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All That Heaven Allows (Widescreen) (The Criterion Collection)

Jane Wyman (Actor), Rock Hudson (Actor), Douglas Sirk (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
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Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman were so successful in Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession that they reteamed for this, his first melodrama masterpiece. Young hunk Rock is a strapping son of mother nature, a gardener who woos middle-aged, middle class widow Wyman to the snooty disapproval of her conservative social circle and embarrassment of her self-centered children. Wyman discovers a new life with his open-armed friends and back-to-nature lifestyle, but struggles with life-changing decisions in the face of social pressure and vicious gossip. Living the Henry Thoreau dream, Rock inhabits his personal Walden in a rustic country cabin by a bubbling brook, a dream house lit by a giant picture window overlooking an idyllic countryside where deer pose just outside the window. Wyman's elegant but sterile suburban home transforms into a tomb when she sacrifices her love for the "good name" of her children, and the lonely widow sees her future in the pale, colorless reflection of her TV screen. But don't despair just yet: Sirk's heroines are dynamic and resourceful and no Sirk melodrama ends without a heart-tugging, over-the-top twist. German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who championed Sirk as a master and a mentor, remade the film as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul decades later. --Sean Axmaker

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Jane Wyman is a repressed wealthy widow and Rock Hudson is the hunky Thoreau-following gardener who loves her in Douglas Sirk's heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s small-town America. Sirk utilizes expressionist colors, reflective surfaces, and frames-within-frames to convey the loneliness and isolation of a matriarch trapped by the snobbery of her children and the gossip of her social-climbing country club chums. Criterion is proud to present this subversive Hollywood tearjerker in a new Special Edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars All that Heaven Allows Jan 10 2013
By Winnifred Warren
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Just as I remembered it. The colour and quality of this film is remarkable. I would reccomend this film to everyone.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good drama and New England scenery Jun 28 2004
By Joseph H Pierre
Format:VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, Color
Studio: Universal Studios
Video Release Date: February 17, 1998

Cast:

Jane Wyman ... Cary Scott
Rock Hudson ... Ron Kirby
Agnes Moorehead ... Sara Warren
Conrad Nagel ... Harvey
Virginia Grey ... Alida Anderson
Gloria Talbott ... Kay Scott
William Reynolds ... Ned Scott
Charles Drake ... Mick Anderson
Hayden Rorke ... Dr. Hennessy
Jacqueline deWit ... Mona Plash
Leigh Snowden ... Jo-Ann
Donald Curtis ... Howard Hoffer
Alex Gerry ... George Warren
Nestor Paiva ... Manuel
Forrest Lewis ... Mr. Weeks
Tol Avery ... Tom Allenby
Merry Anders ... Mary Ann
Alan DeWitt ... Stationmaster
Jim Hayward ... John
David Janssen ... Freddie Norton
Anthony Jochim ... Mr. Adams
Paul Keast ... Mark Plash
Joseph Mell ... Mr. Gow
Vernon Rich ... Bill
Paul Smith ... Tom
Donna Jo Gribble ... Miss Taylor
Helene Heigh ... Ann
Eleanor Audley ... Mrs. Humphrey
Gia Scala ... Manuel's Daughter
Edna Smith ... Miss Edna Pidway
Rosa Turich ... Rozanna
Lillian Culver ... Mrs. Taylor
Helen Andrews ... Myrtle

Widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is in love with Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson) who is 15 years her junior, but her two children and some of her acquaintances 0bject to their marriage. In order to mollify others, she puts off the marriage, until she finds that her friends and children are selfish and really don't care about her.

This is a good film, well acted and with beautiful New England scenery.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books

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4.0 out of 5 stars a nice film with a great theme Jun 12 2004
By Ted
Format:DVD
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.

This movie follows the story of a widow (Jane Wyman) who falls in love with a much younger man (Rock Hudson) and risks alienating her adult children when she wants to marry him.

The movie has a great theme of family relations and the concern siblings have for a parent. This film was later remade by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as "Ali Fear Eats the Soul" which was also released by the Criterion Collection.

The DVD has numerous special features including a theatrical trailer, a slide show of lobby cards for the film, an illustrated essay about several of Douglas Sirk's films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and a rare BBC interview with the director Douglas Sirk.

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Most recent customer reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars ............legends .............
..... women still wore tight corsets and just had to conform .... talk about Stepford .......

this one's a brilliant peek into Ike and Mamies USA - post WWII

SIRK, WYMAN .... Read more

Published on July 18 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful story offers a brilliant cinematic experience...
All That Heaven Allows is a remarkable story about an older woman, Cary Scott (Jane Wyman), falling in love with a younger man, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), which was something... Read more
Published on Jan 22 2004 by Kim Anehall
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Picture Film Ever
I love All That Heaven Allows.That movie taught me that gossip can be bad.I love Jane Wyman,Rock Hudson & Agnes Moorehead.They did a good job making this movie. Read more
Published on Nov 17 2003 by Kimberly
5.0 out of 5 stars Heavenly Insight into human nature
"All That Heaven Allows" is a film you ought to see twice. The first time is to get a surface grasp of what is happening. Read more
Published on Oct 11 2003 by Daniel D. Vander Haar
5.0 out of 5 stars Far from Heaven
From the opening shots of a small (presumably a New England setting, although I am not sure where this was actually filmed) town during fall, to the bright blue car that pulls up... Read more
Published on April 17 2003 by Edward Aycock
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the great Classic May December Romances!
This is a must have for the Hudson/Wyman fans. If you loved Magnificent Obsession, you will love All That Heaven Allows. Read more
Published on Feb 17 2003 by PeaHeath
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm totally psyched!
I'm in my early 30's but I remember when I first saw this movie on AMC eight years ago. What compelled me to purchase this DVD (just 4 days ago) is the high melodrama and holiday... Read more
Published on Dec 21 2002 by M O'Rourke
5.0 out of 5 stars All the soap you can stomach.
Probably the best soap-movie ever made; definitely the best movie from "subversive" director Douglas Sirk. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars All that Heaven Allows
This was a great movie. Rock Hudson is great in it.
Jane Wyman's chracter sacrifices her love for Rock for her children, but in the end her kids turn there back on her. Read more
Published on May 16 2002
2.0 out of 5 stars Waaaaay to melodramatic
I have to admit up front that I am not a fan of too much melodrama. I had to laugh out loud at a few scenes that were just too sappy. Read more
Published on April 8 2002 by BigTex
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