Product Details

• Actors: William Powell, Carole Lombard
• Directors: Gregory La Cava
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Big D Films
• DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009
• Run Time: 212 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002JEJ2WM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,700 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Appallingly bad transfer, December 21, 2009

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Tim Evanson (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: My Man Godfrey (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

This must be the VERY WORST film-to-video transfer I have seen in 20 years. The image is murky. Half the time, heads are cut off in mid-forehead. It's as if the upper and lower 15 percent of the movie were simply chopped off. The sound is clear, but the image? I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR buy this product EVER AGAIN.

The company which is foisting this horrific transfer off on an unsuspecting public, Big D Entertainment, claims that although the film has been digitally remastered, it has been done so to keep the "experience of viewing early cinema intact."

This is an outright lie. This simply means that the viewer has to be satisfied with a rotten film print, transferred poorly to DVD, and then poorly digitized.

This DVD is similar in appearance to those pirates who sit in the back row of a theater and videotape a major motion picture. It's that poor.

DO NOT BUY.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Version!, December 19, 2007

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Arthur (America) - See all my reviews

My Man Godfrey is a wonderful little film, and after one previous try, I finally found a complete version with no random parts cut out, AND I didn't have to fork out 40 bucks for the Criterion Collection. Of course that means that the case isn't as good, but it's good enough - come on! :) do you really spend more time looking at the case than at the actual movie?

Of course not, and especially not with a movie like My Man Godfrey. It's truly an American classic. Set against the recovery period of the 1930's, an all-star cast pull off a lighthearted screwball comedy. Anyone familiar with films from the time period, or of slapstick comedies with a rags to riches story will really appreciate My Man Godfrey. William Powell and Carole Lombard, the two leads, are great and probably contributed most to the longevity of the film as a classic.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save for the better restored version, March 29, 2010

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Susan Ostheim - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Man Godfrey (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

I thought this was going to be the good one but alas, the restored quality is really lacking. The picture is wobbley and over blown. And the additional bonus of Life With Father is a pure joke. I couldn't even watch the picture it was so badly drawn. Here's my advice- save your money and buy the Criterion Collection edition. This was one sad purchase on my part.