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The Front Page | 
| Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, David Wayne
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 18936
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD27329D
ISBN: 1417043571
UPC: 025192732928
EAN: 9781417043576
ASIN: B0007QJ1Y8
Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 1974
Release Date: May 31, 2005
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Product Description
Hildy johnson is the top reporter on a chicago newspaper. Tired of the whole game he is determined to quit his job to get married. His scheming editor has other plans though. It is the day before guilty murderer earl williams is due to go to the gallows and burns tempts johnson to stay and write the story. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Jack Lemmon Carol Burnett Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Billy Wilder
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Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht's classic newspaper comedy--about a conniving editor who talks his star reporter out of getting married long enough to cover a big story--has survived lesser adaptations than this one. (Ever see Switching Channels?) But few have been more disappointing. Billy Wilder teamed Walter Matthau (as the unscrupulous editor) and Jack Lemmon (as the fast-talking reporter), who try to get the scoop on everyone else in the story of a convicted killer who escapes on his way to the electric chair. But Matthau and Lemmon, as good as they are, succumb to the temptation to do shtick--and Carol Burnett shows up in a florid, unfunny performance as a hooker. An attempt to bottle the same lightning that struck with The Sting--but Wilder, Lemmon, and Matthau just can't do it. --Marshall Fine
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Front Page December 29, 2008
Jonathan Chen (Hong Kong)
I love it. It's funny as hell! I must have watched the movie for at least 5 times in the past 7 years.
Front Page November 14, 2008
Marvin Hirschfield (Eugene, OR)
This a classic, from the Ben Hecht, James McArthur play of the same name.
With Jack Lemmon as Hildy Jhonson and and Walter Mathau as his editor
Walter Burns, it is a laugh a minute.
fanntastic July 3, 2007
Komann (Japan)
There are many conflicted story.But at the end ,all are brong together.This is a Wilder'skill. Two main characters are suitable for
this story.Fantastic!
 What would be great June 13, 2007
Prometheus (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What would be great is a release of this version along with a rightfully restored version of the 1931 Howard Hughes' production of Front Page, much like Warner's did with the House of Wax and the Mystery of the Wax Museum!!!
Okay, but not as good as the original or first remake... January 8, 2006
William D. Barrett (San Juan Capistrano, CA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the remake of a remake. The original "Front Page" (1931) was a great movie. It was remade in 1940 as "His Girl Friday." This 1974 remake is not quite as good as the original or the first remake, but is 10 times better than the 1988 remake ("Switching Channels"). The main problem with this movie is that the attempt at "adding jokes" distracts away from humorous situations. Carol Burnett's performance as the killer's girlfriend is absolutely horrible. All that aside, it is still an entertaining story, but stick to the original or the 1940's remake.
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