The Magnificent Ambersons (Criterion Collection) (1942) on DVD

Actor: Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead
Director: Orson Welles
Genre: Drama
Year: 1942
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 88
Released: 11/27/2018
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc/Special Features: NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Orson Welles's beautiful, nostalgia suffused second feature the subject of one of cinema's greatest missing-footage tragedies harks back to turn-of-the-twentieth-century Indianapolis, chronicling the inexorable decline of the fortunes of an affluent family. Adapted from an acclaimed Booth Tarkington novel and characterized by restlessly inventive camera work and powerful performances from a cast including Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, and Agnes Moorehead, the film traces the rifts deepening within the Amberson clan at the same time as the forces of progress begin to transform the city they once ruled. Though RKO excised over forty minutes of footage, now lost to history, and added an incongruously upbeat ending, The Magnificent Ambersons is an emotionally rich family saga and a masterful elegy for a bygone chapter of American life.