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| The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song of the Thin Man / Alias Nick and Nora) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Basil Wrangell, Tex Avery, Jules Dassin
Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Clancy Cooper, Chick York, John Nesbitt
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $41.89
You Save: $18.09 (30%)
New (35) Used (4) from $41.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  179 reviews
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Digital Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 666 minutes
Number Of Items: 7
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 4.2
MPN: 67399
ISBN: 1419807587
UPC: 012569673991
EAN: 9781419807589
Theatrical Release Date: September 1947
Release Date: August 2, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The sparkling series featured the irresistible William Powell and Myrna Loy chemistry as husband and wife sleuths who solved murders with the aid of their wire-haired terrier Asta. Set in the glamorous world of 1930s upper-class Manhattan The Thin Man and its sequels established the standard for witty comedy clever dialogue and urbane one upmanship. The 7-Disc set includes THE THIN MAN AFTER THE THIN MAN ANOTHER THIN MAN SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN SONG OF THE THIN MAN THE THIN MAN GOES HOME and the ALIAS NICK & NORA bonus documentary disc.Running Time: 592 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSIC UPC: 012569673991 Manufacturer No: 67399
Amazon.com
Almost as welcome as a shaker full of martinis, The Complete Thin Man Collection represents an eagerly awaited DVD milestone for fans of the fizzy MGM movie series. The best film in the series came first: The Thin Man (1934), W.S. Van Dyke's marvelous adaptation of a Dashiell Hammet novel. The movie gods were in a generous mood when they paired William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, the upper-class sophisticates whose sleuthing escapades somehow joined the classic form of the whodunit with the giddyup of screwball comedy. Among the series' many attributes, one of its most radical notions was the idea that a married couple might find each other delightful and view life as a goofy adventure together. It is common wisdom that the Thin Man sequels adhere to the law of diminishing returns, and while none of the follow-ups reach the diamond level of the first film, all afford pleasures. There's the cocktail-swilling chemistry of Powell and Loy, for one thing, as well as the considerable satisfaction of average movies made during the studio system: the craftsmanship of studio hands, and a gallery of terrific character actors filling in supporting roles. First sequel After the Thin Man (1936) is very good, with the couple in San Francisco and a supporting part for rising player James Stewart. The scenery moves again, to Long Island, for the rather impudently-titled Another Thin Man (1939), which adds baby Nick, Jr., to the mix (a "bad idea," thought Pauline Kael, perhaps a sign of the domestication of the series). Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) sets the action around a racetrack, and is the last of the series to be directed by the fast-working Van Dyke. The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) finds Nick escorting family to his parents' house for a visit. Song of the Thin Man (1947) engagingly adds a jazz milieu to the Charles's detective work; at this point, Nick, Jr. was played by child star Dean Stockwell. The series stuck with certain staples: the unveiling of the guilty party, a wirehaired terrier named Asta (who became a star in its own right), and booze. When Nick opines, in the first film, that a dry martini should always be shaken to "waltz time," you know why audiences fell in love with these guilt-free comedies. --Robert Horton
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The Thin Man Collection August 17, 2008
I love The Thin Man movies, and any other movies with William Powell and Myrna Loy. They are very enjoyable. I really love the old movies, much more than most of the movies produced today. My husband and I get all the premium channels available, and there are really very few movies made in the past ten or fifteen years that we consider memorable. Mone of the trailers for movies for upcoming release excite any desire to go to a movie theater to view, so we mostly watch the Turner Classic Movies channel because they spotlight great actors and actresses from less fearful times, and the movies usually leave you with a good feeling at the end.
THE THIN MAN COLLECTION August 16, 2008
Excellent!! These movies takes us back to a time before "political correctness" interfered with our lives. For those that remember Saturday afternoons in the theater for a quarter, or people like myself whose parents gave us an appreciation for those times, this is the movie collection to own.
Its The Thin Man!! August 13, 2008
Its The Thin Man. It's William Powell and Myrna Loy. What else is there to say!!!
Thin Man Collection August 13, 2008
I really enjoyed the Thin Man Collection. All of the movies are great and I would recommend them all.
The Thin Man Collection August 4, 2008
As a Thin Man fan, I was really pleased with this good quality collection. I was replacing my taped versions of the movies. I found I actually was missing one, Shadow of the Thin Man. So I was thrilled to add that one. The extra in this collection is Alias Nick and Nora which has good bios on both William Powell and Myrna Loy.
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