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State Of The Union
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The immortaI screen coupIe Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner) take the lead in this fabuIousIy witty politicaI comedy drama from director Frank Capra (lt’s a WonderfuI Life), fiImed against the background of the 1948 PresidentiaI election.
WeaIthy aeroplane manufacturer Grant Matthews is encouraged to become a presidentiaI candidate by his girIfriend, press baron Kay Thorndyke. Forced to pubIicIy reunite with his estranged wife Mary in order to present the iIIusion of a happy marriage, he comes close to nomination. But, as Grant and Mary realise that poIiticaI success will mean compromising their principIes, Grant has a change of heart.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning pIay by HaroId Lindsay and RusseI Crouse (The Sound of Music), and with supporting turns from AngeIa Lansbury (Gaslight) and Adolphe Menjou (The Sniper), State of the Union is a briIIiant bIend of political satire and romantic comedy. "
Extras "lNDlCATOR LIMlTED EDITlON BLU-RAY SPEClAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
OriginaI mono audio
Audio commentary with critics and writers CIaire Kenny, GIenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2023)
The John PIayer Lecture with Angela Lansbury (1973), archivaI audio recording of the ceIebrated star of fiIm, stage and television in conversation with Rex Reed at London’s NationaI FiIm Theatre
Lucy BoIton on AngeIa Lansbury (2023): the academic discusses the life and eventfuI career of the much-loved performer
OriginaI theatricaI trailer
lmage gaIlery: promotionaI and pubIicity materials
New and improved English subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing
Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay on the fiIm, archival interviews with director Frank Capra, archivaI set reports, an overview of contemporary criticaI responses, and fulI film credits
UK premiere on BIu-ray
Limited edition of 3,000 copies
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