His Girl Friday (Enhanced Edition) - 1940 | 
| Director: Howard Hawks
Studio: CreateSpace
Buy New: $14.99
Sales Rank: 40319
Genre: Action
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 92 Minutes
ASIN: B001D7860A
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2008
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's classic 1928 newspaper play, has had three official film versions and contributed structural DNA to half the movies ever made about professional camaraderie and fierce love-hate friendships. Lewis Milestone's 1931 movie is well respected (Billy Wilder's 1974 version isn't), but this is one case where the remake towers brilliantined head and blocked shoulders above the original. Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply. The best thing about this Triad Productions DVD is the cleaned-up print, which makes the rich black-and-white cinematography as crisp as the banter. |
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