An American in Paris (Blu-ray Disc)
- Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch
- Director: Vincente Minnelli
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Rating: G
- Running Time: 1 hr. 53 mins.
- Release Date: March 31, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
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A GI (Gene Kelly) stays in Paris after the war to become an artist, and has to choose between the patronage of a rich American woman (Nina Foch) and a French gamine (Leslie Caron) engaged to an older man. The plot is mostly an excuse for director Vincente Minnelli to pool his own extraordinary talent with those of choreographer-dancer-actor Kelly and the artists behind the screenplay, art direction, cinematography, and score, creating a rapturous musical not quite like anything else in cinema. The final section of the film comprises a 17-minute dance sequence that took a month to film and is breathtaking. Songs include "'S Wonderful," "I Got Rhythm," and "Love Is Here to Stay." --Tom Keogh
A GI (Gene Kelly) stays in Paris after the war to become an artist, and has to choose between the patronage of a rich American woman (Nina Foch) and a French gamine (Leslie Caron) engaged to an older man. The plot is mostly an excuse for director Vincente Minnelli to pool his own extraordinary talent with those of choreographer-dancer-actor Kelly and the artists behind the screenplay, art direction, cinematography, and score, creating a rapturous musical not quite like anything else in cinema. The final section of the film comprises a 17-minute dance sequence that took a month to film and is breathtaking. Songs include "'S Wonderful," "I Got Rhythm," and "Love Is Here to Stay." --Tom Keogh
SPECIAL FEATURES:
· Concerto of a Commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly and featuring rare, often previously unheard interviews with Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Arthur Freed, Alan Jay Lerner, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Michael Feinstein, Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff and new observations by Leslie Caron and Nina Foch
· 1938 MGM short: Paris on Parade
· 1951 MGM cartoon: Symphony in Slang
· Theatrical trailer
· 2002 American Masters Documentary: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
· 'S Wonderful: The Making of An American in Paris
· Outtakes: Georges Guetary performing Love Walked In and Gene Kelly performing I Got a Crush on You (audio only)
· Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron promotional radio interview with Dick Simmons
· Love Walked In Outtake
· Audio Outtakes
· Alternate Main Title
· Radio Interviews
· 1938 MGM short: Paris on Parade
· 1951 MGM cartoon: Symphony in Slang
· Theatrical trailer
· 2002 American Masters Documentary: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
· 'S Wonderful: The Making of An American in Paris
· Outtakes: Georges Guetary performing Love Walked In and Gene Kelly performing I Got a Crush on You (audio only)
· Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron promotional radio interview with Dick Simmons
· Love Walked In Outtake
· Audio Outtakes
· Alternate Main Title
· Radio Interviews
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