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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792837671
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792837673
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: January 06, 1998
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 62002
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1958 direct-to-screen follow-up to their My Fair Lady was--miraculously--every bit as memorable as that stage smash. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris and based on a Colette story, Gigi also is about a girl (Leslie Caron) on a lower rung of society who blossoms into Cinderellahood before our eyes and ears. Thank heaven for Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier as her mentors, and Louis Jourdan as her prince. The screenplay writer and lyricist Lerner always said that Gigi's title song was his favorite of all he'd written, and it's easy to see why--'Gigi' is a transcendent anthem to being transformed by love from an unexpected source. The entire score, including 'Say a Prayer' (which had been cut from My Fair Lady), 'I Remember It Well,' 'The Night They Invented Champagne,' and 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls,' comprise a sparkling, rare soundtrack recording that stands alone and can be enjoyed and understood by those who have not yet seen the movie, deprived souls that they are. The winner of nine Academy Awards (plus a special Oscar for Chevalier), including Best Picture, Gigi was the last great MGM movie musical and one of the best. --Robert Windeler
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Blu Ray available at Amazon.de
FYI. An American in Paris, Gigi and Quo Vadis (1951) were released
in Germany and can be ordered from Amazon.de. PQ is excelent and BD
are region free.
Rating: - Minelli's Masterpiece: Gigi (2-Disc Spec. Ed.)
Gigi has always been my favorite musical and this 2-Disc edition brings it vibrantly to life. Every time I see this film, I marvel at Leslie Caron's performance: With only two films to her credit before this, she is absolutely delightful as Gigi and, as the commentator notes, it was crucial that the role be played by an actress who could carry off the gauche, impetuous schoolgirl as well as the glamorous, elegant woman that she becomes. Caron does both beautifully and imbues her with a delightful ... Read More
Rating: - Gigi Two disc special edition
I love this ... and I'm not finished watching it. The subtitles of French version of Gigi many times couldn't be read because they're white on white. It would have been nice if someone would have thought of this and put them on a black background. All in all, well worth the purchase. Watching the commentary on the movie is a must.
Rating: - So... Blu-ray release in the future??
Actually, this is a comment towards Warner Video.. I am in Japan right now, and just bought the Blu-ray GIGI, with all the same trimmings in this version as well. From what I read in the other review about this version, it is supposed to be released in Blu-ray in the U.S. sometime in 2009. WHY DO THEY DO THIS?? Why is it not announced??? So that we have to buy both versions?? Like myself who pre-ordered the U.S. regular version some months back, only to find out that Japan has released the same title ... Read More
Rating: - GIGI
BACK IN THE DAY! WHEN SOMETHINGS WERE LEFT TO ONES IMAGINATION THIS WAS A WONDERFUL ROMANTIC MOVIE. MUSIC, COSTUMES, EVERYTHING IS A DELIGHT AND ONE CAN ENJOY THIS MOVIE WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY.
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