Mommie Dearest - Hollywood Royalty Edition (1981)
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Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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Faye Dunaway |
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Diana Scarwid |
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Steve Forrest |
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Howard Da Silva |
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Mara Hobel |
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Rutanya Alda |
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Harry Goz |
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Michael Edwards |
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Jocelyn Brando |
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Priscilla Pointer |
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Movie Details |
Director |
Frank Perry |
Producer |
Frank Yablans |
Writer |
Tracy Hotchner; Robert Getchell |
Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
Running Time |
128 mins |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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Plot |
The movie that made "No wire hangers!" a household phrase, Mommie Dearest is the very model of a modern "camp classic," so crazily outlandish that it's fascinating. Based on the scathing and scandalous tell-all bestseller by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of histrionic Hollywood movie queen Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest was billed in advance as a serious dramatic motion-picture biography. But it turned out to be something much, much weirder--a genuine Hollywood oddity that serves up a bizarre mixture of melodramatic trash and outrageous tragi-comedy. Joan Crawford won an Oscar for playing the role of the self-sacrificing mother, the woman who would do anything for her daughter, in Mildred Pierce. As depicted by Faye Dunaway (playing the hell out of the role as if she's determined to win another Oscar of her own, damn it!), her role as offscreen parent puts her in a league with big-time scary screen mommies such as Mrs. Bates in Psycho, and Angela Lansbury's über-mom in The Manchurian Candidate. Dunaway's Crawford torments and terrorizes her adopted children in myriad ways--making them give away their own birthday gifts and rousting them from their beds for frantic after-midnight bathroom-scrubbing attacks. And when, after the death of her Pepsico chairman husband, Crawford tells the board of directors, "Don't f--- with me, fellas!" one is very much inclined to heed her warning. --Jim Emerson |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
187 |
Collection Status |
In Collection |
Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
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Product Details |
Edition |
Hollywood Royalty Edition |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
UPC (Barcode) |
097360420845 |
Release Date |
1/2/2007 |
Subtitles |
English |
Packaging |
Keep Case |
Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Commentary by Filmmaker John Waters The Revival of Joan ·How the sensational biography was brought to the screen. Life With Joan ·The making of the film with exclusive behind-the-scenes stories. Joan Lives On ·The film's cult following with John Waters and Joan Crawford Impersonator Lipsynka. Photo Gallery Original Theatrical Trailer |
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