Gaslight
A newlywed is unaware that her seemingly charming husband is a crazed murderer.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 2, 2011
- Originally Released: 1944
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman & Joseph Cotten | |
Performer: | Angela Lansbury, May Whitty, Edmund Breon, Halliwell Hobbes & Barbara Everest | |
Directed by | George Cukor | |
Edited by | Ralph E. Winters | |
Screenplay by | John Van Druten, Walter Reisch & John L. Balderston | |
Composition by | Bronislau Kaper | |
Story by | Patrick Hamilton | |
Produced by | Arthur Hornblow, Jr. | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1944 -
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman
Academy Awards 1944 -
Best Interior Decoration (b&w): Cedric Gibbons & Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Gaslight serves as a fascinating depiction of psychological torture. What strikes me about it the most is the way patriarchy and male dominance play out in the narrative.
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Fishnet Cinema
[A] remarkable film....Bergman is simply stunning...
Premiere
Direction by George Cukor is ever a display of fine craftsmanship. He utilizes small mosaics of sharp characterization in building to his climax and works in each facet faultlessly. This is the job for which Cukor admirers have been waiting.
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Hollywood Reporter
Rating: 3/5 --
George Cukor conjures up an oppressive atmosphere... But it's not quite enough to cover up the script's yawning gaps in logic.
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Total Film
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Director George Cukor successfully implements the proper atmosphere of claustrophobia and dread, aided by Joseph Ruttenberg's camerawork and the Oscar-winning set design.
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Film Frenzy
Prepare yourselves rather for a lengthy and restless stretch on tenterhooks.
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New York Times
Director George Cukor conjures up an oppressive atmosphere, both leads impress and a 19-year-old Angela Landsbury is suitably vile...
Total Film
Description by OLDIES.com:
Academy Award-winning psychological thriller stars Oscar-winner Ingrid Bergman as a newlywed unaware that her seemingly charming husband, Charles Boyer is a crazed murderer. After they move into her family's Victorian mansion, he schemes to drive her insane while he searches for a hidden cache of rubies. Chilling and suspenseful, it was nominated for Best Picture and Script. Bergman earned a well-deserved Oscar for her performance as the vulnerable heroine. Boyer and teenage Angela Lansbury each received nominations.
Product Description:
Director George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her role as a wealthy socialite who marries a witty and charming sociopath; Oscar-nominated Charles Boyer is equally spellbinding in his role as her monstrous husband. When famous opera star Alice Alquist is murdered, Gregory Anton (Boyer), who hopes to steal the rare jewels the star has hidden, manages to court and marry the singer's niece, beautiful but naive Paula (Ingrid Bergman). His plan is to slowly drive his young wife insane so he can have free reign of the house that hides the precious jewels; however, a Scotland Yard detective takes a close interest in the couple. Under Cukor's tutelage, Angela Lansbury (of television's MURDER, SHE WROTE) made her debut as a flirtatious maid in a role that jump-started her career and landed her an Academy Award nomination at the tender age of 18. GASLIGHT is a classic, compelling film that is masterfully acted and directed.
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- Sales Rank: 9,427
- UPC: 883316380352
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