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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Featuring: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbot, William Reynolds, Charles Drake, Hayden Rorke, Jacqueline de Wit, Leigh Snowden, Donald Curtis, Alex Gerry, Nestor Paiva
This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk follows the blossoming love between a well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson). When their romance prompts the scorn of her children and country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others. With the help of ace cinematographer Russell Metty, Sirk imbues nearly every shot with a vivid and distinct emotional tenor. A profoundly felt film about class and conformity in small-town America, All That Heaven Allows is a pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Short Film, Interview, Documentary Excerpt, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Audio commentary featuring film scholars John Mercer and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald
- Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992), a groundbreaking essay film about the actor by Mark Rappaport
- French television interview with director Douglas Sirk from 1982
- Excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the director
- Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview with the actor, who costarred in three Sirk films, including All That Heaven Allows
- Trailer
- A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Laura Mulvey and an excerpt from a 1971 essay on Sirk by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Release Credits
Producer: Issa Clubb
Artwork: F. Ron Miller
Artwork: Robert Hunt
Producer: Shannon Attaway
Release Notes on Restoration
All That Heaven Allows
After extensively researching the aspect ratio history of All That Heaven Allows, Criterion found that theaters projected the film in aspect ratios ranging from 1.37:1 to 2.00:1. We're presenting the film here at 1.75:1, which we believe to be the most commonly projected image. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On widescreen television, the image should fill the screen. This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on an ARRISCAN film scanner from the original 35mm camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, and warps were manually removed using MTI's DRS, while Digital Vision's Phoenix was used for small dirt, grain, noise reduction, jitter, and flicker.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm optical-track print. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using iZotope RX 3.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm optical-track print. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using iZotope RX 3.
All That Heaven Allows
After extensively researching the aspect ratio history of All That Heaven Allows, Criterion found that theaters projected the film in aspect ratios ranging from 1.37:1 to 2.00:1. We're presenting the film here at 1.75:1, which we believe to be the most commonly projected image. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On widescreen television, the image should fill the screen. This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on an ARRISCAN film scanner from the original 35mm camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, and warps were manually removed using MTI's DRS, while Digital Vision's Phoenix was used for small dirt, grain, noise reduction, jitter, and flicker.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm optical-track print. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using iZotope RX 3.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm optical-track print. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using iZotope RX 3.