Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Product Description:
A Hollywood actor who has risen from vaudville to become a silent film star must make the difficult transition to sound.
Genre: Musicals
Rating: G
Release Date: 24-SEP-2002
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com essential video:
Decades before the Hollywood film industry became famous for megabudget disaster and science fiction spectaculars, the studios of Southern California (and particularly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) were renowned for a uniquely American (and nearly extinct) kind of picture known as The Musical. Indeed, when the prestigious British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts its international critics poll in the second year of every decade, this 1952 MGM picture is the American musical that consistently ranks among the 10 best movies ever made. It's not only a great song-and-dance piece starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and a sprightly Debbie Reynolds; it's also an affectionately funny insider spoof about the film industry's uneasy transition from silent pictures to "talkies." Kelly plays debonair star Don Lockwood, whose leading lady Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) has a screechy voice hilariously ill-suited to the new technology (and her glamorous screen image). Among the musical highlights: O'Connor's knockout "Make 'Em Laugh"; the big "Broadway Melody" production number; and, best of all, that charming little title ditty in which Kelly makes movie magic on a drenched set with nothing but a few puddles, a lamppost, and an umbrella. --Jim Emerson

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - This wonderful picture will make you wanna sing...
Who doesn't know the words to the song `Singin' in the Rain'?I mean, seriously, even if you have yet to see the movie I'm sure you could sing that song word for word right now.

Go ahead; I'll wait.

The thing is that I too had never seen this movie yet knew all those words and it made me question just why it was that I never sat down to watch this beloved musical.I am not really a huge musical lover, but then again, I've never been one to disregard a movie because ... Read More
Rating: - Singing in the rain, never be repeated
This is a realy good classic. And wonderful restored I must say.
I just like the music and the performance of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor. This movie has nearly everything you would expect
from a movie like this. The classic scene of course never repeated when
Gene starts to dance in the puddles and the policeman is watching him ...
Rating: - Best Movie Ever Made
It is on the top of my very long movies enjoyed list. Its got it all. If you haven't seen this, you really need to.
Rating: - A timeless film, fun and entertaining for everyone
We first watched this movie as a family about 5 years ago, and Donald O'Connor cracked my son up while Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds entranced my daughter. Now, 5 years later, we purchased the movie for the holidays, and everyone loved it just as much again. We had to repeat "Make 'Em Laugh" a couple of times, and the music and dancing dazzled everyone throughout. The story is fun, too. A classic movie with a vibrancy and joy that transmits cleanly through time to all ages. What great fun!
Rating: - Singin in the Rain
Singin in the Rain is a real classic!
You find yourself humming tunes from
the movie for days after watching it.
The movie is enjoyable and has no
violence or profanity.