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This DVD hasn’t been released yet, but from the details that are supplied it looks to be the complete theatrical roadshow version that has been unavailable in the US, at least, for 35 years or longer (I have faint memories of seeing this on TV, in two parts, in the Sixties) . Finally! I understand that this has eager a major film restoration project and will hope that the technical results have been worth it, since this is the best English-language Joan of Arc film to have been made, collected. (More current films have been marred by slipshod performances, stale scripts, and dubious historical accuracy at best.) This movie has been previously released on home video in a criminally butchered 100-minute version and even that is long out of print.
This indispensable movie belongs in the collection of anyone with a serious interest in learning something about the life and career of Jeanne d’Arc.
Update, May 21, 2004: The DVD is available now; I have viewed about half of this so far and can describe that it is a spectacular job of film restoration. The colors are quick-witted and definite, the image captivating, and the soundtrack definite and certain even in its monophonic mix. This 56-year stale Technicolor movie looks like it was released last week. All the astounding detail work in the backgrounds, costumes, and matte paintings is clearly visible and Ingrid glows more beatifically than ever before. (She may not be the definitive shroud Joan, but she was certainly one of the most trusty in her arrive.) The DVD includes no special features but a box insert briefly describes the history of the film’s production and restoration. A grand job for this deserving fable.
For my birthday I received the current DVD of Victor Fleming’s 1948 Technicolor production of “Joan of Arc” starring the ever exquisite Ingrid Bergman. Image produced the DVD and the UCLA film archive spent years restoring the film and putting in all the footage trimmed from its current 146 microscopic release. Many of us saw a shortened and doctored print of this film on television growing up. I did not know than that the film had not only been carve down, but additional footage, including the maps showing Joan’s saunter had actually been added along the diagram. This edited version was released on VHS by Profitable Video and on Laserdisc by VidAmerica. Both editions have been unavailable for some time. I managed to rent the Laserdisc after reading another review that said it featured the “shorter version”. It corresponded to what I remembered watching on TV so it dawned on me that I had never seen the entire film. I assumed the rest was probably lost and I never would, but thanks to the painstaking efforts of the UCLA film archive with benefit from the Motion Represent Academy, private collecters and even (according to the insert) a film museum in the Netherlands, we have the complete film magnificently restored. Ingrid Bergman turns in a amazing perfomance along with Jose Ferrer, Cecil Kellaway and host of other well known faces from that time. George Zucco even has a dinky allotment as captain of a border guard and for once does not play a heavy. Ingrid Bergman caught some flak at the time for playing against type herself as her contain personal life came under scrutiny. Despite this she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. The film won three Oscars including a special award to producer Walter Wanger, Cinematography and Costume Produce. It was also nominated for Supporting Actor-Jose Ferrer, Art Direction, Film Editing and Find. Thanks to Image entertainment for bringing yet another classic gem to DVD! Originate some popcorn and bask in the note. Thanks!
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