All That Heaven Allows [Criterion Collection]

All That Heaven Allows [Criterion Collection]

Director: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
, Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
, Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel
, Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Douglas Sirk
All That Heaven Allows [Criterion Collection]

All That Heaven Allows [Criterion Collection]

Director: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
, Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
, Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel
, Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Douglas Sirk

DVD (Color)

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Overview

One of director Douglas Sirk's best and most successful romantic soapers of the 1950s, All That Heaven Allows is predicated on a May-December romance. The difference here is that the woman, attractive widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman), is considerably older than the man, handsome gardener-landscaper Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson). Sirk builds up sympathy for Cary by showing how empty her life has been since her husband's death, even suggesting that the marriage itself was no picnic. Throwing conventionial behavior to the winds and facing social ostracism, Cary pursues her romance with Ron, who is unjustly perceived as a fortune-hunter by Cary's friends and family--especially her priggish son Ned (William Reynolds). Amusingly, Conrad Nagel was to have had a much larger part as Harvey, an elderly widower who carries a torch for Cary, but his role was trimmed down during previews when audiences disapproved of an implicit romance between a sixtyish man and a fortysomething woman! All That Heaven Allows was remade by unabashed Douglas Sirk admirer Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Ali--Fear Eats the Soul (1974), in which the age gap between hero and heroine was even wider.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/12/2019
UPC: 0715515226912
Original Release: 1955
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:29:00
Sales rank: 10,798

Special Features

2k Digital Restoration; Audio Commentary featuring film scholars John Mercer and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald; Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992), a groundbreaking essay film about the actor by Mark Rappaport; French television interview with Director Douglas Sirk from 1982; Excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the Director; Contract Kid: Wiliam Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview with the actor, who costarred in three Sirk films, including All That Heaven Allows; Trailer; Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Laura Mulvey and an excerpt from a 1971 essay on Sirk by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jane Wyman Cary Scott
Rock Hudson Ron Kirby
Conrad Nagel Harvey
Agnes Moorehead Sara Warren
Virginia Grey Alida Anderson
Gloria Talbott Kay Scott
William Reynolds Ned Scott
Jacqueline de Wit Mona Plash
Charles Drake Mick Anderson
Hayden Roarke Dr. Hennessy
Leigh Snowden Jo-Ann
Donald Curtis Howard Hoffer
Alex Gerry George Warren
Merry Anders Mary Ann
Nestor Paiva Manuel
Forrest Lewis Mr. Weeks
Tol Avery Tom Allenby
David Janssen Freddie
Frank Skinner Composer
Joseph Mell Mr. Gow
Vernon Rich Bill
Gia Scala Manuel's Daughter
Hayden Rorke Dr. Hennessy
Helen Andrews Myrtle
Eleanor Audley Mrs. Humphrey
Lillian Culver Mrs. Taylor
Jack Davidson Minor Role
Alan DeWitt Stationmaster
Helen Dickson Party Guest
Donna Jo Gribble Miss Taylor
Jim Hayward John
Helene Heigh Ann
Anthony Jochim Grandpa Adams
Paul Keast Mark Plash
Jack Lomas Fred
Joseph Gershenson Composer

Technical Credits
Douglas Sirk Director
Peg Fenwick Screenwriter
Ross Hunter Producer
Leslie I. Carey Sound Effects
David Janssen Sound Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- All That Heaven Allows
1. Opening Credits [1:44]
2. Golden Rain Tree [4:28]
3. Egyptian Tomb [4:17]
4. Stoningham Country Club [3:03]
5. "Companionship and Affection" [2:57]
6. A Greenhouse for a Bedroom [3:27]
7. The Old Mill [3:17]
8. Competing Invitations [3:01]
9. Walden Clambake [9:10]
10. "The Wedgwood Teapot!" [7:12]
11. Butcher Shop [4:43]
12. "What Happened To Dad's Trophy?" [6:36]
13. Sara's Lovely House [3:45]
14. "A Good-Looking Set of Muscles" [2:51]
15. "Freddie and I Had a Fight" [2:16]
16. The Choice [3:50]
17. Telephone and Telegram [2:31]
18. "A Silver-Tipped Spruce?" [2:05]
19. The Christmas Gift [4:13]
20. Friendly Advice [3:30]
21. Accidental Encounters [2:27]
22. Bedside Vigil [4:48]
23. "He'll Need Rest And Care" [2:25]
1. Color Bars
1. The Longest Afterlife [1:44]
2. Color and Character [4:28]
3. Frames and Mirrors [4:17]
4. The Potential of Technicolor [3:03]
5. Jane Wyman's Acting [2:57]
6. Rock Hudson As Spectacle [3:27]
7. The Contemporary Take On Ron [3:17]
8. A Real Man Of Nature [3:01]
9. Retreating from Conventional Society [9:10]
10. Melodrama [7:12]
11. A New Model of Masculinity [4:43]
12. Gloria Talbott and William Reynolds [6:36]
13. Class and Physicality [3:45]
14. Cary in a Cage [2:51]
15. Elaborate Production, High Emotional Stakes [2:16]
16. A Hushed Tone [3:50]
17. A Symbolic Costume [2:31]
18. Crushed Hopes [2:05]
19. Trapped in the Frame [4:13]
20. A Fifties Film [3:30]
21. Irony and Twists Of Fate [2:27]
22. Poking Fun at American Earnestness [4:48]
23. A Deliberately False Ending [2:25]
1. Color Bars
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