Affair to Remember DVD

An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember, director Leo McCarey's scene-for-scene remake of his own 1939 film Love Affair, isn't really an improvement on the original, but it's equally as enjoyable. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, high-profile types both engaged to be married to other people, meet and fall in love during an ocean voyage. To test the depth of their commitment to each other, Grant and Kerr promise that, if they're still in love at the end of six months, they will meet again at the top of the Empire State Building. Clips from An Affair to Remember were used as "reference points" throughout the 1993 romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, which likewise concluded atop the Empire State Building. Disproving the theory that "Third Time's the Charm," Warren Beatty attempted to remake Affair to Remember, again titled Love Affair, in 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Cary Grant as Nickie Ferrante Deborah Kerr as Terry McKay Richard Denning as Kenneth Neva Patterson as Lois Clarke Cathleen Nesbitt as Grandmother Robert Q. Lewis as Announcer Charles Watts as Hathaway Fortunio Bonanova as Courbet Matt Moore as Fr. McGrath Louis Mercier as Mario Geraldine Wall as Miss Webb Nora Marlowe as Gladys Sarah Selby as Miss Lane Alberto Morin as Bartender Genevieve Aumont as Gabriello

Crew Lyle Wheeler - Art Director Jack Martin Smith - Art Director Robert Sidney - Choreography Charles LeMaire - Costume Designer Leo McCarey - Director James B. Clark - Editor Harry Warren - Composer (Music Score) Hugo W. Friedhofer - Composer (Music Score) Harold Adamson - Composer (Music Score) Leo McCarey - Composer (Music Score) Lionel Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision Harry Warren - Songwriter Leo McCarey - Songwriter Harold Adamson - Songwriter Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup Milton Krasner - Cinematographer Jerry Wald - Producer Paul S. Fox - Set Designer Walter Scott - Set Designer L.B. Abbott - Special Effects Harry M. Leonard - Sound/Sound Designer Charles Peck - Sound/Sound Designer Leo McCarey - Screen Story Mildred Cram - Screen Story Donald Ogden Stewart - Screenwriter Leo McCarey - Screenwriter Delmer Daves - Screenwriter Mildred Gram - Short Story Author

An Affair to Remember
Leo McCarey's remake of his Love Affair (1939) is a classic tearjerker and a key reference of Sleepless in Seattle (1993). While shameless in its manipulation of emotion, the film avoids the worst excesses of the bathetic through the peerless performances of its two graceful leads. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star as the couple who, after meeting on a cruise ship, agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months time in order to test the strength of their love. The film suffers from a certain unevenness. After its engaging first act, the lengthy second act during which the lovers are waiting out the six months, which includes some subpar musical numbers by Kerr, is an exercise in tedium. The film's reputation is based upon the plotting chicanery of its third act and its lachrymose denouement. With a film like this, one is tempted to conjecture about the enduring appeal of something so patently false. But if one takes Kerr's accidental injury as a metaphor for her own sense of unworthiness or fear of loving and being loved, along with Grant's love for her in spite of her "fault," the source of its power seems much easier to accept. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
 

Charles LeMaire: Academy, Best Costume Design (nominated) Harold Adamson: Academy, Best Song (nominated) Harry Warren: Academy, Best Song (nominated) Hugo W. Friedhofer: Academy, Best Score (nominated) Leo McCarey: Academy, Best Song (nominated) Leo McCarey: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Milton Krasner: Academy, Best Cinematography (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: 1: PCM mono 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: cc Audio commentary by singer Marni Nixon and film historian Joseph McBride AMC Backstory episode: "An Affair to Remember" Movietone newsreel (shipboard premiere) Still gallery Theatrical trailer Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1) Audio: English Stereo, French Stereo, Spanish Mono Subtitles: English, Spanish DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 119 min Part of Series: Fox Studio Classics   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Titles 2. On the Air 3. A Most Eligible Bachelor 4. A Cheat and a Thief 5. Dinner With Nickie 6. A Shipboard Romance 7. A Magical Day Ashore 8. Back on Board 9. Keeping a Distance 10. The Last Night 11. Making Plans to Reunite 12. An Interview 13. A Starving Artist 14. Landing in New York 15. Tragedy Strikes 16. Visiting a Memory 17. A Devastating Secret 18. Visiting the Teacher 19. A Surprise Reunion 20. The Painting