All That Heaven Allows
This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk follows the blossoming love between a well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson). When their romance prompts the scorn of her children and country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others. With the help of ace cinematographer Russell Metty, Sirk imbues nearly every shot with a vivid and distinct emotional tenor. A profoundly felt film about class and conformity in small-town America, All That Heaven Allows is a pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital restoration
- Audio commentary featuring film scholars John Mercer and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald
- Rock Hudson’s Home Movies (1992), a groundbreaking essay film about the actor by Mark Rappaport
- French television interview with director Douglas Sirk from 1982
- Excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the director
- Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview with the actor, who costarred in three Sirk films, including All That Heaven Allows
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- An essay by film scholar Laura Mulvey and an excerpt from a 1971 essay on Sirk by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cover by Robert Hunt
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital restoration
- Audio commentary featuring film scholars John Mercer and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald
- Rock Hudson’s Home Movies (1992), a groundbreaking essay film about the actor by Mark Rappaport
- French television interview with director Douglas Sirk from 1982
- Excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the director
- Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview with the actor, who costarred in three Sirk films, including All That Heaven Allows
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- An essay by film scholar Laura Mulvey and an excerpt from a 1971 essay on Sirk by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cover by Robert Hunt
Cast
- Jane Wyman
- Cary Scott
- Rock Hudson
- Ron Kirby
- Agnes Moorehead
- Sara Warren
- Conrad Nagel
- Harvey
- Virginia Grey
- Alida Anderson
- Gloria Talbott
- Kay Scott
- William Reynolds
- Ned Scott
- Charles Drake
- Mick Anderson
- Hayden Rorke
- Dr. Hennessy
- Jacqueline de Wit
- Mona Plash
- Leigh Snowden
- Jo-Ann
- Donald Curtis
- Howard Hoffer
- Alex Gerry
- George Warren
- Nestor Paiva
- Manuel
- Forrest Lewis
- Mr. Weeks
- Tol Avery
- Tom Allenby
- Merry Anders
- Mary Ann
Credits
- Director
- Douglas Sirk
- Producer
- Ross Hunter
- Screenplay
- Peg Fenwick
- Based on the story by
- Edna L. Lee
- Based on the story by
- Harry Lee
- Cinematography
- Russell Metty
- Art direction
- Alexander Golitzen
- Art direction
- Eric Orbom
- Set decoration
- Russell A. Gausman
- Set decoration
- Julia Heron
- Editing
- Frank Gross
- Music
- Frank Skinner
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