Pillow Talk

UPC: 025195051019

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: The fabulously successful Pillow Talk was essentially Shop Around the Corner for the 1950s. Playboy composer Rock Hudson and interior-decorator Doris Day are obliged to share a telephone party line. Naturally, their calls overlap at the least opportune times, and just as naturally, this leads to Hudson and Day despising each other without ever having met in person. In a cute but convenient coincidence, Doris' boy friend is Tony Randall, who also happens to be Hudson's best pal. Thus Hudson gets a glimpse at Day, and it's love at first sight. To avoid revealing that he's her telephone rival, Hudson poses as a wealthy Texan and turns the charm on Day. But when he starts pitching woo, Day instantly recognizes all the "make-out" lines Hudson has used on the phone with his other conquests. She gets even by decorating Hudson's apartment in a hideous manner. But Hudson loves her all the same; he "kidnaps" her, carrying her through the streets in her nightgown in full view of everyone, including a laughing cop who refuses to intervene. He praises her horrifying interior decoration job effusively, and at this point Day can't help but give in to his marriage proposal. A bit too arch and cute for modern tastes at times, Pillow Talk is still one of the best of the frothy Doris Day-Rock Hudson vehicles; it made a fortune at the box office and garnered five Oscar nominations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Picture - Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Drama or Comedy Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Back in Bed With Pillow Talk
Chemistry 101: The Film Duo of Rock Hudson and Doris Day
Feature commentary
Original theatrical trailer

Pillow Talk

Format: DVD

Release Date: 04/14/2009

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DDM2.0 Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Pillow Talk
1. Main Titles [2:10]
2. The Party Line [7:44]
3. A Thank You Gift [2:39]
4. The Phone Company [7:12]
5. Battle 'Lines' [8:25]
6. The Harvard Man [5:32]
7. Rex to the Rescue [18:21]
8. A Good Clean Chat [4:13]
9. A Medical Miracle [4:20]
10. "Roly Poly" [:35]
11. Up to Connecticut [4:54]
12. "Possess Me" [5:39]
13. Name That Tune [4:48]
14. Love & Loose Teeth [5:38]
15. Alcohol & Advice [3:10]
16. A Hired Decorator [2:57]
17. The Dissatisfied [9:02]
18. Not Quite the End [3:43]

Rebecca Flint Marx

Hopelessly sexist by contemporary standards, Pillow Talk remains one of the perfect examples of the 1950s sex comedy. It practically bursts with coquettish prudery, winking at the viewer before closing the bedroom door and displaying the sort of barely concealed sexual anxiety that encouraged strong-jawed displays of testosterone among men and virtuoso virtue among women. In addition to providing a window through which to observe the sexual politics of the 1950s, the film is also the most enduring of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson comedies. Day is obscenely wholesome, Hudson is the epitome of a suave Neanderthal, and, together, they comprise one of the most perfectly mismatched couples ever captured on celluloid. It's a silly affair, a classic romantic comedy that bounces along on candy-colored charm and glib wit. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Lillian Culver  Actor 
Dorothy Abbott  Actor 
Boyd "Red" Morgan  Actor 
Joseph Mell  Actor 
Frances Sternhagen  Actor 
Harry Tyler  Actor 
Frank De Vol  Composer (Music Score) 
Michael Gordon  Director 
Clarence Greene  Screenwriter 
Ross Hunter  Producer 
Martin Melcher  Producer 
Maurice Richlin  Screenwriter 
Russell Rouse  Screenwriter 
Stanley Shapiro  Screenwriter 
Rock Hudson  Actor 
Doris Day  Actor 
Tony Randall  Actor 
Thelma Ritter  Actor 
Nick Adams  Actor 
Julia Meade  Actor 
Allen Jenkins  Actor 
Marcel Dalio  Actor 
Lee Patrick  Actor 
Mary McCarty  Actor 
Alex Gerry  Actor 
Hayden Rorke  Actor 
Valerie Allen  Actor 
Jacqueline Beer  Actor 
Arlen Stuart  Actor 
Don Beddoe  Actor 
Robert B. Williams  Actor 
Perry Blackwell  Actor 
Muriel Landers  Actor 
William Schallert  Actor 
Karen Norris  Actor 

Country: USA