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Features: DVD, Collector's Edition, Widescreen
The essence of Billie Holiday, one of America's most loved and memorable blues singers, is captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force debut performance by singer Diana Ross. Filled with the greatest songs of the incomparable "Lady Day," this stunning film biography received five Academy Award. nominations, including Diana Ross for Best Actress.
Editor's Note
Diana Ross made her film debut opposite Billy Dee Williams in this romantic biopic. LADY SINGS THE BLUES captures the essence of Billie Holliday in this semi-biographic sketch of the tragic life of the famous blues singer. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Actress--Diana Ross, Best (Original) Screenplay, Best Song Score.
| Features | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Behind The Blues: Lady Sings The Blues | | Deleted Scenes | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16:9 TVs |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 11/8/2005 |
| Running Time: 143 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1972 | | Catalog ID: 083744 | | UPC: 00097360837445 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1973) | | | Diana Ross, Nominee, Best Actress | | | Carl Anderson, et. al., Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration | | | Bob Mackie, et. al., Nominee, Best Costume Design | | | Gil Askey, Nominee, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation | | | Terence McCloy, et. al., Nominee, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
My first reaction when I learned that Diana Ross had been cast to play Billie Holiday was a quick and simple one: I didn't think she could do it. I knew she could sing, although not as well as Billie Holiday and certainly not in the same way, but I couldn't imagine Diana Ross reaching the emotional highs and lows of one of the more extreme public lives of our times. But the movie was financed by Motown, and Diana Ross was Motown's most cherished property, so maybe the casting made some kind of commercial sense. After all, Sal Mineo played Gene Krupa.All of those thoughts were wiped out of my mind within the first three or four minutes of Lady Sings The Blues, and I was left with a feeling of complete confidence in a dramatic performance. This was one of the great performances of 1972. - Roger Ebert
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