What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (50th Anniversary) (Blu-ray)
Sister Sister, Oh So Fair! Why Is There Blood All Over Your Hair?
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 9, 2012
- Originally Released: 1962
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Maidie Norman, Anna Lee & Victor Buono | |
Performer: | Marjorie Bennett, Dave Willock & Bert Freed | |
Directed by | Robert Aldrich | |
Edited by | Michael Luciano | |
Screenwriting by | Lukas Heller | |
Original story by | Henry Farrell | |
Composition by | Frank De Vol | |
Art Direction by | William Glasgow | |
Produced by | Robert Aldrich | |
Director of Photography: | Ernest Haller |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1962 -
Best Costume Design (b&w): Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
There are plenty of thrills and no shortage of suspense in this darkly comic horror film.
Little White Lies
Rating: 5/5 --
Bette Davis is unforgettable in classic horror movie.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 5/5 --
The on-screen fireworks were reportedly fuelled by off-screen hatred, but the chemistry between the stars is unquestionably hair-raising and upped the Gothic stakes to camp shock levels.
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Radio Times
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane offers commentary on aging, sisterhood, and show business, all remaining worthy of discussion today.
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Film Inquiry
Rating: 3/5 --
It's still vivid, barnstorming stuff.
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Guardian
[A] frightening, darkly comic picture ...
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Observer (UK)
A lurid melodrama of hate, revenge and murder, a high-class horror film, in the Hitchcock vein, with virtuoso performances from Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and moments both searing and poignant.
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Hollywood Reporter
Product Description:
As a child, Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) was a pampered vaudeville star known to the world as Baby Jane while her younger sister, Blanche (Joan Crawford), led a quiet life in her considerable shadow. Decades have passed and now Blanche is a beautiful, talented movie idol and Jane a lowly extra. When a car accident cripples Blanche, binding her to a wheelchair, Jane sees her opportunity for revenge and assumes the role of caretaker. Her newly gained power completes the transformation of the sugar-sweet child star into a nightmarish caricature of Baby Jane. As she does everything she can to make her sister's life a living hell--including feeding Blanche a dead rat and brutally beating her when she tries to phone for help--Jane plots a comeback, aided by shifty musical director Edwin Flagg (Victor Buono).
Director Robert Aldrich (KISS ME DEADLY) composes the strangest and most unsettling film of his career, creating a blueprint for future psycho-thriller filmmakers to follow. Renowned offscreen rivals Davis and Crawford revived their flagging careers with two stunning performances, and Buono received an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role. Creepy, campy, grotesque, and terrifying, the wildly over-the-top WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE' is a disturbing and unforgettable film.
Director Robert Aldrich (KISS ME DEADLY) composes the strangest and most unsettling film of his career, creating a blueprint for future psycho-thriller filmmakers to follow. Renowned offscreen rivals Davis and Crawford revived their flagging careers with two stunning performances, and Buono received an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role. Creepy, campy, grotesque, and terrifying, the wildly over-the-top WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE' is a disturbing and unforgettable film.