Affair to Remember

UPC: 024543487982

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: An Affair to Remember, director Leo McCarey's scene-for-scene remake of his own 1939 film Love Affair, isn't really an improvement on the original, but it's equally as enjoyable. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, high-profile types both engaged to be married to other people, meet and fall in love during an ocean voyage. To test the depth of their commitment to each other, Grant and Kerr promise that, if they're still in love at the end of six months, they will meet again at the top of the Empire State Building. Clips from An Affair to Remember were used as "reference points" throughout the 1993 romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, which likewise concluded atop the Empire State Building. Disproving the theory that "Third Time's the Charm," Warren Beatty attempted to remake Affair to Remember, again titled Love Affair, in 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Disc One: Audio commentary by singer Marine Nixon and film historian Joseph McBride
Disc Two: Exclusive featurettes - Affairs to Remember: Deborah Kerr, Affairs to Remember: Cary Grant, directed by Leo McCarey, a producer to remember: Jerry Wald, the look of An Affair to Remember
AMC backstory: An Affair to Remember
Fox movietonews: Shipboard premiere attracts celebrities
Original theatrical trailer
Poster gallery
Still gallery

Affair to Remember

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/15/2008

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 115 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Affair to Remember
1. Main Titles [:20]
2. On the Air [1:47]
3. A Most Eligible Bachelor [1:42]
4. A Cheat and a Thief [1:35]
5. Dinner With Nickie [4:06]
6. A Shipboard Romance [3:06]
7. A Magical Day Ashore [1:29]
8. Back on Board [3:44]
9. Keeping a Distance [5:54]
10. The Last Night [1:45]
11. Making Plans to Reunite [8:24]
12. An Interview [8:00]
13. A Starving Artist [2:20]
14. Landing in New York [2:28]
15. Tragedy Strikes [4:30]
16. Visiting a Memory [:32]
17. A Devasting Secret [2:20]
18. Visiting the Teacher [5:26]
19. A Surprise Reunion [3:07]
20. The Painting [4:59]

Michael Costello

Leo McCarey's remake of his Love Affair (1939) is a classic tearjerker and a key reference of Sleepless in Seattle (1993). While shameless in its manipulation of emotion, the film avoids the worst excesses of the bathetic through the peerless performances of its two graceful leads. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star as the couple who, after meeting on a cruise ship, agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months time in order to test the strength of their love. The film suffers from a certain unevenness. After its engaging first act, the lengthy second act during which the lovers are waiting out the six months, which includes some subpar musical numbers by Kerr, is an exercise in tedium. The film's reputation is based upon the plotting chicanery of its third act and its lachrymose denouement. With a film like this, one is tempted to conjecture about the enduring appeal of something so patently false. But if one takes Kerr's accidental injury as a metaphor for her own sense of unworthiness or fear of loving and being loved, along with Grant's love for her in spite of her "fault," the source of its power seems much easier to accept. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Jesslyn Fax  Actor 
Helen Mayon  Actor 
Jack Lomas  Actor 
Tony DeMario  Actor 
Richard Allen  Actor 
Tina Thompson  Actor 
Mary Carroll  Actor 
Walter Woolf King  Actor 
Alena Murray  Actor 
Robert Lynn  Actor 
Minta Durfee  Actor 
Jack Raine  Actor 
Juney Ellis  Actor 
Scotty Morrow  Actor 
Paul Bradley  Actor 
Dorothy Adams  Actor 
Priscilla Garcia  Actor 
Marc Snow  Actor 
Bert Stevens  Actor 
Brian Corcoran  Actor 
Roger Til  Actor 
Marni Nixon  Actor 
Delmer Daves  Screenwriter 
Harold Adamson  Composer (Music Score) 
Hugo W. Friedhofer  Composer (Music Score) 
Leo McCarey  Director 
Leo McCarey  Composer (Music Score) 
Leo McCarey  Screenwriter 
Donald Ogden Stewart  Screenwriter 
Jerry Wald  Producer 
Harry Warren  Composer (Music Score) 
Cary Grant  Actor 
Deborah Kerr  Actor 
Richard Denning  Actor 
Neva Patterson  Actor 
Cathleen Nesbitt  Actor 
Robert Q. Lewis  Actor 
Charles Watts  Actor 
Fortunio Bonanova  Actor 
Matt Moore  Actor 
Louis Mercier  Actor 
Geraldine Wall  Actor 
Nora Marlowe  Actor 
Sarah Selby  Actor 
Alberto Morin  Actor 
Genevieve Aumont  Actor 

Country: USA