An American in Paris
(DVD) 

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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2008.
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-disc special ed.
Language
English
UPC
883929003952

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
General Note
Special features (disc 1, 20 min.): optional audio commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly, with Arthur Freed, Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Alan Jay Lerner, Saul Chaplin, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Michael Feinstein, Johnny Green, Preston Ames & Irene Sharaff; "Paris on parade" FitzPatrick TravelTalk short (c1938, 9 min.); "Symphony in slang" cartoon (c1951, 7 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.).
General Note
Special features (disc 2, 161 min.): "Gene Kelly : anatomy of a dancer" episode of the television program American Masters (c2002, 87 min.); "''S wonderful : creating 'An American in Paris'" documentary (c2008, 42 min.); "Love walked in" outtake song sequence (3 min.); 14 audio outtakes (15 min. total); 3 radio interviews with Johnny Green, Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron (14 min. total).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Alfred Gilks ; film editor, Adrienne Fazan ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; musical direction, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger ; choreography by Gene Kelly ; ballet photographed by John Alton.
Participants/Performers
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina Foch.
Description
An American expatriate painter living in Paris falls in love with an engaged French woman.
Target Audience
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details
DVD, region 1, dual-layer; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English or dubbed French; with optional English, French, Japanese or Thai subtitles.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alton, J., Caron, L., Chaplin, S., Fazan, A., Foch, N., Freed, A., Gershwin, G., Gershwin, I., Gilks, A., Green, J., Guétary, G., Kelly, G., Lerner, A. J., Levant, O., Minnelli, V., & Salinger, C. (2008). An American in Paris (Two-disc special ed.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John. Alton et al.. 2008. An American in Paris. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John. Alton et al.. An American in Paris Warner Home Video, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alton, John., et al. An American in Paris Two-disc special ed., Warner Home Video, 2008.

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