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Magnificent Obsession (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Rock Hudson (Actor), Jane Wyman (Actor), Douglas Sirk (Director) Rated:
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4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 452 ratings
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Special Edition
Contributor Rock Hudson, Robert Taylor, Jane Wyman, Douglas Sirk
Language English
Number Of Discs 2
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Reckless playboy Bob Merrick (Rock Hudson, in his breakthrough role) crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town s only resuscitator at the very moment that beloved local Dr. Phillips has a heart attack and dies waiting for the life-saving device. Thus begins one of Douglas Sirk's most flamboyant master classes in melodrama, a delirious Technicolor mix of the sudsy and the spiritual in which Bob and the doctor s widow, Helen (Jane Wyman), find themselves inextricably linked to one another amid a series of increasingly wild twists, turns, trials, and tribulations. For this release, Criterion also presents John M. Stahl's 1935 film version of the Lloyd C. Douglas novel, starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty
Magnificent Obsession (1935, 102 minutes): a new digital transfer of John M. Stahl s complete earlier version of the film
Douglas Sirk: From UFA to Hollywood (1991): a rare 80-minute documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt in which Sirk reflects upon his career
Video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, paying tribute to Sirk
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Geoffrey O Brien

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An extraordinary film. --Time Out

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.56 x 5.34 x 7.52 inches; 4.8 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRN1789DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Douglas Sirk
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Special Edition
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 48 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2009
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Robert Taylor
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001ILTUL0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 452 ratings

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SGG12
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2023
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This is a great parable movie and entertaining. About 1/3 of the way through the film, a professor explains the philosophy of the "Magnificent Obsession"
Listen up. Good to know.
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vic378
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2023
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A classic, excellent romance movie!
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5.0 out of 5 stars BAD, AT ITS BEST
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013
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I forgot just how bad/great this movie is. In fact, I forgot how true this is to all Douglas Sirk's movies, but this my favorite. I remember seeing this on NBC's Saturday Nights at the Movies when I was a kid. Where to begin. The acting is wooden (although Hudson is always wooden, no pun intended) the sound stage scenes are so lavish and over the top and the music, OMG, the music. Between the defining sounds of violins and a chorus sounding like angles as the sky opens it is enough to make you want to cry (from laughter).

Yet, it was the beginning of a string of very highly successful, Technicolor extravaganza's that the public wanted. Soap opera at ITS BEST! The story is so ludicrous (as all of Sirk's stories were) that I will not even address because so many have. It truly defies logic in any sense of the word....again, a HUGE trademark for movies back in the 50s.

The cinematography is breathtaking, the use of Technicolor to paint a deep, deep pallet is mesmerizing and the sheer joy of being transported into another place and time in order to forget your own problems of the day is what makes movies, movies. This one has all three in spades.

Wyman is excellent, a consummate professional. Hudson is wooden and can't act, which is what gives him his charm...who needs those incidentals when you look like that.

If you purchase only one Douglas Sirk movie this is the one to own. Although Imitation of Life (1959)and All That Heaven Allows (1956) come real close.

It is bad acting, bad movie, bad everything at its FINEST. Which is what makes it so GREAT!

ENJOY!
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SuperSonicMan
5.0 out of 5 stars Melodrama at it's best
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2010
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I sent for this movie after hearing Quintin Tarantino gushing about it in an interview on TCM. I thought it was strange that someone known for relatively violent movies liked a melodrama so much, and I had heard about this movie before but had never really gotten myself to actually watch it. I watched this film with an open mind, and mind you that Jane Wyman was not an actress I knew at all, now I know I had seen her in The Yearling and Falcon Crest but that was about it. As for Rock Hudson I remember really liking his movies with Doris Day when they were shown on cable, when I was a kid.
The story is about a playboy millionaire who has an accident and in order to save him, a machine belonging to a beloved doctor of the community is used but at this time the doctor has a heart attack and dies because the machine was taken to save the carefree playboy. Wyman is the widow of said doctor and Hudson of course is the playboy. Now Hudson feels guilty and try's to change his ways, but a very unfortunate accident caused indirectly by him, crush's his hopes.
Now everything about this movie screams melodrama: the music, the twists and turns, EVERYTHING. Now if, like me before watching this movie, you are not sure what melodrama really means, I recommend you read up on it and then decide for yourself if it's your cup of tea. I thought it was great, my wife loved it and my 7 y/o daughter ( yes I show her classic "old" movies) really liked it.
So this weekend if you have nothing planned, turn off the lights and your cell, make some pop corn, get comfy and enjoy.
PS: Don't forget the Kleenex.
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Kenneth Shaw
4.0 out of 5 stars The original move was more true to the book
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020
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The movie folowed the book pretty well, but the original move, I felt, was more powerful. I watched both movies , which were in the Criterion Collection, after reading the book, which I think was important. The book delt more deeply with Dr. Hudson's back story. in fact, the follow up novel written years later by Lloyd C.
Douglas, Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal, has the potential of being made into a good movie. I don't know whether it is still in print, but it's a good read.
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bbookout
5.0 out of 5 stars all was as agreed
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2023
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David E. Baldwin
5.0 out of 5 stars "I'll Have a Douglas Sirk Burger...
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2009
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I give this set five stars for the 1954 version only. The 1935 version gets two stars in my book. The earlier version contains flat direction from John M. Stahl that doesn't exploit the potential of it's tear jerker story. Robert Taylor's spoiled playboy comes off as affected and boring. There's zip chemistry between he and Irene Dunne which is odd considering they were close in age. Possible reasons may be that Dunne's character is horribly underwritten. I also knock it down a notch for the alleged comic relief offered by the insufferable Arthur Treacher in another cliched butler role. The 1954 version directed by Douglas Sirk grabs the gusto. Sirk pushes all the right buttons and gets all the juice out of what could be potentially mawkish material. He's abetted by terrific lead performances from Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman who project palpable romantic chemistry despite the obvious age disparity between the two. It also doesn't hurt to have the terrific Agnes Moorehead in the cast. This set is essential for the 1954 version with the 1935 version a mere curio that doesn't diminish the package's power.
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Sandra K.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2022
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I saw this with my mother when I was young and appreciated the great acting and the plot!
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Ladybug
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent Obsession
Reviewed in Canada on July 22, 2023
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Love the film, top notch actors, predicable plotline. I cannot re-watch, the CD skips, pauses etc. Again, the movies are over priced.
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andy brewer
4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining
Reviewed in Australia on March 3, 2024
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Note to Aussies: The complaints / poor reviews about Criterion releases due to their not working on Australian BD players are quite dull. US blu rays are locked to that territory so you will need a suitable player.
Not my favourite of the Sirk movies I have watched, I couldn't vibe with the car/boating scenes SFX. But there's a lot of ridiculous goings on and it is all played straight and without absurd twists.
A lot of the subtext is fairly blatant given the origins of the story, but am looking foward to hearing the commentary. Great fun.
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Noel King
5.0 out of 5 stars It starts here!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2015
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Beautiful copy of one of Sirk's great US melodramas, with good DVD extras, urging one on to viewings of All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, Tarnished Angels, Imitation of a Life!
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donna
5.0 out of 5 stars product was delivered on time.
Reviewed in Canada on October 13, 2020
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I liked the movie&iwatched it.
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Ron H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Rock Hudson
Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2020
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Movie that made Rock Hudson a star.
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