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©2008
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2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951
Disc 1. Feature film ; Special features. Commentary by Patricia Ward Kelly ; Paris on parade ; Symphony in slang ; Theatrical trailer -- Disc 2. Special features. Gene Kelly : anatomy of a dancer ; 'S wonderful : the making of an American in Paris ; Love walked in outtake ; Audio outtakes ; Radio interviews
An American expatriate painter living in Paris falls in love with an engaged French woman
Director of photography, Alfred Gilks ; choreography by Gene Kelly ; ballet photographed by John Alton ; film editor, Adrienne Fazan ; musical direction, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina Foch
Not rated by the MPAA
DVD, NTSC, region 1; dual-layer disc; Dolby digital mono
In English or dubbed French; optional English, French, Japanese or Thai subtitles; subtitled for the hearing impaired
Winner, Best Picture (Arthur Freed), Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin), Best Costume Design, Color (Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff), Best Cinematography, Color (Alfred Gilks, John Alton), Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Color (Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason); Nominee, Best Director (Vincente Minnelli), Best Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan) -- 1952 Academy Awards (U.S.A.)
Named to the National Film Registry in 1993 by the Library of Congress