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Movie Description
A woman who loves too much marries a man she's only known a few days--much to her fiance's surprise--and her new husband discovers that her selfish ways have ruined others. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actress--Gene Tierney. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Cinematography.
Synopsis
This genuinely perverse and fascinating film noir, filmed in incredibly rich Technicolor, is the tale of a woman's obsessive desire to possess her husband, exclusive of anyone else in the world.
Ellen Berent and her husband, writer Richard Harland, move to his lodge in Maine. In order to be completely alone with him, Ellen makes the handyman go away and stands by as Richard's attention-grabbing, crippled brother drowns in the lake. Pregnant Ellen also purposely miscarries their child. When Ellen's sister Ruth visits, Ellen's paranoia and jealousy catapult her to confess to Richard that she was responsible for the "accidents." Sickened by Ellen's confession, Richard decides to leave her for good. Ellen's next plan of action is quite possibly the ultimate revenge ever carried out by a jilted, crazed lover.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - English & Spanish
Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Darryl Hickman - Star
2. Richard Schickel - Film Historian
Bonus Shorts - 1. MovieTone News Footage about LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN
2. Restoration Comparison
Original Theatrical Trailer
Bonus Trailers - THE THREE FACES OF EVE
THE SNAKE PIT
IN OLD CHICAGO
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills
Shot in three-strip Technicolor.
Industry Reviews
"...Leon Shamroy's color cinematography, a deserving Oscar-winner, looks like era magazine illustrations put to film..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (03/03/1995)
Quotations
One of the advertising tag-lines described the film as "The sum total of all human emotion!"
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