Magnificent Obsession [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Magnificent Obsession [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Douglas Sirk Cast: Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
, Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
, Barbara Rush
Barbara Rush
, Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Douglas Sirk
Magnificent Obsession [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Magnificent Obsession [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Douglas Sirk Cast: Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
, Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
, Barbara Rush
Barbara Rush
, Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Douglas Sirk

Blu-ray (Color / Wide Screen)

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Overview

This second film version of Lloyd C. Douglas' spiritual novel Magnificent Obsession is in its own way as successful as the first (filmed in 1935) in glossing over the plot holes and logic gaps in the original novel. Rock Hudson plays Bob Merrick, a reckless playboy who is indirectly responsible for the death of a kindly and much-beloved doctor. The dead man's wife, Helen Phillips (Jane Wyman), refuses to accept Bob's apologies. When Helen is accidentally blinded, Bob decides to "do right" by her anonymously, illustrating author Douglas's curious edict that the best sort of good deed is the one for which you're not rewarded. In record time, Bob becomes a brilliant physician, and it is he who performs the sight-restoring surgery on Helen. Rather than fade into the woodwork unheralded, Bob is at last forgiven by Helen, who has fallen in love with him during her sightless months without even knowing it. Luxuriously produced by Ross Hunter and directed con brio by Douglas Sirk, Magnificent Obsession was one of the most successful of Universal's big-budget "weepers" of the 1950s.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/20/2019
UPC: 0715515233613
Original Release: 1954
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:48:00
Sales rank: 2,916

Special Features

Audio commentary from 2008 featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty Magnificent Obsession, John M. Stahl's 1935 adaptation of the same novel, newly restored From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers (1991), a documentary by Eckhart Schmidt Interview from 2009 with screenwriter Robert Blees Interviews from 2008 with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, in which they pay tirbute to director Douglas Sirk Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Rock Hudson Bob Merrick
Jane Wyman Helen Phillips
Barbara Rush Joyce Phillips
Agnes Moorehead Nancy Ashford
Otto Kruger Rudolph
Gregg Palmer Tom Masterson
Sara Shane Valerie
Paul Cavanagh Dr. Giraud
Judy Nugent Judy
George Lynn Williams
Richard Cutting Dr. Dodge,Dr. Derwin Dodge
Will J. White Sgt. Ames
Helen Kleeb Mrs. Eden
Rudolph Anders Dr. Fuss
Fred Nurney Dr. Laradetti
John Mylong Dr. Hofer
Jack Kelly First Mechanic
Lisa Gaye Switchboard Girl
William Leslie Customer
Lance Fuller Customer
Brad Johnson Customer
Myrna Hansen Customer
Alexander Campbell Dr. Allan
Joseph Mell Dan
Harold Dyrenforth Mr. Jouvet
Norbert Schiller Mr. Long
Kathleen O'Malley Switchboard Girl
Joy Hallward Maid
Lee Roberts Second Mechanic
Harvey Grant Chris
Robert B. Williams Sgt. Burnham
Gail Bonney Phyllis
Lucille Lamar Nurse
George Brand Doctor
Jack Chefe Waiter
Jack Gargan Doctor
Herschel Graham Bit Role
Bob Herron Taxi Driver
Bradford Jackson Bar Patron
Mae Clark Mrs. Miller
Lucille LaMarr Nurse
Frank Skinner Composer

Technical Credits
Douglas Sirk Director
Robert Blees Screenwriter
Ross Hunter Producer
David S. Horsley Special Effects
Lloyd C. Douglas Screenwriter
Finley Peter Dunne Screenwriter
Leslie I. Carey Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Corson Jowett Sound Effects
Victor Heerman Screenwriter
Sarah Y. Mason Screenwriter
Wells Root Screenwriter
Corson Jowett Sound/Sound Designer
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