Singin' in the Rain (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)

One of the most iconic musicals, Singin' in the Rain remains a fun and delightful film over 70 years after its release. With co-direction from Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and a script by Betty Comden and Aloph Green, Singin' in the Rain is brought to life in full technicolor wonder. In 1927, silent films are still captivating audiences and Donald "Don" Lockwood is a popular actor who, along with many stars, are facing the coming of talking pictures. While his voice works well for sound, Don is not the talented actor he thought and faces the end of his career until the idea of creating his latest film, The Dueling Cavalier, into a musical using his vaudeville background to excel. With help from new girlfriend, Kathy, and best friend, Cosmo, all three work to make the production a success and hope their stardom continues. Singin' in the Rain is a delightful and fun musical that continues to captivate and inspire audiences. With lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, the film has iconic and memorable songs such as "Good Morning" and "Sinigin' in the Rain" that were previously seen in other musicals. The dance numbers, choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, are themselves iconic. "Good Morning" which featured an in sync dance number of Kelly with Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor has them going up and down stairs and over a couch, which according to Reynolds, was redone so many times her feet bleed. The iconic "Singin in the Rain" dance number features Gene Kelly singing and dancing in the pouring rain on an empty street with his umbrella. The scene has become not only an icon but an example of dedication and commitment as Kelly had a 103 degree fever when filming. Singin' in the Rain is a delightfully fun musical with a good story, great characters, some comedy, and an overall fun watch! Perfect to add to your physical media library in picture perfect blu-ray!

After watching Fred Astaire in "The Band Wagon", I proceeded to watch "Singing In The Rain" starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. The musical tells a story of silent film stars Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont trying to transition towards Hollywood talking films. Throw in a love story between Don and Kathy Selden. The musical has a great song in "Singing In The Rain" sung by Gene Kelly. Evidently, it presents a lot of similarities with "Band Wagon" story wise. Despite the fact that this is ranked the best movie musical of all-time, I personally feel that it does not hold a candle to "Band Wagon" despite the fact that "Singing In The Rain" is superior in color, spectacle, visual effects, and dancing. Besides, Fred Astaire truly elevated the "The Band Wagon" to higher heights on his own with his dancing and charisma in spite of the movie's lack of color and spectacular visuals and star power that this movie has in Kelly, Reynolds, and O'Connor, and interestingly the participation of Cyd Charisse from "The Band Wagon".

One of the best movies ever made!

Excellent eye-popping 4K UHD Blu-ray image reproduction on my LG 65C4 OLED 4K UHD TV. Add in the included DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that graced the 2012 Blu-ray and my JBL Home Theater w/SVS 25-31PCi subwoofer sound was most glorious!!! Not bad for a 70-year-old film. We love this movie and so it was worth the 4K UHD version upgrade. Highly recommended!!!

Fabulous movie! Shared with a teen who decided it was a favorite!

This is a fairly good 2-disc edition, but the special features are somewhat lacking. The official documentary, somewhat affectedly narrated by Debbie Reynolds, feels overly compressed and lopsidedly focused on Gene Kelly at the expense of the unsung Donald O'Connor. Granted, Kelly deserves the credit, as the film was largely his artistic vision. Yet O'Connor's performance was also integral to the film's success and its enduring appeal. While his name is listed among those interviewed, he gets only a couple minutes to speak, and when others discuss his role it's almost exclusively focused on "Make 'Em Laugh." For Cyd Charisse's veil to get more discussion time than "Moses Supposes" is just plain odd. Those of us who've read up a little more on how this movie was made know that there are some priceless stories about Kelly and O'Connor's working relationship, none of which get told here (perhaps because they don't all reflect well on Kelly). And with all the time spent on the film's reception, nobody thought to mention that O'Connor won its only major award, a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, over Kelly. The fact remains that it wasn't just "Make 'Em Laugh," he had the best lines and stole the show from Kelly whenever they were on screen together. Critics at the time knew it, the Golden Globes committee knew it, and it's just a shame that whoever put the documentary together didn't give his contribution the proportionate attention. The other special features are a mixed bag. As others have noted, the commentary track is unexciting and frequently detached from the screen action. There's actually more insight on the dance numbers in the documentary on next-gen dancers who've been influenced by the movie, which was a nice surprise. I also enjoyed film historian Rudy Behlmer's insights in both documentaries. The audio outtakes and recordings are a nice treat as well. Finally, as regards the film itself, little more needs to be said than that it's a classic, and it deserves to be studied and enjoyed for generations to come. 5 stars for the film, 4 stars for the edition.

I enjoyed everything about the movie

Must watch movie....again n again...

There is only one thing that needs to be said about "Singin' in the rain": it is a beautiful masterpiece, produced to make people "happy again" - and which succeeds in doing it again and again, since more than 60 years now! Enough said. If you saw this film, you know enough about it - and if you didn't see it yet, shame on you! Do it immediately! In this 2-disc edition we have a good copy of the film itself with numerous subtitles available and that includes English for sound impaired. The bonuses on the second disc are really worth watching, especially "Musicals, great musicals". Enjoy! Not having much to say about this wonderful film which most people know anyway, I would like to write a little more about the actors, who offered us this beautiful thing. Sadly, most of them departed since to join Lord's great troupe in heavens... The first to go was Millard Mitchell, who plays R.F Simpson, the tough but mostly benevolent boss of Monumental Pictures. Known also from films like "Twelve o'clock high" and "Winchester 73", lifelong heavy smoker Mitchell died from lung cancer one year after starring in this film, on 13 October 1953. He was 50 years old. Jean Hagen, a girl from Chicago, a very beautiful and talented actress who plays the crucially important and totally despicable character of Lina Lamont, was already well known from her great role in "The Asphalt Jungle". After "Singin' in the rain" she played a lot and made again quite a splash in "The big knife" in 1955. She had to interrupt her career because of serious illness in 1964. As soon as she became ill her husband of 18 years dumped her and sued for divorce. She spend almost all the rest of her life in various hospitals and a convalescent home, before dying in 1977, at the age of 54, after losing a long battle against throat cancer. In this film she really doesn't have an easy role but she performed PERFECTLY - as consequence her character, Lina Lamont, is probably the most despicable, most ridiculous, dumbest, meanest bitch in all history of cinema! It took a REAL talent to play THAT! The legendary Gene Kelly, one of the greatest dancers and singers in whole history of cinema, who plays here the main masculine character of Don Lockwood, remained a great Hollywood star for many years, but mostly bowed out from big screen after the end of musicals era in 1960. As an old man he finally confessed a little secret to a journalist - when performing the legendary scene of singing the song "Singing in the rain" and splashing through water puddles, he was running a 39,8° fever! Gene Kelly died in 1996, aged 83. Douglas Fowley, who plays here the small but important (and extremely funny) role of hyperactive, overstressed and overworked director Roscoe Dexter, had a long and succesful career playing mostly second roles in Hollywood and then continued into an even more succesful career on TV. He died in 1998, just before his 87th birthday, leaving behind 3 children - and SEVEN former wives! Donald O'Connor, who plays Cosmo Brown, a singing, dancing, piano playing entertainer - and who needed three days of medical rest after performing the splendid "Make them laugh" song and dance in this film - also had a long and succesful career. He died in 2003, aged 78, survived by Gloria, his wife of 47 years as well as by four children. Cyd Charisse, a girl from Amarillo, Texas, was, as everybody knows, THE one exception in world's history to the rule "even the longest legs have an end"...))) Her legendary career started with this film - in fact soon after an insurance company accepted to insure her legs for FIVE million dollars (1952 dollars!). She danced a lot more in the 50s, mostly with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, before taking more or less an early retirement when musicals went out of fashin after 1960. A tough and clever great lady, a lifelong member of Republican Party, she lived a long and happy life and left us in 2008, aged 87, survived by Tony, her husband of 60(!) years, two children and two grandchildren. Debbie Reynolds, a girl from El Paso, Texas, the youngest cast member (born in 1932 she was barely 20 years old then), who plays the main feminine role of Kathy Selden, played a lot after this film, even if she never scored such a hit again. The world and the whole humanity owe her two great things - "Singin' in the Rain" and Princess Leia (yes, she is Carrie Fisher's mum!). She is still with us as of September 2013 - and may she live 100 years and more! This is a great and wonderful film, which will never age and will never be forgotten. I am so grateful to all people who made it - they left behind them a great gift to us all. THANK YOU!

Il Bluray 4K UHD è stato prodotto in modo errato. Già il primo disco 4K mostrava molti artefatti ed errori di pixel. Era lo stesso con il disco 4K fornito come sostituto. Sospetto che ci sia un difetto nella produzione del disco 4K. Sfortunatamente, devo restituire questo favoloso film. Sto usando un lettore Panasonic DP-UB824.

70 jaar na de oorspronkelijke film (1952) bracht Warner Home Video deze perfecte transfer naar 4k disc uit. Het is meesterlijk gedaan, met levendige Technicolor kleuren en kristalheldere beelden en onberispelijke audio. De HDR maakt het helemaal af en tilt de weergtave naar een nog hoger niveau. Voor liefhebbers van klassieke films is dit een must have.