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Harvey
Starring: James Stewart Director: Henry Koster

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Format: DVD

Genre: Comedy

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.5
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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Introduction - 1. Jimmy Stewart - Star
  • Trailers
  • Highlights
  • Parental Lock

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes
  • Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew

Major Awards:

    Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress (1950)

Entertainment Reviews:

Total Film - 10/01/2000

"...[Stewart gives] a gentle, philosophical performance in a gentle, philosophical film..."

Sight and Sound - 02/01/2006

"In 1950, Stewart was clearly looking to broaden his range....[He's] at home here in laid-back farce..."

Description by OLDIES.com:

James Stewart gives one of his finest performances in this lighthearted film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Stewart stars as the good-natured Elwood P. Dowd, whose constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can see. To his sister, Veta Louise, Elwood's obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in the side of her plans to marry off her daughter. But when Veta Louise decides to put Elwood in a mental hospital, a hilarious mix-up occurs and she finds herself committed instead. It's up to Elwood to straighten out the mess with his kindly philosophy, and his "imaginary" friend, in this popular classic that features a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award-winning performance by Josephine Hull.

Product Description:

Elwood is a good-natured, slightly sloshed man whose faithful companion is a 6-foot 3-1/2 inch rabbit that only he can see. When his sister Veta (Josephine Hull) tries to have him committed, she's taken in instead. It's up to Elwood and Harvey to straighten out the mess. James Stewart stars in his most amiable, bumbling mode. The film is based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Academy Award Nominations: 1, including Best Actor: James Stewart. Academy Awards: 1, Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull.

Plot Keywords:

Comedy | Easter | Essential Cinema | Family Film | Fantasy | Recommended | Theatrical Release | Wise Fools

Exerpts:

"Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it." -- Veta Louise Simmons (Josephine Hull)

"I've wrestled with reality for thirty-five years, and I'm happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart)

"Harvey and I have things to do...we sit in the bars...have a drink or two...and play the jukebox. Very soon the faces of the other people turn towards me and smile. They say: 'We don't know your name, mister, but you're all right, all right.' Harvey and I warm ourselves in these golden moments. We came as strangers -- soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell us about the great big terrible things they've done and the great big wonderful things they're going to do. Their hopes, their regrets. Their loves, their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. Then I introduce them to Harvey, and he's bigger and grander than anything they can offer me. When they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back." -- Elwood P. Dowd

"I'd just helped Ed Hickey into a taxi. Ed had been mixing his drinks, and I felt he needed conveying. I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: 'Good evening, Mr. Dowd.' I turned, and there was this big white rabbit leaning against a lamppost. Well, I thought nothing of that! Because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name." -- Elwood P. Dowd on meeting Harvey for the first time

Production Notes:

  • Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, and Jesse White all originated their roles in the stage version of Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play HARVEY. White made his film debut with this screen adaptation. James Stewart occasionally filled in as Elwood P. Dowd in the Broadway adaptation.
  • Some MCA/Universal video releases of HARVEY feature a special introduction by Stewart.

Cast and Crew:

Starring James Stewart
Directed by Henry Koster

DVD Details:

  • Special Introduction by Jimmy Stewart
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Label: Universal Home Video
  • Originally Released in: 1950
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: February 6, 2001
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 1,755
  • Item UPC: 025192033636
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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