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Holiday
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton
Directed By: George Cukor
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396114166
Format: Black & White
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2006-12-05
Running Time: 96
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1938-06-15
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Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant team up in this classic George Cukor comedy about love that finally finds its mark. Johnny (Grant) has just met the girl of his dreams so he proposes; she happily accepts. However he soon discovers that his lovely bride-to-be Julia (Doris Nolan) comes from a wealthy Park Avenue family with a father who likes to make all the decisions and to whom she seems incapable of defying. Her unconventional sister Linda (Hepburn) knows she wants something different from a mapped-out life; she also discovers she's falling in love with Johnny. Grant's effervescent performance is timeless and his onscreen chemistry with Hepburn electric. Based on the 1928 play by Philip Barry and the second time the story was adapted to the screen this version established the rules for intelligent romantic comedies and provided a template from which the deft Cukor could further expand.System Requirements:Run Time: 96 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â DRAMA Rating:Â NR UPC:Â 043396114166 Manufacturer No:Â 11416
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Summary: NOT AS GOOD AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD!
Comment: I'm sure in it's time this was a very good movie, but for me it took forever to get to the inevitable. The film is saved by good performances by Grant and Hepburn, but it's not enough to save this slow moving predictable romance movie. It's easy to love the idea that the young Grant has, of earning enough money to let him take some time off to see what he wants to do with his life as I have always tried to live my life in the same manner. Maybe I've seen so many films that this one just doesn't stand out?
I viewed this movie which was included in a box set with four other Grant pictures, I can only hope I enjoy the other more than this one, but the DVD transfer is very good and there are some interesting extras, so if your a fan look for the Cary Grant Box set.
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Summary: Not just a holiday, but a way of life
Comment: For a film that just turned 70 years old, "Holiday" is remarkably timely. The question of what to do with your life, whether there's more to it than just making money & accruing power & status, resonates all the more in contemporary times. Everywhere the emphasis is on getting more, More, MORE!
And for what?
That's what Johnny Case (a young Cary Grant at his most charming & energetic) is wondering as the story begins. Not averse to hard work & making enough to live on, he's thinking beyond that, wanting to use his money as the means to an end, rather than as an end in itself. And he assumes that his brand-new fiancée Julia (Doris Nolan), with whom he's head over heels in love, feels the same way ... until he meets her family, which just happens to be one of the richest in America. He soon discovers that something more mainstream is expected of someone with his financial acumen.
But Julia's siblings Linda (a scintillating Katherine Hepburn) & Ned (an equally good Lew Ayres) agree with Johnny's notion of a "holiday," making enough to live on for a couple of years while he sorts out his life, discovers what it is he really wants. As do his eccentric friends Nick & Susan Potter, played to a delicious turn by Edward Everett Horton & Jean Dixon. Still, he loves Julia, and wants to work out some sort of reasonable compromise ... even as he begins falling for Linda, and vice-versa.
It's the all too relevant dilemma of living in a society that glorifies, even deifies wealth. What is Johnny to do? How much of his personal dream should he, can he put aside for the sake of his intended wife & her family? What are his obligations to use his talents? What does he owe himself? In many ways, he's a close cousin to Tyrone Power's Larry Darrell in "The Razor's Edge."
These questions wouldn't be out of place in any American household today, especially for someone fresh out of college, just beginning a career. Is the goal of life a McMansion, a Hummer, a wall-sized plasma TV? Or is there more to life than that, something more meaningful & satisfying, even though scorned by the majority?
And note the attitudes of Julia's cousins at the big party, snobbish & arrogant & verging on fascist. To them, society belongs to a handful of the very wealthy, superior to the mere masses, who exist solely to serve their masters. Which might remind more than a few viewers of the people currently running & devouring America right now.
It's a film rich with food for thought -- but never at the expense of entertainment, which makes it even better. The acting is uniformly wonderful, and the banter is witty as only dialogue from the classic era of film can be. Yet after the credits have rolled, and the smile still lingers on your face, you'll find yourself thinking about the film's deeper message. Most highly recommended!
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Summary: holiday
Comment: this is one of my favorite hepburn/grant movie...they are comic time sets up the rest of their on screen chemistry
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Summary: Wonderful Movie
Comment: This is a surprising movie...the emotions you feel in this is surprising...after watching this for the first time several years ago I knew I had to have this --- so will anyone who sees this movie..a must have!
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Summary: My favorite movie of all time.
Comment: It's a love story, a comedy, a drama all wrapped into one. Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn had a terrific chemistry. I will not go into the plot since I see other reviews have already, but buy this movie! You will not be disappointed. Truly a classic to watch over and over.
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