Mommie Dearest

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
• Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono - English
• Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono - French
• Subtitles - English

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - John Waters - Director
• Featurettes - 1. THE REVIVAL OF JOAN
                     2. LIFE WITH JOAN
                     3. JOAN LIVES ON
• Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Photo Gallery

Description by OLDIES.com:

Outrageous and controversial, this is the story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment was manifested in her relationships with her adopted children, Christina (Diana Scarwid) and Christopher (Xander Berkeley). The public Crawford was a strong-willed, glamorous object of admiration, but Mommie Dearest reveals the private Crawford, the woman desperate to be a mother, adopting her children when she was single and trying to survive in a devastating industry that swallows careers thoughtlessly. The rage, the debilitating strain, and the terrifying descent into alcoholism and child abuse are graphically - and unforgettably - depicted in this film, based upon Christina Crawford's best-selling book.

Product Description:

Based on the book by her adopted daughter Christina, MOMMIE DEAREST is the now-legendary tale of Hollywood superstar Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) and the lengths that she went to in order to maintain her public image. After several screen successes, Crawford's plan to stay on top in Tinseltown includes adopting two children, Christina and Christopher, whom she plans on spoiling with love and gifts. As her career flags and her lack of success in her relationships with men chip away at her constitution, Crawford's treatment of her children becomes more and more brutal. Though this domestic horror tale is so over-the-top it that it is often celebrated as high camp, Dunaway's performance remains nothing short of astounding.

Plot Synopsis:

The sensationalistic film biography of one of the silver screen's most infamous female stars, Joan Crawford. Based on a tell-all biography by Ms. Crawford's adopted daughter, this movie presents a subjective vision of life behind the closed doors of the Crawford household -- a view into the sordid personal life of a narcissistic and domineering mother who sadistically beat her "precious" little children.

Plot Keywords:

Biography | Character Study | Children | Drama | Parenthood | Rape | Showbiz | Tear Jerker | Theatrical Release

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