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Hildy johnson is the top reporter on a chicago newspaper. Tired of the whole game he is determined to quit his job to get married. His scheming editor has other plans though. It is the day before guilty murderer earl williams is due to go to the gallows and burns tempts johnson to stay and write the story. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Jack Lemmon Carol Burnett Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Billy Wilder
Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht's classic newspaper comedy--about a conniving editor who talks his star reporter out of getting married long enough to cover a big story--has
Hildy johnson is the top reporter on a chicago newspaper. Tired of the whole game he is determined to quit his job to get married. His scheming editor has other plans though. It is the day before guilty murderer earl williams is due to go to the gallows and burns tempts johnson to stay and write the story. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Jack Lemmon Carol Burnett Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Billy Wilder
Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht's classic newspaper comedy--about a conniving editor who talks his star reporter out of getting married long enough to cover a big story--has survived lesser adaptations than this one. (Ever see Switching Channels?) But few have been more disappointing. Billy Wilder teamed Walter Matthau (as the unscrupulous editor) and Jack Lemmon (as the fast-talking reporter), who try to get the scoop on everyone else in the story of a convicted killer who escapes on his way to the electric chair. But Matthau and Lemmon, as good as they are, succumb to the temptation to do shtick--and Carol Burnett shows up in a florid, unfunny performance as a hooker. An attempt to bottle the same lightning that struck with The Sting--but Wilder, Lemmon, and Matthau just can't do it. --Marshall Fine
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Release date: 31 May 2005
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9781417043576 UPC: 025192732928
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