All About Eve [VHS] (B00006RCT6)

All About Eve [VHS]
from 20th Century Fox
starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Features:

• Black & White
• Closed-captioned
• Original recording reissued
• NTSC

Editorial Review:

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington (ANN BAXTER) is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing (BETTE DAVIS). Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend (GARY MERRILL), her playwright (HUGH MARLOWE) and his wife (CELESTE HOLM). Only the cynical drama critic (Oscar winner GEORGE SANDERS) sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit. THELMA RITTER and MARILYN MONROE co-star in this acclaimed classic, which won six Academy Awards and received the most nominations (14) in film history.

Showered with Oscars, this wonderfully bitchy (and witty) comedy written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz concerns an aging theater star (Bette Davis) whose life is being supplanted by a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing ingenue (Anne Baxter) whom she helped. This is a film for a viewer to take in like a box of chocolates, packed with scene-for-scene delights that make the entire story even better than it really is. The film also gives deviously talented actors such as George Sanders and Thelma Ritter a chance to speak dazzling lines; Davis bites into her role and never lets go. A classic from Mankiewicz, a legendary screenwriter and the brilliant director of A Letter to Three Wives, The Barefoot Contessa, and Sleuth. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Classic Movie
  Considered by some to be one of the most literate movies ever made. It certainly contains some of the best acting ever done on film. Everyone does a wonderful job - especially Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, & George Sanders. Marilyn Monroe has a small part & is lovely in it. If you want to see a great vintage classic film with wonderful acting pyrotechnics get this one. The bonus material always gives added incite. A must have.

• Can't be beat
  Simply can't be beat for the intelligent and witty script, the superb acting and the flawless direction. That's why it consistently appears on everyone's list of top movies of all times. Bette Davis' good luck in getting the lead role when Claudette Colbert become ill was our win as well.

• A Tour de Force On All Counts
  "All About Eve" is a fascinating look behind the scenes of what it can take(and sometimes what it can do) to people who live inside show business. While it's about Broadway on the surface, it's also a film about Hollywood and what it takes to be the best in the business (And what happens when youth fades and it's time to move over). The cast is super and the dialogue! Of course,people don't really talk like that(if they ever did)but wouldn't it be fun if we could all be so clever? Davis shines a Margo... more info

• Sublime Bette
  A lot has been said about ths movie, and it would be tedious to recite again how great this movie is. I rather think in fact that this movie is under-rated in today's world where good writing and acting simply do not exist. All the cast are wonderful, in particularly, magnificently, Bette Davis gives the performance not only of her career but of anyone's career. In my opinion it's the best example of sublime acting by an Actress in the 20th Century in film or theatre. Bette inhabits the role, and brings to... more info

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