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Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection)
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Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection) 1945 BLU-RAY

Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from the Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford (Johnny Guitar) as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford’s career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable waitress and eventually as the well-heeled owner of a successful restaurant chain, the ingratitude of her materialistic firstborn (a diabolical Ann Blyth) becomes a venomous serpent’s tooth, setting in motion an endless cycle of desperate overtures and heartless recriminations. Recasting James M. Cain’s rich psychological novel as a murder mystery, this bitter cocktail of blind parental love and all-American ambition is both unremittingly hard-boiled and sumptuously emotional.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • New conversation about Mildred Pierce with critics Molly Haskell and Robert Polito
  • Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring actor Joan Crawford
  • Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, a 2002 feature-length documentary on Crawford’s life and career
  • Q&A with actor Ann Blyth from 2002, conducted by film historian Eddie Muller
  • Segment from a 1969 episode of the Today show featuring novelist James M. Cain

Trailer

  • PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

Studio: CRITERION COLLECTION

  • Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth
  • Director: Michael Curtiz
  • Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
  • Editor: David Weisbart
  • Year: 1945

Language: English

  • Disc Language: English

Video: 1080p

  • ASPECT RATIO: 1.37:1

Rating: NR

  • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance

Title: Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection)
Genre: Mystery / Suspense, Film Noir
Theme: Academy Award Winner, Crime
Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe
Director: Michael Curtiz
Studio: Criterion Collection
Release Date: 2/21/2017
Original Year: 1945
Product Type: Blu-ray
Rated: NR
UPC: 715515192712
Item #: 1767704X

Street Date: 2/21/2017

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