All that heaven allows

All that heaven allows

Blu-ray - 2014

Cary Scott, an attractive and wealthy New England widow, creates a social outcry in her community and within her family when she becomes romantically involved with Ron Kirby, her much younger gardener.

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Subjects
Widows > Drama.
Young men > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
May-December romances > Drama.
Blu-ray discs.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection c2014.
©2014
Language
English
Other Authors
Douglas Sirk, 1900-1987 (-), Peg Fenwick, Edna L. Mooney Lee, 1890-
Edition
Blu-ray special edition ; widescreen
Item Description
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray, widescreen (16:9, 1.75:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player; Dolby Digital; NTSC; Region A.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Rating: Not rated.
ISBN
9781604658446
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Fassbinder (The Marriage of Maria Braun) offers one of his most approachable early works with Ali, a stylized May-December romance between a drab, middle-aged cleaning lady (Brigitte Mira) and a handsome Moroccan mechanic (El Hedi ben Salem) many years her junior. Relatives, friends, and others register disapproval for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is race. An avowed admirer of Hollywood melodrama practitioner Sirk, Fassbinder intends Ali (1974) as homage to Heaven (1955), in which a good-looking gardener (Rock Hudson) gets involved with an older, well-to-do widow (Jane Wyman). Society's disapproval of class differences account for much of the prejudice here. Among the many thought-provoking extras is Ali's inclusion of a discussion by Todd Haynes (Safe), whose film Far from Heaven (2002) offers yet another thematic variation. VERDICT Movie aficionados will enjoy comparing the two newly restored films; other viewers-mainly Turner Classic Movie fans-will opt for Sirk's Tinseltown approach.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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