Actor: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Raymond Burr, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort
Director: George Stevens
Genre: Drama
Year: 1951
Studio: Paramount
Length: 120
Released: 8/10/2021
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: NEW Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on A PLACE IN THE SUN
Retrospective Cast and Crew Interviews
Commentary by George Stevens Jr and Ivan Moffat
George Stevens: Filmmakers Who Knew Him
Theatrical Trailers:
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes
DESCRIPTION:
Aimless WWII veteran George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) takes a factory job and becomes involved with underprivileged co-worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), who becomes pregnant. After George falls for gorgeous socialite Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor), Alice learns of their romance and threatens to expose him, setting in motion a series of tragic events. Based on Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy," director George Stevens' Oscar-winning drama also stars Anne Revere, Fred Clark, Raymond Burr. 122 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH); featurettes; interviews; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.
Widely considered one of the finest works of America cinema, Paramount Presents is proud to bring Producer/Director George Steven’s masterwork to Blu-ray—remastered from a 4K film transfer in celebration of its 70th Anniversary. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite (Elizabeth Taylor). Shelley Winters is the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Eastman’s professional and romantic prospects. This second Paramount Pictures adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, which was itself based on a notorious true crime tale, was the first film to win the Golden Globe in the category of Best Picture—Drama, before winning six Academy Awards, including Best Director.
