- Actors: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Billy Bletcher, William Hanna, John Nesbitt
- Directors: William Hanna, Albert Lewin, Joseph Barbera, Sammy Lee
- Writers: John Nesbitt, Albert Lewin, Joseph Barbera, Oscar Wilde
- Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Warner
- Release Date: Oct 7 2008
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000OHBCI8
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #15,042 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moral Leprosy,
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This review is from: Picture of Dorian Gray (VHS Tape)
When you think of expressionism in the movies you tend to think of the wierd angles, lighting and cutting of the German directors of the 20's and 30's. But Albert Lewin's marvelous movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel makes the same kind of other-wordly impact with an amazing and unsettling exaggeration of Victorian manners, morals, and architecture. The icy detachment of Gray and his friends from any emotional involvement with their surroundings heightens tremendously the impact on us of the genuinely human gestures and feelings of the other characters. This Faustian parable about a man and his graven image probably reflects Wilde's torment over whether he had sold his own soul to become an international funnyman. The whole cast is a standout but it's Lewin's picture and a total success.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Pecture of Dorion Gray,
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This review is from: Picture of Dorian Gray (DVD)
Anything written by Oscar Wilde is worthy of at least one Movie. This story is loaded with the wit and wisdom of the great playwright. Unfortunately, like one other great Englishman he died in ignominity on a hillside in Paris near the Moulin Rouge.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Maintains the essence of the story,
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This review is from: Picture of Dorian Gray (VHS Tape)
"I sent my soul through the invisible,Some letter of that after-life to spell; And by and by my soul returned to me, And answered, `I myself an Heaven and Hell'" - "The Rubaiyat" Omar Khayyam Dorian Gray, with the help of Lord Henry and Basel's painting, realizes that youthful looks are everything and proceeds (in the presence of an ancient Egyptian cat god) to sell his soul in exchange for letting the portrait grow old while he stayed youthful looking. Although the story was slightly modified for the sake of the media and the long diatribes were cut out, Albert Lewin - Director / Writer (screenplay) left in the most important dialogs directly quoted from the book. The movie itself is in black and white with some color plates of the portrait included. One of the biggest surprises is that Angela Lansbury plays Dorian's love, Sibyl Vane; she looks like a little china doll as she sings "Little Yellow Bird". Later Lansbury will repeat this performance in the series "Murder She Wrote". Even though Hurd Hatfield plays Dorian, George Sanders with his snotty sounding voice steals the show as Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian's amoral sounding friend.
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