Product Details

• Actors: Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Neil Hamilton
• Directors: Edward H. Griffith, George Cukor
• Writers: Edward H. Griffith, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Horace Jackson, Philip Barry
• Producers: David O. Selznick
• Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: May 25, 2004
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001ZMXAY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,950 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Animal Kingdom" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 05/25/2004

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Back when talkies had dialogue..., January 1, 2003

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"cloudia" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Animal Kingdom [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Nice one. Leslie Howard is a lot more interesting in this than he ever was as Ashley Wilkes. Perenially sympathetic Myrna Loy is sexy and not so nice. Ann Harding and William Gargan are quite solid. The dialogue is snappy and great. The acting is first rate. The conflict itself doesn't have so much merit. This is rather a shallow and quickly told story about a man choosing depth over surface. But still the movie is a lot more vibrant than some of today's fare, at once a little bit thoughtful and entertaining.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!, August 20, 2002

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Fernando Silva "fedo" (Santiago de Chile.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Kingdom [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In my opinion, a great film adaptation of Philip Barry's Play, with a luminous performance by grand actress, Ann Harding; Myrna Loy is excellent too, as Leslie Howard's alluring, sensual and manipulative wife; Leslie Howard's good as usual, and all of them get fine support from Neil Hamilton, Ilka Chase, Henry Stephenson, and especially, William Gargan, who is hilarious as a joke of a butler! (he's an ex-fighter). Perhaps it may be regarded as kind of talky and stagy by today's standards, but anyway it's pretty adult stuff with great dialogues and subtleties, and a great example of what could be done with a fine script and cast, before the Production Code was fully enforced in 1934.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional Print., August 22, 2006

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Prometheus "diosprometheus" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Animal Kingdom (DVD)

The Alpha Version of this Historic film, the first shown on the opening night of Radio City Music Hall, is exceptional, and the best Alpha print I have ever seen. This is also a smart, intelligent film. More prints like this one and Millie could give Alpha a better reputation than it currently has.