Product Description

An ex-G.I. remains in Paris to paint and falls in love with a girl who is planning on marrying another man.
Genre: Musicals
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-JUN-2000
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12686 in DVD
• Brand: KELLY,GENE
• Released on: 2000-06-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 114 minutes

Amazon.com essential video
A GI (Gene Kelly) stays in Paris after the war to become an artist, and has to choose between the patronage of a rich American woman (Nina Foch) and a French gamine (Leslie Caron) engaged to an older man. The plot is mostly an excuse for director Vincente Minnelli to pool his own extraordinary talent with those of choreographer-dancer-actor Kelly and the artists behind the screenplay, art direction, cinematography, and score, creating a rapturous musical not quite like anything else in cinema. The final section of the film comprises a 17-minute dance sequence that took a month to film and is breathtaking. Songs include "'S Wonderful," "I Got Rhythm," and "Love Is Here to Stay." --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

S'Marvelous
I enjoyed the bonuses, but it's the film itself: Beautiful Restoration! I've previously had a vhs tape and then a dvd of this favorite film, and never considered them deficient, but then I watched this version. It is so vivid.

Blu Ray available at Amazon.de
FYI. An American in Paris, Gigi and Quo Vadis (1951) were released
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Fantastic 50's Musical
An American in Paris is a fantastic musical film from the 50's. I always loved Gene Kelly and while he starred in other great musicals, this film is probably my favirite.