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Format: DVD
 Aug 2000
 Not Rated
 Recording Mode: Dolby Surround
 Sound: Stereo
 118 min.
 B&W
 UPC: 012569502529 |
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Movie Description Beware nice old ladies offering elderberry wine! A mild-mannered drama critic discovers the shocking truth about his two elderly aunts: The seemingly harmless old ladies have the most disagreeable habit of poisoning their gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar. One of the all-time great black comedies.
Synopsis A couple leaving on their honeymoon must put aside their plans when the groom finds that his spinster aunts are killing people in their pleasant little house and burying the bodies in the cellar. To their credit, the aunts believe they are just being kind and they hold touching funeral services for all of their victims. The plot is complicated by a somewhat dotty elderly relative who is convinced that he is Teddy Roosevelt.
Film Notes According to various sources, the Epsteins wrote the screenplay "with help" from Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse.
The film was made in 1942, but not released until 1944.
DVD Features
Region 1 Snap Case Full Frame - 1.33 Single Side - Single Layer Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Additional Release Material: Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access Text/Photo Galleries: Production Notes
Industry Reviews "...Capra's mischievous tale of murder by old maid remains relentlessly, impeccably funny..." Sight and Sound - Danny Leigh (03/01/2002)
"[S]till a diamond." Uncut - Peter Hogan (08/01/2001)
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