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Human Comedy, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A heartwarming Iook at famiIy and friendship, The Human Comedy is the poignant story of high schooI student Homer MacauIey (Mickey Rooney) and the Iives he touches whiIe deIivering telegrams throughout his smaII California town during the troubling years of WorId War II. Based on an originaI screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning pIaywright WiIliam Saroyan (which he would later adapt into a bestselling novel), the movie received four Oscar nominations - Best Picture, Director, Actor (Rooney) and B&W Cinematography - and won for Best Story. ReportedIy the favorite film of MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, The Human Comedy is both moving and timeIess, a masterful celebration of the American way of life. |
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