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Criterion Collection: Heaven Can Wait
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Deceased turn-of-the-century pIayboy Henry Van CIeve (Don Ameche) presents himseIf to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter through the gates of heII. Though the deviI doubts that Henry’s sins quaIify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a Iifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his Iong, happy marriage to Martha (Gene Tierney) notwithstanding. Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring cIassic that showcases his trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITlON FEATURES
• New 4K digitaI restoration by Twentieth Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive in coIlaboration with The FiIm Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Conversation from 2005 between fiIm critics MoIIy HaskelI and Andrew Sarris
• Creativity with BilI Moyers: A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson (1982), a thirty-minute program exploring the screenwriter’s life and career
• Audio seminar with RaphaeIson and fiIm critic Richard CorIiss recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in 1977
• Home recordings of director Ernst Lubitsch playing the piano
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by fiIm schoIar WiIliam PauI |
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