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Title: An Affair To Remember
Region: One
Genre: Romance
Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Richard Q. Lewis
Writer: Delmer Daves
Director: Leo McCarey
Feature length: 114 minutes
Extras: Five Theatrical Trailers and a Photo Gallery
Languages: English and French Stereo
Subtitles: English Captions and Spanish Subtitles
Packaging: Alpha Keep case
Chapter Stops: 20
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo Surround Sound
Year of Theatrical Release: 1957/DVD Release: 2000
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Home Video Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
FILM/PERFORMANCE - 40 out of 40
VIDEO - 20 out of 20
AUDIO - 20 out of 20
SUPPLEMENTS - 10 out of 20
TOTAL - 90 out of 100 = A
DVD Rating: A
Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera
In Celebration of the 72nd Academy Awards, which is also the first Oscar Awards Show of the Twenty-first Century, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release three Oscar®-winning films on DVD on March 7, 2000 for the first time ever. These films are "An Affair To Remember", "How Green Was My Valley", and "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing." Fans of these classics are sure to want to collect all three films on DVD, which all feature gorgeous transfers while remaining true to the original production roots.
"An Affair To Remember" features Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as strangers who meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to another person, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. Of course things will not be easy for them as tragedy prevents their rendezvous and the lovers face an uncertain future.
"An Affair To Remember" is presented in a gorgeous widescreen transfer that beautifully preserves the 2.35:1 cinemascope picture with excellent vibrant colors, great skin tones, deep blacks, and no color bleeding. The transfer shows little signs of granulation and only the slightest occasional scratches that are few and far between and are still very forgivable considering the age of this classic making its DVD debut.
The sound is stereo, with a nice clarity and I think film buffs might prefer a track like this rather than an artificially created 5.1 soundtrack. The stereo soundtracks are in both English and French with complimentary English captions and French subtitles.
Fox includes four additional theatrical trailers that accompany the trailer for "An Affair To Remember." The trailers are for "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", "How Green Was My Valley", "Gentlemen's Agreement", and "All About Eve." The trailer for "Gentlemen's Agreement" shows the most sign of age, but overall, it is nice to see all of them even if they are not perfect. The weakest link is a photo gallery that includes only a few shots and really doesn't add much to the DVD package.
"An Affair To Remember" was nominated for four Academy Awards in 1957, which were Cinematography, Scoring, Costume Design, and Best Song. It will be available for sale on March 7, 2000 and is definitely a worthwhile film for anyone who enjoys a good classic romance.
Mark A. Rivera - A