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The Barefoot Contessa [DVD] [1954]

DVD ~ Humphrey Bogart
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  • Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese
  • Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Producers: Angelo Rizzoli, Franco Magli, Robert Haggiag
  • Format: Dubbed, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 15 April 2002
  • Run Time: 125 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000634CG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,626 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
Sparking with "juicy dialogue" (Leonard Maltin) and a superb cast, this landmark film is "spectacular... ingeniously-fashioned, original entertainment" (Variety).

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DVD Special features:
Original Theatrical trailer
Interactive menu screens and chapter selections
Soundtrack: English, French, German, Spanish Subtitles: French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

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5.0 out of 5 stars The bittersweet side of fame!, 12 Sep 2005
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The Barefoot Contessa is one of the best films of the 1950's.Ava Gardner gives a magnificent performance as a beautiful Spanish nightclub dancer Maria Vargas who is catapulted to instant stardom in Hollywood from a poverty stricken background in Spain.Humphrey Bogart is superb as Harry Dawes the producer who discovers Gardner and becomes her friend and confidante.The film explores the darker side of fame in spite of Maria's fame, celebrity and desirability as a woman she craves a quieter simpler life with 'real ordinary,' people instead of the fake people she meets in showbiz and high society circles. Marriage to an Italian counts provides Maria with the escape she needs but with tragic consequences.
I really adored this film. When I watched it and I saw how Ava Gardner's character looked sad and lonely at the height of her fame even though she was popular and desired by so many men I realised that fame is not all that it's supposed to be. If you want to discover the magic behind Ava Gardner and Hollywood of a by-gone era then I recommend that you see this film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bogie and Gardner at their Finest, 5 Nov 2006
It's been about a week since I viewed this film, and it's managed to stay with me since. I'm fairly new to Bogart, who manages to live up to his Film God hype with a classy performance full of believable empathy. Ava Gardner, as expected, steals the show with a brave, spit-on-the-ground performance of a character that was, in some ways, just like herself. Just a stunning, remarkable film with a tender friendship between the two lead characters, and a framework story that doesn't seem contrived. The beauty of this film is that Ava and Gardner carry the film together. Neither character is more important and both performances respect that.

Interesting tidbit: the statue of Gardner that features prominently in the film was also prominent in Gardner's ex-husband Frank Sinatra's garden in his Palm Springs home for over 20 years after their divorce. Sinatra's last wife demanded it be removed.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have been written especially for Ava, 15 Mar 2008
This is another beautiful piece of cinematography.
Ava and Bogart compliment each other beautifully.
Alot about the character seemed to echo Ava's life - her love of bullfighting and bullfighters and sheer zest she had for living and life!!
This is another DVD that I cherish - take a look at Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, another superb Ava film.
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