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Midnight - The Criterion Collection

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Released: 14th July 2025. Screwball comedy doesn't get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic deception, gleaming with cunning wit and Continental élan. A couture-clad Claudette Colbert is divine as a penniless American chorus girl who crashes Parisian high society by posing as a wealthy Hungarian baroness - but both a scheming nobleman (John Barrymore) and a smitten taxi driver (Don Ameche) are soon on to her game. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett's sophisticated script - a typically subversive blend of fairy-tale escapism and caustic social observation - and the pitch-perfect direction of master craftsman Mitchell Leisen yield a topsy-turvy Cinderella story with a cynical bite.

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  • Details

    Released:
    14th July 2025
    Category:
    Feature, Classic
    Studio:
    Criterion Collection
    Format:
    Blu-ray
    Certification:
    Universal – Suitable for all
    Barcode:
    5061088920111
  • Description

    Screwball comedy doesn't get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic deception, gleaming with cunning wit and Continental élan. A couture-clad Claudette Colbert is divine as a penniless American chorus girl who crashes Parisian high society by posing as a wealthy Hungarian baroness - but both a scheming nobleman (John Barrymore) and a smitten taxi driver (Don Ameche) are soon on to her game. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett's sophisticated script - a typically subversive blend of fairy-tale escapism and caustic social observation - and the pitch-perfect direction of master craftsman Mitchell Leisen yield a topsy-turvy Cinderella story with a cynical bite.
    Region Code:
    Region B
    Duration:
    94 minutes
    Extras:
    Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1 - 1.37:1, Mono, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Michael Koresky (author/film critic)., Program featuring audio excerpts of a 1969 interview with director Mitchell Leisen; Lux Radio Theatre adaption of the film from 1940; Essay by David Cairns (film critic); New cover by Abigail Giuseppe., Trailers
    Manufacturer:
    Spirit Entertainment
    [email protected]
    19 Margaret St, London W1W 8RR
    020 7631 8480
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