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An American in Paris [DVD Boxset] [Special Edition]

2 discs
Region 1 USA/CA (info)

One of the greatest of 1950s screen musicals is a happy collaboration between the grace and athleticism of Gene Kelly and colorful palette of Vincente Minnelli. An American G.I. lingers in Paris after the war to study painting and soon falls in love with Caron, an engaged mademoiselle, much to the chagrin of his romance-minded benefactress. Features a seventeen-minute, avant-garde ballet choreographed by Kelly to George Gershwin's unbeatable melodies. Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Director. Academy Awards: 6, including Best Picture, Best Story and Screenplay. Kelly won a special Oscar for his achievements.
Academy Awards Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color) 1951
Academy Awards Best Costume Design (Color) 1951
Academy Awards Best Picture 1951
Academy Awards Honorary Awards 1951 Gene Kelly American actor/dancer/director, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Academy Awards Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score 1951 Johnny Green American Composer/D. 1989
Academy Awards Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color) 1951 Cedric Gibbons Art Director/In USA
Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay 1951 Alan Jay Lerner
Academy Awards Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score 1951 Saul Chaplin American Composer/Producer
Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1951 Alfred Gilks American Diretor of Photography
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 1000035911
Credits

Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina Foch, Nina Consuelo Maud Fock
Critic Reviews

"...[A] multi-Oscar winner (best picture included)..."
USA Today
"...Minnelli creates a magical, stylised world in which music, colour and movement are all perfectly integrated..."
Sight and Sound
"...For fun and footwork alone, it makes today's competition look positively lead-footed..."
Total Film
"[T]here's tremendous wit in its love-letter visions of post-WWII expatriate-artist patronage." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly