Warner Home Video Is Rolling Out The Red Carpet for Its Best Picture Winners; ``My Fair Lady'' Arriving Feb. 3 in New Two-Disc DVD Special Edition.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2003 "Grand Hotel," "The Great Ziegfeld," "Mutiny On The Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty activities of mutineers, Captain Bligh, island wanderings (1789). [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty] See : Rebellion ," and "Mrs. Miniver min·i·ver n. A white or light gray fur used as a trim on medieval robes and on ceremonial robes of state. [Middle English meniver, from Old French menu vair, small vair : " Also Receive DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Debuts; "Gaslight" and "Goodbye Mr. Chips" Complete Oscar(R)-winning DVD Line Up "My Fair Lady" -- one of the most popular musicals of all time, nominated for 12 Academy Awards(R) and winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director and starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison -- will be released on a brand new two-disc DVD Special Edition Feb. 3 by Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. (WHV). Additionally, four more Academy Award(R) Best Picture winners will debut on DVD Feb. 3 including "Grand Hotel," "The Great Ziegfeld," "Mutiny On The Bounty" and "Mrs. Miniver," along with "Gaslight" and "Goodbye Mr. Chips." The "My Fair Lady" Two-Disc DVD Special Edition, featuring a high-definition widescreen (anamorphic See anamorphic lens and anamorphic DVD. ) format transfer from restored film elements and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, will sell for $26.99 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. . The other titles will each sell for $19.98 SRP. -- "Grand Hotel" -- This 1932 MGM film which won the Oscar(R) for Best Picture features Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery. Set at the luxurious Grand Hotel, a disfigured dis·fig·ure tr.v. dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform. [Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer doctor doles out cynical commentary as hotel patrons come and go. -- "The Great Ziegfeld" -- The 1936 biographical film about flamboyant impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, starring William Powell, won three out of its seven Academy Award(R) nominations with Luise Rainer taking home the first of her two consecutive Best Actress Oscars(R) for her portrayal of Zeigfeld's first wife. -- "Mutiny On The Bounty" -- This famous sea-going epic became one of MGM's most successful box-office blockbusters, and won 1935's Best Picture award. It earned a total of eight nominations, including directing, writing and film editing along with nods to its three top stars. -- "Mrs. Miniver" -- Directed by multiple Academy Award(R) winner William Wyler, this 1942 story of a British family's struggles during World War II garnered 12 nominations, won six Oscars(R) including Best Actress, Best Director and Best Picture, and did much to help rally American support for British allies during WWII. -- "Gaslight" -- Ingrid Bergman captured 1944's Oscar(R) for Best Actress with her role as a wealthy, beautiful but naive socialite in this electrifying psychological thriller directed by George Cukor ("My Fair Lady"). -- "Goodbye, Mr. Chips Goodbye, Mr. Chips (originally Good-bye, Mr. Chips) is a novel by James Hilton, first published in 1934. The story was first published in the British Weekly " -- The recipient of seven nominations for Academy Awards(R) including Best Actress, Best Director and Best Picture in 1939, the year of "Gone With the Wind," "The Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz reaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ballooning Wizard of Oz false wizard takes up residence in Emerald City. [Am. Lit. " and "Stagecoach," this film features Robert Donat's Best Actor Oscar(R)-winning performance as the old schoolmaster who looks back upon his life. |
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