Release Date: 9/19/2000 Original Release: 1949 Format: DVD Length: 100 minutes Rating:Not Rated Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 012569505520 Studio: Warner Home Video
Comedies, Rivalry, Classic, Law/Lawyers, Love Story, Recommended, Theatrical Release
Description
A playful allusion to the Book of Genesis, ADAM'S RIB is an inspired farce and perhaps the best showcase for the fantastic Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn duo. George Cukor uses the chemistry between his stars to create a delightful, sophisticated comedy about the battle between the sexes, based on a sharp and sprightly Oscar-nominated script by Cukor's collaborators, Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. When two married lawyers take opposite sides of a case, they create comic fireworks both in and out of court. District Attorney Adam Bonner (Tracy) prosecutes a young woman, Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday), who has shot her philandering husband's mistress; her attorney and Bonner's wife, Amanda (Hepburn), is determined to prove that the prosecution's case is only a reflection of sexist double standards. Amanda thinks that women should have the right to do exactly what men have done for years--get revenge. ADAM'S RIB is a film that is superbly directed, written, and acted, a true romantic comedy in classic Cukor style.
DVD Features
Region 1 Snap Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Dolby Digital Mono - French Additional Release Material: Trailers: Theatrical Trailer Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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