| | | The story of a reckless woman!
Features: DVD, Mono Audio, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, English, Subtitled
Complexly woven, offbeat mystery concerning Irish sailor and faked murder plot. Fans of cerebral, deliberately plotted mysteries love this classic. Dazzling cinematography makes this a must for cinema history buffs.
"...Vintage Welles." The Motion Picture Guide
Editor's Note
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, an atmospheric film noir based on Sherwood King's novel IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, features Orson Welles as producer, director, co-screenwriter, and star. Welles plays rogue seaman Michael O'Hara, complete with Irish brogue. After saving beautiful Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from thieves in Central Park, O'Hara is requested to serve on the yacht owned by Elsa's husband, Arthur (Welles veteran Everett Sloane), an older man who needs special crutches in order to walk. A fiery passion lurks underneath the relationship between Michael and Elsa; in actuality, the marriage between Welles and Hayworth was ending at the time the film was shot. Enter George Grisby (the eerie-sounding Glenn Anders), one of Bannister's associates and a man with a very special offer for O'Hara, luring him into a web of lies and murder.Although Welles claimed he made THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI just to finance other projects and the film does not show off his typical Wellesian flair, it still plays like a classic noir that draws the viewer in and never lets go. The characters are complex and fascinating, and the tension runs high and hot as the truth behind all the lies starts to come out. The film is most famous for its thrilling climax, which takes place in a hall of mirrors. Welles might have considered THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI workmanlike, but this noir thriller is only as workmanlike as any Welles film can be.
Plot Summary
A man hired to work on a yacht belonging to a wealthy married couple finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of deceit and intrigue. The film's famous climax takes place in a hall of mirrors.
| Features | Bonus Trailers | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Talent Files | | Vintage Advertising | | Theatrical Trailer | | Exclusive Featurette | | Peter Bogdanovich Audio Commentary | | Production Notes | | Chinese Subtitles | | Korean Subtitles | | Thai Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Portuguese Subtitles | | Spanish Dolby Digital Mono | | Portuguese Dolby Digital Mono | | English Subtitles | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Video | | English Dolby Digital Mono | | French Dolby Digital Mono |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/27/2008 |
| Running Time: 87 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1948 | | Catalog ID: 04859 | | UPC: 00043396048591 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Portuguese Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1/4:3 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "You need more than luck in Shanghai."----Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) to Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...A lot of fun....Welles' usual technical invention is everywhere..." 02/18/1994 p.F29USA Today
"...A noirish murder mystery that'll push the pin all the way to the right on your bizarro meter..." 10/06/2000 p.9E Total Film
"...[With] some fascinating visual set-pieces....They're up there with the darkest imaginings of Welles' genius..." 11/01/2003 p.123 The Motion Picture Guide 7 of 10
...The Lady From Shanghai is as experimental as Citizen Kane in many ways--perhaps more so, as Welles used myraid jump cuts and optical devices that are surprisingly creative but tend to break up continuity, and the many subplots working at the same time...
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