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2 videodiscs (114 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1942
"George Stevens' Woman of the Year, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katherine Hepburn had made in The Philadelphia Story, marked the beginning of the personal and professional union between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, who would go on to make eight more films together. This tale of two newspaper reporters, who wed and then discover that their careers aren't so compatible, forges a fresh and realistic vision of what marriage can be. The freewheeling but pinpoint-sharp screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin won an Academy Award, and Hepburn received a nomination for her performance. Woman of the Year is a dazzling, funny and rueful observation of what it takes for men and women to get along--both in the workplace and outside it"--Container
Special features: New interview with George Stevens Jr., the director's son ; 1967 audio interview with George Stevens ; new interview with George Stevens biographer Marilyn Ann Moss ; new interview with writer Claudia Roth Pierpont on actor Katharine Hepburn ; George Stevens: a Filmmaker's Journey, a 112-minute 1984 documentary by George Stevens, Jr. ; The Spencer Tracy Legacy: a Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, an 86-minute documentary from 1986 ; trailer ; essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; musical score, Franz Waxman ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; gowns by Adrian ; film editor, Frank Sullivan
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Dan Tobin, William Bendix, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake, Roscoe Karns
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital mono
Optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired