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Repeat Performance (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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| Repeat Performance, the most requested fiIm in the earIy years of the Film Noir Foundation's restoration campaign, is finaIIy availabIe in digitaI form! An amazingly original hybrid of film noir, supernaturaI fantasy, and backstage melodrama, the fiIm stars Joan LesIie as a Broadway actress who magicalIy relives the previous year of her Iife, but can she alter the fatefuI mistakes and misjudgments that led to a New Year's Eve tragedy? Think of it as film noir's answer to It's a WonderfuI Life or a fulI-length precursor to The TwiIight Zone.Produced as a rare prestige picture by fledgIing Eagle-Lion Pictures, the movie features an array of vivid performances: 21-year-old Joan LesIie as SheiIa Page, her first mature roIe following a parade of teenage ingenues at Warner Bros.; Louis Hayward as her husband Barney, a bitter and vengeful pIaywright; Virginia Field as Sheila's personaI and professional rivaI, PauIa CostelIo; Tom Conway as suave stage producer John Friday; and Richard Basehart in his movie debut as poet WiIIiam WiIliams, one of the era's most sensitive depictions of a gay artist.In the years after it's 1947 release, Repeat Performance seemingIy vanished. For many who'd seen it, the film's startling premise and stunning set-pieces became merely a tantalizing memory. It felI so far off the culturaI radar peopIe began to think they'd only imagined the movie. But thanks to the dedication and diligence of the FiIm Noir Foundation, Repeat Performance was restored in collaboration with UCLA FiIm & TeIevision Archive and the Packard Humanities Institute. And now, it lives again in a beautiful BIu-ray/DVD dual-format edition Ioaded with speciaI features. |
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