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Caged (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Cromwell

Written By:
Virginia Kellogg

Actors:
Eleanor Parker ..... Marie Allen
Agnes Moorehead ..... Ruth Benton
Ellen Corby ..... Emma Barber
Hope Emerson ..... Evelyn Harper
Betty Garde ..... Kitty Stark
Jan Sterling ..... Jeta Kovsky aka Smoochie
Lee Patrick ..... Elvira Powell
Olive Deering ..... June Roberts - Inmate
Jane Darwell ..... Isolation Matron
Gertrude Michael ..... Georgia Harrison
Sheila MacRae ..... Helen (as Sheila Stevens)

Synopsis:

Caged, considered the best woman's prison film ever made, represents a union between realistic socially conscious drama and the more stylized world of film noir. Marie, (Eleanor Parker), is sentenced to prison for helping her husband in a small robbery. The prison is run by the sadistic matron Evelyn (Hope Emerson) who is secure in her position due to corrupt political influence. The film shows Marie's slow disillusionment with society and her eventual decision to become a prostitute in order to gain parole after observing her friend and fellow inmate Kitty (Betty Garde) lose her sanity and murder their oppressor Evelyn. With this uncompromisingly pessimistic statement on human nature, John Cromwell reaches his peak as a director. Under his expert direction, Eleanor Parker gives the best performance of her career and creates a convincing metamorphosis from a innocent young girl to a hardened criminal. Her performance is nuanced, low-keyed and emotionally charged. Equally impressive is Cromwell's visual realization of the claustrophobia of prison life, aided by the high-contrast photography of Carl Guthrie. This excellent, grim drama is uncompromising in its refusal to sentimentalize the plight of Marie as a victim or to absolve her of her role in her fate, nor does it absolve society as it shows the results of desperation and brutalization on human dignity.

A naive nineteen year old widow becomes coarsened and cynical when she is sent to a woman's prison and is exposed to hardened criminals and sadistic guards.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 11 June, 2010.

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