Laura (Repackage) DVD

• Additional Details
• Format: DVD
• Rating: Not Rated
• Number of Discs: 1
• Run Time: 88 Minutes
• Region: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
• Language: English
• Studio: Fox
• DVD Release Date: March 15, 2005
• Packaging: Keep Case
• Closed Captioning: Yes
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Audio:
  ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
  ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
  SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
  
• Director: Otto Preminger
• Cast: Gene Tierney , Dana Andrews , Clifton Webb , Vincent Price , Judith Anderson , Dorothy Adams , James Flavin , Clyde Fillmore , Ralph Dunn , Grant Mitchell , Kathleen Howard
• Genre: Drama
• Color: Black & White
• Includes:
  EXTENED MOVIE VERSION - with alternate opening
  COMMENTARY - by composer David Raksin and Wesleyan University Film Professor Jeanine Basinger and film historian/author Rudy Behlmer
  DOCUMENTARIES - "Gene Tierny: A Shattered Portrait" and "Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain" as seen on BIOGRAPHY on the A&E Network
  DELETED SCENE - with optional commentary by Rudy Behlmer
  THEATRICAL TRAILER
• Release Date: 1944

Film noir, a classic film style of the '40s and '50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femme fatales and moral conflict.

A definitive film noir classic, Laura tells the shocking story of a Park Avenue society beauty murdered in her apartment, which brings Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) to New York's most elegant neighborhood. As he tries to get inside the head of the victim, Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney), he also questions the men in her life - the acerbic critic Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) and playboy fiancé Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price). Lulled by her stunning portrait, fine liquor and classical music, McPherson doesn't know he's in for a heart-stopping shock with the sudden appearance of a woman who seems to be Laura herself. Steeped in suspense, heightened reality and witty sophistication, Laura leads to a shocking climax.

Expert Review:
Though popular enough in the right circles, this is one that deserves a wider audience and should get a fresh look every few years. Almost accidentally sci-fi, this is a screenplay that speaks volumes about life and culture, all while being bizarre and fun almost with reckless abandon. By Marc Eastman of Are You Screening