All About Eve (1950) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s devastatingly witty Hollywood classic, backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Bette Davis) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo’s life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle, including George Sanders’s acid-tongued critic, as stepping-stones to stardom. Featuring stiletto-sharp dialogue and direction by Mankiewicz, and an unforgettable Davis in the role that revived her career and came to define it, the multiple-Oscar-winning All About Eve is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the ruthlessness of show business.

Special Features

4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Two audio commentaries from 2010, one featuring actor Celeste Holm, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s son Christopher Mankiewicz, and author Kenneth L. Geist; the other featuring author Sam Staggs
All About Mankiewicz, a feature-length documentary from 1983 about the director
Episodes of The Dick Cavett Show from 1969 and 1980 featuring actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill
New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen
Hollywood Backstories: “All About Eve,” a 2001 documentary featuring interviews with Davis and others about the making of the film
Documentaries from 2010 about Mankiewicz’s life and career; “The Wisdom of Eve,” the 1946 short story on which the film is based, and its real-world inspiration; and a real-life Sarah Siddons Society based on the film’s fictional organization
Radio adaptation of the film from 1951
Promotion for the film featuring Davis
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Plus: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty and “The Wisdom of Eve”

Rezensionen

Oscar® 1951: Bester Film, Beste Regie, Bester Nebendarsteller (George Sanders), Bestes Drehbuch nach einer literarischen Vorlage, Beste Kostüme, Bester Ton
»Bitter-witzige Tragikomödie aus der Welt des US-amerikanischen Showgeschäfts mit treffsicheren Dialogen und faszinierenden Schauspielerleistungen.​ Sechs 'Oscars'.​« (Lexikon des Int.​Films)