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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Collector's Edition, Trailers
Teeming with all "the beauty of an impressionist painting" (The New York Times), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is writer/ director Woody Allen's "lightest and most sensual film" (L.A. Weekly) to date. Starring Allen, Mia Farrow (directed by Allen for the first time), Jose Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts and Mary Sttenburgen, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a dazzling, uproarious masterpiece from "America's best comic filmmaker" (The Film Journal)! Love is in the air and magic is afoot when turn-of-the-century inventor Andrew and his wife Adrian host a country wedding for the pompous philosopher Dr. Leopold and his young fiancee Ariel. But when Andrew's best friend, the randy Dr. Maxwell Jordan, and his lusty nurse Dulcy turn up for the festivities, the stage is soon set for thwarted seductions, mismatched mates and magical mayhem, as Maxwell falls for Ariel, Ariel seduces Andrew, Leopold beds Dulcy--and the bride and groom say "I do" to everyone...except each other!
"...quirky, entertaining diversion... Appealing cast..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Breathtaking! Poignant! Refreshing!" Los Angeles Times
Editor's Note
Woody Allen's delightful farce deals with the misadventures of three couples who spend the weekend together in the country. They all seem to end up in love with the wrong person.
Plot Summary
A wonderful, frothy treat from Woody Allen about three couples frolicking in the countryside at the turn of the century.| At a beautiful farmhouse in upstate New York, wealthy Andrew passes his summer days tinkering as a hack inventor and attempting to make love with his frigid wife, Adrian. Then Leopold, a self-possessed scholar, and his future wife, the highly sexed Ariel, come for a visit. The second couple in the mix is Maxwell, a doctor, and his current girlfriend, Dulcy, a nurse who advises Adrian on her sex life.| It turns out that Andrew once had an innocent romance with Ariel, but he's one of the very few men she has met and not slept with. Now Andrew is very much interested in Ariel again--and she in him. And thus begins this whimsical farce of lust, love, and longing among friends.
| Features | Widescreen Version, Enhanced For 16X9 TVs | | Audio: English Mono | | Collectible Booklet | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 9/7/2004 |
| Running Time: 88 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 1001746 | | UPC: 00027616860460 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Woody Allen, in short, reveals a surprisingly delicate hand..." 09/01/1982 p.300Variety
"...A visually charming, sweetly paced picture....Gordon Willis' camera gets just what Allen goes after..." 07/14/1982 |
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