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  • Actors: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Ruggles, May Robson, Barry Fitzgerald
  • Directors: Howard Hawks
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Jun 2007
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000PMGRBY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,807 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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"The love impulse in man," says a psychiatrist in Bringing Up Baby, "frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict." That's for sure. For a primer on the rules and regulations of the classic screwball comedy, which throws love and conflict into close proximity, look no further. A straight-laced paleontologist (Cary Grant) loses a dinosaur bone to a dog belonging to free-spirited heiress Katharine Hepburn. In trying to retrieve said bone, Grant is drawn into the vortex surrounding the delicious Hepburn, which becomes a flirtatious pas de deux that will transform both of them. Director Howard Hawks plays the complications as a breathless escalation of their "love impulse," yet the movie is nonetheless romantic for all its speed. (Hawks's His Girl Friday, also with Grant, goes even faster.) Grant and Hepburn are a match made in movie heaven, in sync with each other throughout. Not a great box-office success when first released, Bringing Up Baby has since taken its place as a high-water mark of the screwball form, and it was used as a model for Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? --Robert Horton


Synopsis

A nonstop profusion of hilarious calamities, coincidences, and misunderstandings ensue when an accident-prone heiress turns a sheltered scientist's life upside down. Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant) is a straitlaced palaeontologist juggling three important events at once: the arrival of an extremely rare bone needed to complete his brontosaurus skeleton; a meeting to ask for a million dollars for his museum from a wealthy donor; and his impending marriage to the humourless Miss Swallow (Virginia Walker). Into David's life comes Susan (Katharine Hepburn), a free-spirited young woman who seems to bring trouble wherever she goes. Thanks to Susan, David finds himself involved in one ridiculous situation after another, and soon the two are prowling around a country estate looking for the missing dinosaur bone, hunting for a lost pet leopard named Baby, and somehow falling in love. Grant and Hepburn form a sharp-witted and hysterical comic duo, and Howard Hawks directs BRINGING UP BABY with the control of a master, creating a shining example of brilliant screwball comedy.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Would you believe a Howard Hawk's film?, 9 Oct 2007
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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Bringing up baby is as described frantic, fast and noisy. You do not have time to get your breath. All the actors are at their best. There is a story line and a consistency that keeps this movie from being a bunch of one liners.

David Huxley (Cary Grant) is a paleontologist who has an important find. He crosses paths with Susan Vance (Katherine Hepburn) who is not all there but very witty. Susan has a secret "Baby", her pet leopard.

One of the themes is mistaking Baby for another more dangerous leopard that escaped from captivity. Many movies did this with black bags. However bags don't bite. And again every time Carry Grant gets mixed up with Katharine something inevitably goes wrong and this snowballs as the movie progresses. The movie moves fast enough that you may want to watch it again.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic screwball comedy, 28 Feb 2009
By Ginevra (Farnham, Surrey) - See all my reviews
This is probably the most perfect screwball comedy ever made. It is brilliantly funny, and moves through the gags with smooth, polished energy. Cary Grant's comic timing is impeccable and in his early movies he actually acts a part that isn't just a reflection of his own persona. Katherine Hepburn is both beautiful, ditzy and hilarious in her portrayal of the essential screwball heroine- the madcap heiress. This film is wonderful.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Quirky little film., 11 April 2009
I really enjoyed this film and can definitely classify it as a 'Screwball comedy'! I orginally purchased the DVD it as part of my Film Studies AS course and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Neither too long nor too short it is a movie perfect to curl up and watch.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Several steps too far
Although the settings and actors are very charming, I must say that the silliness of the comedy got too much for me and I almost couldn't stand the sheer screaming noise level... Read more
Published 7 months ago by iridium arts

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best comedy films EVER.
Many years ago when we first bought a video recorder the first experiment was to record Bringing Up Baby. It is a delight. Read more
Published 8 months ago by John B.

1.0 out of 5 stars I do not like screwball comedies
I do not like screwball comedies but as far as they go this is better than some. If it wasn't for Katharine Hepburn I would never watch this again.
Published 8 months ago

5.0 out of 5 stars Crazy as they goes
One of the most crazy, funny films ever made with two of the best American actors ever. Grant and Hepburn at their very best and almost as good as in Philadelphia Story.
Published 9 months ago by Helena Palmgren

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