| Description |
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, dual-layer; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
In English or dubbed French; with optional English, French, Japanese or Thai subtitles. |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Cast |
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina Foch. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Alfred Gilks ; film editor, Adrienne Fazan ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; musical direction, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger ; choreography by Gene Kelly ; ballet photographed by John Alton. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951. |
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Special features (disc 1, 20 min.): optional audio commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly, with Arthur Freed, Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Alan Jay Lerner, Saul Chaplin, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Michael Feinstein, Johnny Green, Preston Ames & Irene Sharaff; "Paris on parade" FitzPatrick TravelTalk short (c1938, 9 min.); "Symphony in slang" cartoon (c1951, 7 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.). |
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Special features (disc 2, 161 min.): "Gene Kelly : anatomy of a dancer" episode of the television program American Masters (c2002, 87 min.); "''S wonderful : creating 'An American in Paris'" documentary (c2008, 42 min.); "Love walked in" outtake song sequence (3 min.); 14 audio outtakes (15 min. total); 3 radio interviews with Johnny Green, Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron (14 min. total). |
| Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
| Summary |
An American expatriate painter living in Paris falls in love with an engaged French woman. |
| Subject |
Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Painters -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Paris (France) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986.
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Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973.
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Minnelli, Vincente.
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Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996.
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Caron, Leslie.
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Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972.
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Guétary, Georges.
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Foch, Nina.
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Gilks, Alfred.
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Fazan, Adrienne.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
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Green, Johnny, 1908-1989.
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Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997.
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Salinger, Conrad.
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Alton, John.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Loew's Incorporated.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Paris on parade.
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Symphony in slang.
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American masters. Gene Kelly : anatomy of a dancer.
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Gene Kelly : anatomy of a dancer.
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'S wonderful : creating "An American in Paris".
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| ISBN |
1419866370 |
| Standard No. |
883929003952 |
| Music No. |
3000017735 Warner Home Video (container) |
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2000003621 Warner Home Video (disc 1) |
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2000003622 Warner Home Video (disc 2) |
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