Product Details

• Actors: George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Paul Sorvino, K Callan, Cec Linder
• Directors: Melvin Frank
• Writers: Melvin Frank, Jack Rose, Marvin Frank
• Producers: Melvin Frank, Peter Beale, Roger Moore
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: February 5, 2002
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005U2K5
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,628 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Touch of Class" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential video
It's tame in hindsight, but A Touch of Class brought much-needed prestige to the romantic-comedy trend of the early and mid 1970s. Glenda Jackson won an Oscar® for her performance as a savvy London divorcée who falls in love with married insurance agent George Segal, and the film surprised critics by earning a Best Picture nomination as well. Chemistry's the key, with Jackson and Segal equally adept at bickering and making up (and she even has a gay male friend, long before that became a genre cliché). What begins as a routine affair--complicated by a wide spectrum of lightly comedic pitfalls--ends with mutual love and the dilemma it creates. Writer-director Melvin Frank keeps the dialogue briskly intelligent, and while he can't match Neil Simon word for word, Touch mines the same romantic territory that was perfected in Simon's later hit The Goodbye Girl. Consider them a fine double bill, with A Touch of Class ranking a respectable second. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description
BEING FREE AND EASY PROVES NEITHER FREE NOR EASY WHEN MARRIED EXECUTIVE GEORGE SEGAL AND DIVORCED DESIGNER GLENDA JACKSON STRIKE ROMANTIC SPARKS. SPECIAL FEATURES: SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH: CAS/DIRECTOR FILM HIGHLIGHTS: FIRST TIME WIDESCREEN VIDEO RELEASE AND TRAILER.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should've Been on the AFI's list of "Top 100 Romantic Films", November 10, 2002

By	Shalom J. Stavsky (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Touch of Class [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this movie when it first came out in the 70's and have seen it many times on and off for years.

The movie is funny, but what makes it work is the two stars. George Segal (who never looked better) is in fine comedic form, and he and Glenda Jackson complement each other perfectly. She was especially singled out for critical acclaim -- some people compared her to Katharine Hepburn in Hepburn's comedic roles.

The movie also affords a look at London in the early 70's.

Because the actors work so well together, I would've liked a different (happier) ending for the movie. Still, after thirty years, "A Touch of Class" remains very watchable and poignant -- largely because of the two stars.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest, sexiest, smartest movies I've ever seen, April 29, 2002

By	Sarah M. "Fighting the eternal, internal war ... (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

...and I'm not easy to please. It's strange when you realize just how sexy George Segal was. But the movie is wonderfully written, sharp, smart and incredibly funny. I saw another reviewer liked The Goodbye Girl better. I prefered this...Sharper, more biting, less sentimental. That doesn't mean it's heartless or even cynical, just that it's lacking in syrup. George Segal and Glenda Jackson have the all the chemistry and the comedic chops (and then some) needed to make this movie work. This movie made me laugh a lot, was sexy enough to warm any cold night and smart enough to make me feel like the people who made it figured I had at least a high school education. How come comedic movies this smart don't get made by the major studios anymore?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Glenda Jackson film, November 14, 2007

By	libriarsque (Texas) - See all my reviews

This is one of my favorite romantic comedies, for several reasons: good writing, fine acting, London in the early 70's, and Glenda Jackson. It evokes a time which was memorable for those of us who were born and raised during the turbulent 60's. After a decade of such angst, society seemed to regain a bit of self-deprecating humor with the dawn of the 70's. It is precisely that brand of humor that I find appealing in this film. The dialogue is sharp, sophisticated, and has the great good fortune to be delivered by two fine actors; Glenda Jackson being especially deft, tossing out acidly witty, intelligent retorts with withering English stoicism. She is clearly the "class" in the film.

The story is a familiar one: divorced woman meets charming married man, they start having an affair and end up falling genuinely in love. The ending is inevitable. But this well-trod material is elevated by the intelligence and humour of both script and performance.

Yes, it is "dated" -- the clothes, the coifs, phrases such as, "He's my male secretary", the rather pointed portrayal of a gay man -- but for those who like to wallow in nostalgia every once in a while, those things are positives rather than negatives. I highly recommend this movie to fans of Glenda Jackson, London, and witty dialogue.