Sullivans Travels (Criterion Collection) (1941)

Director: Preston Sturges  Starring: Veronica Lake  Joel McCrea  
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Publisher: Home Vision/Public Media
Format: DVD
UPC: 00715515012126
Buy.com Sku: 40154758
Item#: V34G3K
Category Keywords: Adventure  Directors  Essential Cinema  Film About Film  On-The-Road  Poverty  Recommended  Self-Discovery  Switching Roles  Theatrical Release  Vintage 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: DVD, Black & White, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
 
A comedy director, disgusted with Hollywood's trivialities, disguises himself as a bum and sets off to discover what America needs. This masterpiece by writer-director-producer Preston Sturgess is perhaps the finest movie-about-a-movie ever made.
 
"...brilliant and often devastating... Sturges' greatest film..."  Motion Picture Guide
 


Editor's Note

Frustrated film director Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is fed up with serving out easily digestible but ultimately meaningless chunks of comedy for the studios. He decides to set off across America to rediscover the daily lives of the Joe Lunchpails as research for his socially responsible next film, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Giving up all his unnecessaries, he begins his cross-country road trip in hobo's clothes with barely a dime in his pocket to regain his focus.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Noah Baumbach - Director, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean - Actors
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Additional Audio Material: Rare Audio Recordings of Sturges
Documentary: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER
Production Interviews:
1. Sandy Sturges - Widow of Preston Sturges
2. Preston Sturges - Director
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Stills
Publicity





 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Home Vision/Public Media
Release Date: 8/21/2001
Running Time: 90 minutes
Original Release Date: 1941
Catalog ID: 1572
UPC: 00715515012126
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
Joel McCrea
Robert Warwick
Veronica Lake
William Demarest
Preston Sturges - Director
John F. Seitz - Director of Photography
Charles Bradshaw, et al. - Musical Score
Preston Sturges - Producer
Paul Jones - Producer
Preston Sturges - Writer

 
Memorable Quotes
"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have?"----John Lloyd Sullivan (Joel McCrea)


 
Professional Reviews
Total Film
"...Superbly played and paced, and features a gallery of eccentric supporting characters..." 06/01/2000 p.94

USA Today
"...One of the most brilliant screen mixes of comedy and drama in history..." 08/24/2001 p.4E

Entertainment Weekly
"...Its endlessly fertile and still-influential fusion of satire, screwball comedy, drama and slapstick remains tartly fresh..." 11/09/2001 p.53

Uncut
"Cramming a hundred ideas and a dozen genres -- screwball, road movie, thriller, musical -- into a package that moves like a runaway train..." 05/01/2005 p.144

Sight and Sound
"[A] superbly crafted comedy." 06/01/2005 p.87

Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 10 of 10
Slapstick and sorrow blend seamlessly in this landmark Hollywood satire, which grows more pertinent with each passing year. A unique achievement... - Leonard Maltin
 

  
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