Actors: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott Director: Douglas Sirk
Language: ENGLISH: LPCM Mono Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1 Number of Discs: 3 (BD / 2 DVD)
Rating: Not Rated Orig. Release Date: 1955 Studio: Criterion Release Date: 6/10/2014 Run Time: 89 Min.
- Commentary - film scholars John Mercer (Melodrama: Genre, Style, Sensibility)
and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald discuss the romantic relationship between
Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson's characters, the unique use of color
throughout the film, Douglas Sirk's careful framing, the social
overtones in the film, the key conflicts in the film, the different
reviews the film received, etc. The audio commentary was recorded
exclusively for Criterion in 2014.
- Trailer - original trailer for All That Heaven Allows. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).
- Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) - a fascinating documentary focusing on Rock Hudson's sexuality and celebrity status narrated by filmmaker Mark Rappaport (Mozart in Love, From the Journals of Jean Seberg).
The documentary features a large collection of clips from films with
Rock Hudson and some archival stills. In English, not subtitled. (64
min, 1080i).
- Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk - presented here are interview excerpts from the 1979 BBC documentary Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk.
The legendary director discusses the socio-political climate in Germany
after Hitler's rise to power, his work in Holland and consequently in
Hollywood, his collaboration with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson on Magnificent Obsessions and All That Heaven Allows, the visual style of the latter, etc. In English, not subtitled. (58 min, 1080i).
- Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk - in this featurette, actor William Reynolds, who played Cary Scott's son in All That Heaven Allows,
discusses his acting career and the various films he made with Douglas
Sirk. William Reynolds started his career at Paramount, where he was
discovered by the great director William Wyler (Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday). The featurette was produced by Robert Fischer for Fiction Factory. In English, not subtitled. (24 min, 1080i).
- Cinema cinemas - presented here is an archival
interview with director Douglas Sirk, directed by Pascal Thomas, which
originally aired on the April 14, 1982, episode of the French television
program Cinema cinemas. The director discusses the importance of
light and shadow in his films, the camera movement and the manner in
which faces are captured in his films, the crucial role music has in his
films, his cutting/editing preferences, etc. A good portion of the
footage was shot in Lugano, Switzerland. In English, with printed French
subtitles. (16 min, 1080i).
- Booklet - 20-page illustrated booklet featuring:
"An Articulate Screen" by Laura Mulvey (the author is professor of film
and media studies at Birkbeck College, University of London) and
"Fassbinder on All That Heaven Allows" (the text was excerpted from a
piece the great German director wrote for the February 1971 issue of the
journal Fernsehen und Film).
An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth
nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her
country club peers.
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