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You Can't Take It with You | Year: 1938 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Frank Capra Actors/Actresses: - Jean Arthur - Lionel Barrymore - James Stewart Warm & Wonderful This is a gem of a movie. It's all madness & mayhem on the surface, and warm & cozy underneath. Like most of Frank Capra's movies, this is a morality play. The filmaker continues his favorite theme, downplaying the materalistic and embracing the things that really matter, love, both romantic & platonic, friends & family. This type of material might be a preachy bore in the hands of a person less skilled than Frank Capra, but he makes it work. Not only does it work, but the movie is hilarious. The cast is excellent, starring Lionel Barrymore, I would say at his best, but I never saw anything he was in where he wasn't great. Jimmy Stewart plays one of his nice guys here to the max & is terrific also. The rest of the cast is excellent as well. I especially loved the "mad Russian" played by Mischa Auer. Eddie Anderson steals every scene he's in whether he's speaking or not.<BR>All in all, it's a fine ensemble cast, everyone is very good. Do yourself a favor, if you have an opportunity to see this, please do! You gotta slow down and smell the flowers... I thought this film a master piece of Capracorn! He's really outdone himself this time! When a zany, middle-class, nonconformist family meets a wealthy candidate for their beloved daughter, Arthur's, new husband everything goes haywire! From collecting stamps to illegally manufacturing fireworks in the basement to being thrown in jail there's absolutely nothing this family hasn't done before! The comic reliefs being an eccentric Russian ballet teacher and a 'Home Sweet Home'sign that falls off the wall where it hangs every time a faulty firework goes off. This is a gem of a movie that I highly recommend. Also look for other films directed by Capra on DVD such as : "It Happened One Night", "Mr.Smith Goes to Washington", and "Arsenic and Old Lace". Great film, Poor DVD First of all, this film is great, and deserves to be owned by any classic movie fan. It has some of the greatest stars that have ever been on-screen, together! This is easily a favourite of mine, with Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore AND Frank Capra, you cant go wrong with watching this. This film easily deserves the 5 stars, but I take one away because of this very disappointing release from Columbia on DVD. Many of Columbia's releases of classic movies on DVD have been poor ('Awful Truth' comes straight to mind) while others have great releases ('It Happened One Night' for an example). I will start with the picture quality. It is full of scratching, throughout the film, and in all honesty, it does kind of look like a video. Still, saying this, it is actually watchable, but what a poor effort. Now for the sound. Ok, this is the real problem. The sound is really quite bad. It is full of hissing, and becomes annoying. Its listenable, but oh, they could have done a lot better here. The extras. Well, there isnt much to say really, is there? There are nothing for you on this disc. This DVD is worth getting, but I only say this because of the film itself. What a poor release for such a wonderful film. Hopefully, Columbia will re-release this soon, with a better print, better sound, and some decent extras. If only this could have been more like their release of Capra's other classic, 'It Happened One Night'. Dont avoid this DVD, but just dont expect much. PLEASE NOTE: Since I am in England, I own the Region 2 release. It appears to be no different to this Region 1 release though. Buy You Can T Take It With You at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on You Can T Take It With You Search with the Priority Search Engine on You Can T Take It With You This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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