Sullivan’s Travels
Tired of churning out lightweight comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou?—a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, Sullivan hits the road disguised as a hobo. En route to enlightenment, he encounters a lovely but no-nonsense young woman (Veronica Lake)—and more trouble than he ever dreamed of. This comic masterpiece by Preston Sturges is among the finest Hollywood satires and a high-water mark in the career of one of the industry’s most revered funnymen.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2001 by filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990), a seventy-five-minute documentary made by Bowser for PBS’s American Masters series
- New video essay by film critic David Cairns, featuring filmmaker Bill Forsyth
- Interview with Sandy Sturges, the director’s widow, from 2001
- Interview with Sturges by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper from 1951
- Archival audio recordings of Sturges
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans
New cover by Maurice Vellekoop
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2001 by filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990), a seventy-five-minute documentary made by Bowser for PBS’s American Masters series
- New video essay by film critic David Cairns, featuring filmmaker Bill Forsyth
- Interview with Sandy Sturges, the director’s widow, from 2001
- Interview with Sturges by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper from 1951
- Archival audio recordings of Sturges
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans
New cover by Maurice Vellekoop
Cast
- Joel McCrea
- John L. Sullivan
- Veronica Lake
- The Girl
- Robert Warwick
- Mr. LeBrand
- William Demarest
- Mr. Jones
- Franklin Pangborn
- Mr. Casalsis
- Porter Hall
- Mr. Hadrian
- Byron Foulger
- Mr. Valdelle
- Margaret Hayes
- Secretary
- Robert Greig
- Sullivan's butler
- Eric Blore
- Sullivan's valet
- Torben Meyer
- The doctor
- Victor Potel
- Cameraman
- Richard Webb
- Radioman
- Charles Moore
- Chef
- Almira Sessions
- Ursula
- Esther Howard
- Miz Zeffie
- Frank Moran
- Tough chauffeur
- Georges Renavent
- Old tramp
- Harry Rosenthal
- The trombenik
- Alan Bridge
- The Mister
- Jimmy Conlin
- Trusty
- Jan Buckinham
- Mrs. Sullivan
- Robert Winkler
- Bud
- Chick Collins
- Capital
- Jimmie Dundee
- Labor
Credits
- Director
- Preston Sturges
- Written by
- Preston Sturges
- Associate producer
- Paul Jones
- Edited by
- Stuart Gilmore
- Costumes
- Edith Head
- Makeup artist
- Wally Westmore
- Director of photography
- John Seitz
- Art direction
- Hans Dreier
- Art direction
- Earl Hedrick
- Music score
- Leo Shuken
- Music score
- Charles Bradshaw
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