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The Grass Is Greener [1960] [DVD]
 
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The Grass Is Greener [1960] [DVD]

Cary Grant , Deborah Kerr , Stanley Donen    Parental Guidance   DVD
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
  • Directors: Stanley Donen
  • Format: Mono, Widescreen, Colour
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Cornerstone Media
  • DVD Release Date: 21 April 2008
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000YJ6O16
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,166 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Cary Grant is the befuddled English earl casually puttering around his tourist attraction of a grand old estate in casual dress while a bull of an American millionaire (Robert Mitchum) crashes into his life and seduces Grant's sophisticated lady (Deborah Kerr). It's pure fantasy, of course, with its cool, cultured lovers swapping witty banter with the same calm they swap gunshots in an old-fashioned duel. Have adultery and jealousy ever been so civilised? Stanley Donen never shakes this very British drawing-room comedy of manners free of its talky, stagebound source or its deliberate snail's pace, but he does manages to bring a lightness that softens the wit with an American lilt. Ultimately, though, it's all about a crack cast in fine form: Mitchum's sleepy-eyed insolence, Kerr's easy elegance, Jean Simmons's flighty outrageousness, and especially the charm and measured grace that is Cary Grant. --Sean Axmaker

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Hollywood legends Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team up for this lush romantic comedy that proves that variety is the spice of love. When a struggling British earl (Grant) opens his manor to the public, what he wants is some badly needed money... what he gets is a handsome American millionaire (Mitchum) who sweeps the earl's gorgeous wife off her feet. Encouraged by his wife's chatterbox best friend (Simmons), the jealous earl challenges his Yank rival to a duel. The romantic royal is fighting for love and honor, but he could lose something more - his life!

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I adore the cast of this film, all of them genuinely seemed to be enjoying themselves during the filming of it. Jean Simmons in particular was a delight, playing a London based society girl. Her character brings out the best in her, as a comedienne, and it's a wonderfully amusing and effervescent performance.

The DVD though is a disappointment. It's presented in it's correct aspect ratio, but is not 16.9 enhanced, which therefore doesn't bring out the best quality ... in short, the transfer is awfully soft, especially in the long shots. Universal have proved before that they can do better than this, so I hope we see a better DVD print of this film, someday.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Sound quality 24 Jun 2007
Format:DVD
After watching the film on TV and owning the video, I was disappointed at the sound quality of this DVD. Cary Grant simply does not sound like Cary Grant, but a very bad actor voice over. Being a great fan of Cary Grant I could not watch this movie more than 15 minutes because of the sound. Thankfully I have retained the VHS.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Grass Is Greener 28 Nov 2010
Format:DVD
Though this movie doesn't seem to have good criticism by the critics, I love this. The reasons are as follows.
1. 5 main actors and actresses are wonderful and delightful to watch.
(4 stars and Morley Watson ----They are almost the only players in this movie.)
Especially, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. According to several books, their
original casting was "Charls Delacro" and "Hattie Durant" which Robert Mitchum
and Jean Simmons played, and Lex Harrison and Kay Kendall were originally
intended for the leading roles, but the death of Kay Kendall had changed all.
I think the original casting might have been intresting too.
Cary Grant plays an English Lord husband who is trying to take his wife(Deborah
Kerr)back by an unusual way from an American oil-millionaire(Robert Mitchum) who
fell in love with her and stole her heart. In this uniqe role, Cary shows
maturity as well as his comedian talent, sophistication. Deborah kerr also shows
her comedienne talent. I truly appreciate her various performance ability.
I think her atractiveness is elegant sex appeal oozed out of graceful, proper
performance no matter what a role is.
In this movie, Cary and Deborah's long talk scene after a duel is very charming
and their chemistry is superb.

2.Full of witty daialogues and Stanley Donen's smart direction
I enjoyed the dialogues full of humor and wit which are associated with Oscar
Wilde,Noel Coward,and William Somerset Maugham. Also I enjoyed several cleverly
directed scenes such as the shynchronized telephone scene in split screen, the
metaphorical dating scenes of Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum , which cotinue
picnic scene, boat scene, dance hall scene, concert scene, restaurant scene,
hotel's drawing room to bedroom's closing door scene, all scenes without showing
the two.

3.Music composed by Noel Coward
Romantic, lyrical melody. Especially, the music for Deborah Kerr and Robert
MItchum scene, also the music for Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant scene, they are
so delicious.

My requests to this DVD
(1)to subtitle in English
(2)to add special feature something like "making film"
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