | "Making Of..." Documentary |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Kramer vs. Kramer - DVD Review By: Don Willmott - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/15/2008 4:31 AM | |
Back in the late '70s, a wave of divorce swept across America, perhaps the first big mainstream reflection of the women's lib movement that had blossomed a few years earlier. All my friends' parents seemed to break up, and so did Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer, a zeitgeisty melodrama that fits right in with all the Upper East Side Woody Allen flicks of that era, only with lawyers instead of laughs. Showered with awards, including nine Oscar nominations and five wins, including Best Picture, it remains one of the most compelling films of the decade, even if time has tarnished a bit of its sheen....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 4/22/2008 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1979 | | Catalog ID: 04858 | | UPC: 00043396048584 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1975) |  | Kramer vs. Kramer, Winner, Best Picture | | Dustin Hoffman, Winner, Best Actor | | Meryl Streep, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | Robert Benton, Winner, Best Director | | Robert Benton, Winner, Best Screenplay (adapted) | | | Justin Henry, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Jane Alexander, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | |
Golden Globe (1975) | | Kramer vs. Kramer, Winner, Best Picture-Drama | | Dustin Hoffman, Winner, Best Actor | | Meryl Streep, Winner, Best Supporting Actress |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Fine, witty, moving, most intelligent....Hoffman is splendid..." 12/19/1979 p.C23New York Times
Included in the New York Times's "10 BEST FILMS OF 1979" 12/30/1979 p.II:1 Sight and Sound
"...Dustin Hoffman is perfectly cast..." 03/01/2002 p.64 Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 9 of 10
Wife walks out on upwardly mobile husband, leaving him to fend for himself and young son; intelligent, beautifully crafted, intensely moving film. Adapted by Benton from Avery Corman's novel and acted to perfection by entire cast. Oscar winner for Best Picture, Actor, Screenplay, Director, Supporting Actress (Streep). - Leonard Maltin
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