{"product_id":"heiress-the-dvd","title":"Heiress, The (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirected with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of romance. Are his smoldering professions of love sincere, as she believes they are? Or is Catherine’s calculating father (Ralph Richardson) correct in judging Morris a venal fortune seeker? A graceful drawing-room drama boasting Academy Award–winning costume design by Edith Head, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heiress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is also a piercing character study riven by emotional uncertainty and lacerating cruelty, in a triumph of classic Hollywood filmmaking at its most psychologically nuanced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural sound­track on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew conversation between screenwriter Jay Cocks and film critic Farran Smith Nehme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew program about the film’s costumes featuring costume collector and historian Larry McQueen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Costume Designer,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea restored 1950 short film featuring costume designer Edith Head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppearance by actor Olivia de Havilland on a 1986 episode of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paul Ryan Show\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcerpts from a 1973 tribute to director William Wyler on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Merv Griffin Show,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeaturing Wyler, de Havilland, and actors Bette Davis and Walter Pidgeon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWyler’s acceptance speech from the American Film Institute’s 1976\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalute to William Wyler\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with actor Ralph Richardson filmed in 1981 for the documentary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirected by William Wyler\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Danielle Clough\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44651589566664,"sku":"CC3023DDVD","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/heiressdvd_0ee50408-fabe-4c83-8bb7-b690eebe9bb3.jpg?v=1748736705","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/heiress-the-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}