| Release | Sep 16, 2008 |
| Video |
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio |
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 French: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Subtitles | English, French, Japanese |
| Studio | Warner Brothers |
| Year | 1958 |
| Genre | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
- Remastered audio and video in a new digital transfer and 5.1 surround sound
- DISC 1:
- Feature film
- Audio commentary with historian Jeanine Basinger, with actress Leslie Caron
- Vintage short: "The Million Dollar Nickel"
- Classic Cinemascope cartoon: "The Vanishing Duck"
- Theatrical trailer
- DISC 2:
- New documentary: "Thank Heaven! The Making of Gigi"
- BONUS: 1949 non-musical screen version of "Gigi," starring Daniele Delorme in the title role and directed by Jacqueline Audry (in French w/English subtitles)
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor (Louis Jourdan) in Paris offers them all to Gigi (Leslie Caron). But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
Gaston (Jordan), the scion of a wealthy Parisian family, finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper-class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress of his uncle (Maurice Chevalier) and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi (Leslie Caron). When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt, who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man's mistress, encourage him to become her provider and her to accept such a golden opportunity. However, love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the-20th-century Cinderella story.
Producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli and a cast rife with Gallic charm combine talents for this lavish winner of nine Academy Awards including Best Picture. Its Alan Jay Lerne and Frederick Loewe songs can sparkle, like "The Night They Invented Champagne" or caress with the title-tune tenderness. "I Remember It Well," man-about-town Maurice Chevalier sings to Hermione Gingold. Like love itself, "Gigi" is most memorable.
Gaston (Jordan), the scion of a wealthy Parisian family, finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper-class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress of his uncle (Maurice Chevalier) and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi (Leslie Caron). When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt, who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man's mistress, encourage him to become her provider and her to accept such a golden opportunity. However, love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the-20th-century Cinderella story.
Producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli and a cast rife with Gallic charm combine talents for this lavish winner of nine Academy Awards including Best Picture. Its Alan Jay Lerne and Frederick Loewe songs can sparkle, like "The Night They Invented Champagne" or caress with the title-tune tenderness. "I Remember It Well," man-about-town Maurice Chevalier sings to Hermione Gingold. Like love itself, "Gigi" is most memorable.
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Eva GaborJacques BergeracLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierLouis JourdanHermione Gingold"Gigi"
Written by Alan Jay LernerWritten byColetteproduced byArthur Freed
directed byVincente Minnelli
Production Year: 1958
Written by Alan Jay LernerWritten byColetteproduced byArthur Freed
directed byVincente Minnelli
Production Year: 1958
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