The Dick Cavett Show - Hollywood Greats
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List Price: $39.99
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Manufacturer: Shout Factory Theatr
Starring: Dick Cavett, Truman Capote, Rex Reed, Joni Mitchell, Liza Minnelli
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION
EAN: 0826663100938
Format: Box set
Label: Shout Factory Theatr
Manufacturer: Shout Factory Theatr
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Shout Factory Theatr
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-09-12
Running Time: 90
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
Theatrical Release Date: 1969-05-26
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Summary: Some of the Most Boring Interviews Ever Conducted
Comment: Dick Cavett is, was and always has been a pretend "intellectual." In reality, he's a genuinely stupid man. Watch him suck up to celebrity after celebrity in these twee, precious interviews. You'll feel like you're watching Jiminy Glick without the laugh track.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Memories To Share
Comment: For those of us in our 40's and 50's the Dick Cavett Show DVD is very memorable. Unless you are from that era, you may not appreciate the unexciting Dick Cavett but what a pleasure to be able to listen to many huge and very private Hollywood Stars who rarely gave interviews at that time. An incredible look into their lives. Dick Cavett's laid back style works perfectly in this particular setting and his open affection for Katharine Hepburn is both humorous and wonderful.
The Katharine Hepburn interview was worth the price of this DVD If you ever wanted to know anything about KH and her very private life, you won't be disappointed as she also talks about others whom she worked with or befriended. KH is indeed a very strong willed individual and was her own person throughout her life. Acting was her life and romances were few because there simply wasn't time.
Look, listen and feel good about the times when humor was simple and funny without having to be vulgar or X-Rated. How refreshing to watch a classic movie and see the two partners walk upstairs to the bedroom while leaving the rest up to your imagination. Well, this DVD gives you the same refreshing feeling. See Bette Davis as you may never have before, watch Alfred Hitchcock with his double talking, if you could understand it.
Bedroom, Rec room, Living room, wherever! Toss a dozen pillows on the floor or the bed and watch this DVD in total comfort, it'll do you a world of good!
Customer Rating:
Summary: THATS ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS BEST = IT DOES NOT COME MUCH BETTER .
Comment: This particular selection of the Dick Cavett shows originate from the 1970s period.
After watching this four DVD set, which is very well presented in packaging, it struck me afterwards... that this is a fantastic purchasing deal.
The content of Hollywood Stars from the Golden era of classic movies, was very well selected... and the entertainment and nostalgic look back at these screen idols , who have sadly past away is pleasing to movie fans.
The playback was fault-less, and the shows host Dick Cavett.. was a delight to listen too.
I would recommend this set without any hesitation... its Show-biz Glitz
from begining to the end.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for television and film history buffs
Comment: These discs provide a wonderful opportunity to see some of the greatest stars/personalities of the 20th century doing what they do best: Fred Astaire singing and dancing; Orson Welles relating amazing ancecdotes; Alfred Hitchcock being humorously macabre; Mel Brooks being crazy; and Marlon Brando skillfully evading all of Cavett's personal and show business-related questions in order to showcase his sincere concern for the plight of American Indians.
I saw these shows when they were first aired in the early 1970s and I believe I enjoy them more now that I can view them with the objectivity of time while still enjoying a bit of nostalgia for the television of my younger days.
This is definitely a worthwhile purchase.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A lost art
Comment: I've only watched a couple of these shows so far but can see already how much greater this chatshow format is to the modern day shows. Here, in most cases, the full show is given over to one guest (and unlike modern chatshows, they were not there to plug their latest book, film or whatever, but to entertain and to give the viewer an insight into their character) And in this collection we have some of the great Hollywood stars, simply sitting and chatting with a charming host, for an hour and a half.
Dick Cavett is quite deceptive in that he seems to do very little as a host but that is where his real skill comes in because he has the real ability to bring out the best in his guests without trying to steal the limelight from them. This is classic tv and a must buy for anyone interested in Hollywood when it used to produce 'Stars'.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Some of the Most Boring Interviews Ever Conducted
Comment: Dick Cavett is, was and always has been a pretend "intellectual." In reality, he's a genuinely stupid man. Watch him suck up to celebrity after celebrity in these twee, precious interviews. You'll feel like you're watching Jiminy Glick without the laugh track.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Memories To Share
Comment: For those of us in our 40's and 50's the Dick Cavett Show DVD is very memorable. Unless you are from that era, you may not appreciate the unexciting Dick Cavett but what a pleasure to be able to listen to many huge and very private Hollywood Stars who rarely gave interviews at that time. An incredible look into their lives. Dick Cavett's laid back style works perfectly in this particular setting and his open affection for Katharine Hepburn is both humorous and wonderful.
The Katharine Hepburn interview was worth the price of this DVD If you ever wanted to know anything about KH and her very private life, you won't be disappointed as she also talks about others whom she worked with or befriended. KH is indeed a very strong willed individual and was her own person throughout her life. Acting was her life and romances were few because there simply wasn't time.
Look, listen and feel good about the times when humor was simple and funny without having to be vulgar or X-Rated. How refreshing to watch a classic movie and see the two partners walk upstairs to the bedroom while leaving the rest up to your imagination. Well, this DVD gives you the same refreshing feeling. See Bette Davis as you may never have before, watch Alfred Hitchcock with his double talking, if you could understand it.
Bedroom, Rec room, Living room, wherever! Toss a dozen pillows on the floor or the bed and watch this DVD in total comfort, it'll do you a world of good!
Customer Rating:
Summary: THATS ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS BEST = IT DOES NOT COME MUCH BETTER .
Comment: This particular selection of the Dick Cavett shows originate from the 1970s period.
After watching this four DVD set, which is very well presented in packaging, it struck me afterwards... that this is a fantastic purchasing deal.
The content of Hollywood Stars from the Golden era of classic movies, was very well selected... and the entertainment and nostalgic look back at these screen idols , who have sadly past away is pleasing to movie fans.
The playback was fault-less, and the shows host Dick Cavett.. was a delight to listen too.
I would recommend this set without any hesitation... its Show-biz Glitz
from begining to the end.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for television and film history buffs
Comment: These discs provide a wonderful opportunity to see some of the greatest stars/personalities of the 20th century doing what they do best: Fred Astaire singing and dancing; Orson Welles relating amazing ancecdotes; Alfred Hitchcock being humorously macabre; Mel Brooks being crazy; and Marlon Brando skillfully evading all of Cavett's personal and show business-related questions in order to showcase his sincere concern for the plight of American Indians.
I saw these shows when they were first aired in the early 1970s and I believe I enjoy them more now that I can view them with the objectivity of time while still enjoying a bit of nostalgia for the television of my younger days.
This is definitely a worthwhile purchase.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A lost art
Comment: I've only watched a couple of these shows so far but can see already how much greater this chatshow format is to the modern day shows. Here, in most cases, the full show is given over to one guest (and unlike modern chatshows, they were not there to plug their latest book, film or whatever, but to entertain and to give the viewer an insight into their character) And in this collection we have some of the great Hollywood stars, simply sitting and chatting with a charming host, for an hour and a half.
Dick Cavett is quite deceptive in that he seems to do very little as a host but that is where his real skill comes in because he has the real ability to bring out the best in his guests without trying to steal the limelight from them. This is classic tv and a must buy for anyone interested in Hollywood when it used to produce 'Stars'.
Comedians, politicians and rock stars all graced The Dick Cavett Show stage, but the audience favorites were often the movie stars. And when the guests were greats like Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum and Orson Welles, Cavett often devoted the full 90 minutes to them. In the case of Katharine Hepburn, the interview went so well that it required two full 90 minute shows. This 4-DVD set contains 12 episodes featuring: Katharine Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, Groucho Marx, Debbie Reynolds, Kirk Douglas, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlon Brando, Mel Brooks, Frank Capra, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Mitchum, John Huston and Orson Welles. Also contains a new Cavett interview conducted by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne. Additional bonus material includes: • Outtakes featuring Katharine Hepburn • New episode introductions by Dick Cavett • Original promos for The Dick Cavett Show
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