The Public Enemy Digital Life DVD

The Public Enemy
starring: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy (II), Christina Graver, James Cagney, Jean Harlow
directed by: Alfred J. Goulding, William A. Wellman

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790792248
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790792249
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 84 minutes
Sales Rank: 10203
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 23, 1931

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James Cagney gives a tour-de-force performance in his tough-guy portrayal of a petty hoodlum who rises to big-time gangster.Running Time: 82 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569690622

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Director William Wellman (Wings), a World War I veteran who turned his experiences in battle into an insistence on unpretentious violence in his films, made Public Enemy a particularly brutal account of the rise and fall of a monstrous gangster (James Cagney). Cagney delivers one of the most famous performances in film history as the snarling crook who--in one of the film's most famous scenes--smashes a grapefruit into the face of Mae Clarke. The film's a bit dated, but its action scenes still pack an unusual wallop. --Tom Keogh

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- WILLIAM A. WELLMAN, OPUS 23
***** 1931. Directed by William A. Wellman. The screenplay earned an Academy award nomination. During the prohibition, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle become part of the Paddy Ryan gang and enjoy the mobster life. For a while. Cagney, Harlow and Blondell are great in this film any movie lover should own. At least, two scenes of THE PUBLIC ENEMY are already part of history: the grapefruit squeezed over the face of James Cagney's girl-friend and the final apparition of Cagney more spectacular than any movie of THE MUMMY serie. Masterpiece.

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- The Ultimate Tough Guy
Tom Powers (James Cagney) is a heel and has been ever since childhood when he and his friend Matt Doyle (Edward Woods) used to steal beer and torment the neighborhood. Now he's all grown up and he has moved on to bigger but not better things. From manhandling his women (Mae Clarke) to murdering old pals, Tom is nothing short of a terror. In spite of his nastiness, one can't help but like him and hope that he gets away with his terrible deeds.

The use of violence in the film is interesting. We never really see anything happening until the very end, which makes for more powerful scenes. The crimes committed are no different than those in modern gangster movies; the difference is the amount of the acts that we are allowed to see. In some ways, the subtlety is more moving, and William Wellman creates some beautiful scenes in spite of the seedy subject matter.

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- Classic Period Piece
Public Ememy is a classic "period piece" that takes you back to that time & place in American history (which is what the truely great period movies do) and it still "hold up well" even though it is going on 80 years old.

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- shottas
The dvd was defective and did not play. I tried it in two dvd players.
The other ones played. I am currently diputing this transaction with my credit card company.

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