An Affair to Remember (1957)
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Synopsis: In this legendary tearjerker, the world's most eligible bachelor (Cary Grant) is set to marry an heiress. But unfortunately for his bride-to-be, while he's traveling alone on a luxury liner he meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) and realizes he's engaged to the wrong woman--and she's engaged... In this legendary tearjerker, the world's most eligible bachelor (Cary Grant) is set to marry an heiress. But unfortunately for his bride-to-be, while he's traveling alone on a luxury liner he meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) and realizes he's engaged to the wrong woman--and she's engaged to the wrong man. They finally agree to spend six months apart; if they still love each other at the end of that time, they will reunite at the top of the Empire State Building. But the path of true love does not always run smooth, and tragedy threatens to tear the couple apart. Leo McCarey directed both the original (LOVE AFFAIR) and this remake, and viewers often amiably battle over which film is the more touching. This much-loved film features the Academy Award-nominated title song and a splendid supporting cast. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Neva Patterson, Richard Denning
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 8, 2008
DVD Features:
- 2-Disc Set
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Mono - Spanish
- Stereo - English, French
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
- Disc 1: AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER - New Digital Transfer
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentaries - Marnie Nixon - Music Performer; Joseph McBride - Film Historian
- Disc 2: AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER - Supplemental Material
Additional Release Material:
- Additional Footage - "Fox Movietonews: AFFAIR TO REMEMBER Shipboard Premiere Attracts Celebrities"
- Behind the Scenes - 1. "The Look of AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER"
- 2. "AMC Backstory: AFFAIR TO REMEMBER"
- Documentaries - 1. "Affairs to Remember: Deborah Kerr"
- 2. "Affairs to Remember: Cary Grant"
- 3. "Directed by Leo McCarey"
- 3. "A Producer to Remember: Jerry Wald"
- Trailers - Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Galleries - Poster Art
- Stills/Photos
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Reviews
Often regarded (or dreaded) as the ultimate chick flick, due in no small amount to its fetish-object role in Sleepless in Seattle, An Affair to Remember deserves better than to be the receptor of Meg Ryan's crocodile tears.
Cheapened by the many references in Sleepless in Seattle, An Affair to Remember plays much better than you might imagine.
Mr. McCarey's direction is unpropitiously and unaccountably slow.
Romantic and over the top, but Cary Grant excels in these situations and it almost saves a movie that seemed to lose its way.

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