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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (40th Anniversary Edition) |  | Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  150 reviews
Sales Rank: 7191
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 99
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: COLD21100D
UPC: 043396211001
EAN: 0043396211001
ASIN: B000TXP56C
Theatrical Release Date: December 12, 1967
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Spencer Tracy's last performance was in this well-meaning, handsome film by Stanley Kramer about a pair of white parents (Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) trying to make sense of their daughter's impending marriage to an African American doctor (Sidney Poitier). The film has been knocked over the years for padding conflict and stoking easy liberalism by making Poitier's character in every socioeconomic sense a good catch: But what if Kramer had made this stranger a factory worker? Would the audience still find it as easy to accept a mixed-race relationship? But there's no denying the drawing power of this movie, which gets most of its integrity from the stirring performances of Tracy and Hepburn. When the former (who had been so ill that the production could not get completion insurance) gives a speech toward the end about race, love, and much else, it's impossible not to be affected by the last great moment in a great actor's life and career. --Tom Keogh
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Spencer Tracy's last performance was in this well-meaning, handsome film by Stanley Kramer about a pair of white parents (Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) trying to make sense of their daughter's impending marriage to an African American doctor (Sidney Poitier). The film has been knocked over the years for padding conflict and stoking easy liberalism by making Poitier's character in every socioeconomic sense a good catch: But what if Kramer had made this stranger a factory worker? Would the audience still find it as easy to accept a mixed-race relationship? But there's no denying the drawing power of this movie, which gets most of its integrity from the stirring performances of Tracy and Hepburn. When the former (who had been so ill that the production could not get completion insurance) gives a speech toward the end about race, love, and much else, it's impossible not to be affected by the last great moment in a great actor's life and career. --Tom Keogh
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/26/2008 Run time: 107 minutes
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 dissapointed June 23, 2010
Leticia Beutler
Ordered DVD but recieved VHS after numerous attempts to return it i was unable to get correct information, shipping label and to return it now i am stuck with a movie that will never be seen and i feel ripped off. I will not order from Amazon again due to the return policy and lack of avaliability to contact you.
 A Timeless example of society June 10, 2010
Fernando Gastelo
The theme of an interracial couple might sound outdated these days. But as i watch this movie today I really don't see it that distant from our current times. The fact that we all have equal rights does not mean that we all love each other. Also the themes of the movie extend far beyond the black and white relationship. It's about acceptance of a different culture and how even though we might tell ourselves we have no-preconceptions about a specific race. The truth is we all think like Mr. Drayton at one point or another. The human being is more complex than the definitions a political or religious party might assign to you. Unnecessary is to say the dialogues here are a work of genius. More than 80% of the movie takes place between 2 rooms, yet the arguments are not only engaging but enlightening as well.
 Sidney Poitier Fan!! April 13, 2010
A. Way (Washington, DC)
I had never seen this movie but saw the remake with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher. I enjoyed this movie a little boring because a message was being made when this movie came out. The acting was wonderful and if you watch you'll notice there wasn't much music in this movie either. All in all I loved it. Must have if you are a fan of old movies; Poitier fan.
Classic and Important Movies March 18, 2010
D. Sutton (Denver, CO)
This is by far one of the most important movies in the last century. I am most pleased with the quality of this film. There are so many ways the effects of this work of art can be applied throughout one's life.
guess who's coming to dinner January 18, 2010
Lee R. Johnson
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie arrived ahead of time. the dvd was not fasten in the case and had been moving around in the case and would not play on my dvd player. but i had a second dvd player that it would play own.
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