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Movie Description
Frustrated film director Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is fed up with serving out easily digestible but ultimately meaningless chunks of comedy for the studios. He decides to set off across America to rediscover the daily lives of the Joe Lunchpails as research for his socially responsible next film, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Giving up all his unnecessaries, he begins his cross-country road trip in hobo's clothes with barely a dime in his pocket to regain his focus.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Noah Baumbach - Director, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean - Actors
Documentary - 1. THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER
Production Interview - 1. Sandy Sturges - Widow of Preston Sturges
2. Preston Sturges - Director
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Additional Audio Material - 1. Rare Audio Recordings of Sturges
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Publicity
Production Stills
Theatrical release: January 1942.
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS is number 39 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Funniest Movies.
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1990.
The Coen brothers made a film in 2000 named for the film that Sullivan wanted to make--O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
Industry Reviews
"...One of the most brilliant screen mixes of comedy and drama in history..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (08/24/2001)
"...Its endlessly fertile and still-influential fusion of satire, screwball comedy, drama and slapstick remains tartly fresh..."
Entertainment Weekly - Tim Purtell (11/09/2001)
"Cramming a hundred ideas and a dozen genres -- screwball, road movie, thriller, musical -- into a package that moves like a runaway train..."
Uncut - Damien Love (05/01/2005)
"[A] superbly crafted comedy."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (06/01/2005)
Quotations
"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have?"--John Lloyd Sullivan (Joel McCrea)
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