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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783116747
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0783116748
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
MPN: D91569D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 08, 2000
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1999
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Editorial Review:
Dorothy Dandridge was a Hollywood trailblazer. A confident sex symbol in the 1950s, she was the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, but the electrifying stage chanteuse and dancer was forbidden to even enter the nightclubs and show rooms she performed in except from the stage. As portrayed by Halle Berry, who shepherded Dandridge's story to the screen, Dandridge is a sure, insistent star who battled racist studios and Jim Crow laws to maintain her dignity in public while stumbling through a private life marked by bad relationships and abusive lovers. Berry gives her best performance to date, brimming with ambition and moxie offstage, charming audiences with the slinky, sure moves of a nightclub veteran onstage, and convincingly "becoming" Dandridge in dramatic re-creations from Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess. Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is sweet and sympathetic as her supportive, lovesick manager, and Klaus Maria Brandauer is, in Dandridge's words, a "big old bulldog" as director Otto Preminger. Director Martha Coolidge balances private troubles with professional milestones and setbacks and pulls no punches showing the institutional racism of late 1950s Las Vegas or the brutality of a vicious alcoholic husband. Originally made for HBO, this drama lacks the big-budget spectacle of traditional Hollywood biographies but offers in its place sharp writing, intelligent direction, and strong, sensitive performances. --Sean Axmaker
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy struggled with the challenge of her color in Hollywood. She beat out many more famous rivals for the role of ' 'Carmen Jones' ', and became the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (R). Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - so sad towards the end of her tragic,beautiful life,she finally realizin EARL MILLS truly loved her,just to die,R.I.P.
BEAUTIFUL BEYOND WORDS DORO WAS AND NUFF SAID INSIDE "AND OUT"BOTH THE
WHOLE SEXY SYMBOL PKGE.AMAZING TALENTED CAN MOVE BEAUTIFUL BELLA MAMITA FO
SURE. HALLE "ALMOST LOOK EXACTLY: LIKE HER THE SKIN HAIR PERFECTO LIKE HOW
D.D. WORN IT THRU N THRU,she was a great actress in this tragedy so sad
she was way too young,to die like she did i know she was NOT trying to
kill self,she was with HER AGENT/TRUE MAN REAL MAN
WHO LOVED HER FOR"JUST HER'NOTHING MORE" who even ... Read More
Rating: - Halle and Dorothy are practically the same person!
Halle Berry and her role model, Dorothy Dandridge have a striking resemblance to one another. Dandridge's best friend, Gerri Benton, has said this, and so have many other people. But Berry's resemblance to Dandridge isn't even the half. Their lives parallel in more ways than one. Both Berry and Dandridge had to do some extreme things to acquire certain roles (Berry had to literally not bathe for ten days, visit crack houses and talk to drug addicts for her to obtain her role in "Jungle Fever" ... Read More
Rating: - Love Dorothy Dandridge
I love both Dorothy Dandridge and Halle Berry. I have "Carmen" in which Dorothy stars so I was eager to see how Halle Berry handled the role. Halle did a wonderful job and the resemblance is astonishing! I feel the movie followed Dorothy's life to the letter and would recommend this movie for anyone who loves either of these two actresses.
Rating: - Sad story
This poor women went through so much pain and heartache during her life. I can't believe how ignorant people where then about skill color....I hate to say it but many people still are! American's are in the dark ages when it comes to equality for all. We should look to Europe for help....they are far more progressive!
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