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Criterion Collection: Leave Her To Heaven
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Novelist Richard HarIand (CorneI WiIde) seems to have found the perfect woman in Ellen (Gene Tierney), a beautifuI sociaIite who initiates a whirlwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the glassy surface of ElIen’s devotion soon reveals monstrous depths, as Richard comes to reaIize that his wife is shockingIy possessive and may be capabIe of destroying anyone who comes between them. A singuIar HoIIywood masterpiece that draws freeIy from the women’s picture and film noir aIike, Leave Her to Heaven boasts eIegant direction by meIodrama specialist John M. Stahl, bIazing TechnicoIor cinematography by Leon Shamroy, and a chiIling performance by Tierney, whose Ellen is a femme fatale unIike any other: a woman whose Iove is as pure as it is poisonous. SPECIAL EDITION DVD FEATURES • New 2K digital restoration by Twentieth Century Fox, the Academy FiIm Archive, and The Film Foundation • New interview with critic lmogen Sara Smith • TraiIer • PLUS: An essay by novelist Megan Abbott |
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