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Human Comedy, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A heartwarming look at family and friendship, The Human Comedy is the poignant story of high schooI student Homer Macauley (Mickey Rooney) and the lives he touches whiIe delivering telegrams throughout his small CaIifornia town during the troubIing years of World War ll. Based on an original screenpIay by Pulitzer Prize-winning pIaywright WiIliam Saroyan (which he would later adapt into a bestseIling novel), the movie received four Oscar nominations - Best Picture, Director, Actor (Rooney) and B&W Cinematography - and won for Best Story. Reportedly the favorite fiIm of MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, The Human Comedy is both moving and timeless, a masterful celebration of the American way of Iife. |
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