The Bad and the Beautiful ( Memorial to a Bad Man (Tribute to a Badman) )

The Bad and the Beautiful (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Memorial to a Bad Man (Tribute to a Badman)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Vincente Minnelli

Written By:
Charles Schnee
George Bradshaw

Actors:
Lana Turner ..... Georgia
Kirk Douglas ..... Jonathan
Walter Pidgeon ..... Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell ..... James Lee
Barry Sullivan ..... Fred
Gloria Grahame ..... Rosemary
Gilbert Roland ..... 'Gaucho'
Leo G. Carroll ..... Henry Whitfield
Vanessa Brown ..... Kay Amiel
Paul Stewart ..... Syd
Sammy White ..... Gus
Elaine Stewart ..... Lila
Ivan Triesault ..... Von Ellstein

Synopsis:

Three successful movie industry people - an actress, a writer and a director - are invited to a major studio to hear a pitch from Jonathan Shields, an out of work movie producer to whom they all owe their success. In flashbacks, we learn how and why each of them has come to hate him completely. Fred Amiel, the director, was an assistant director until Shields gave him his big break; when he hires someone else to direct Amiel's dream project, it's the end. For Georgia Lorrison, an actress, Shields made her into a major star. When he pursues other women, it also marks the end of their professional relationship. For the writer, James Lee Bartlow, Shields plucked him out of some sleepy southern college town and turned one of his novels into a hit movie. Once again, Shields steps over the line when he arranges for a famous Latin movie star to squire Mrs. Bartlow around and tragedy ensues.

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer James Lee Bartlow, a star Georgia Lorrison and a director Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone - including the writer, star and director - on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

An actress, a director, and a writer are asked to help revive the career of ruthless Hollywood studio bigwig Jonathan Shields. However, all three are reluctant because they have all been used and betrayed by him in the past.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 25 January, 2013.

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