Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

Really enjoyed this trashy inside view of big-time filmmaking. Insights into the real world of filmmaking combined with over-sized personalities. Maybe those are realistic, too--I wouldn't know! But was entertained by the spectacle.

Sharp print.

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

In this WB Archive program some M.G.M Print are Superb:"the Swan","Party Girl","the Man with a cloak"..."2 weeks in another town" is another quite competent DVD transfer.
Detail is excellent, clarity pleasing and contrast handled with quite good precision. The color-scheme is also very convincing - blues, greens,grays, blacks and whites look rich.However still there are lots of white specks!
The audio track is clear,and clean.
If you love "V.Minnelli", "Cinemascope",and "colorful story" about Hollywood this DVD is for your eyes!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

Great drama!

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

This film has at some stage been severely edited. Ok if familiar with The Bad and the Beautiful, a well-made film featuring some of the same characters and themes. Colors are garish, angles not centered, etc., but these distortions may have been intentional. For Minnelli fans only.

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

A superior male melodrama. Male hysteria is incorporated into a study of the fall of the Old Hollywood. Kirk Douglas goes bonkers as he tries to recapture past fame. The film is usually the loser when compared to the earlier "about Hollywood" film, The Bad and the Beautiful, but Two Weeks has virtues all its own.

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

This DVD is a stunning reproduction of a major Vincente Minelli film
which has languished unavailable to be seen for nearly 50 years.
It was great to be able to see the restored film in its CinemaScope
format and better color than any film prints have had in decades.
This is an important Hollywood film as a sequel to The Bad and the
Beautiful, which had been made about a decade earlier. Now the
younger generation can not only enjoy Minelli's direction but enjoy
performances of stars of the Old Hollywood such as Edward G.
Robinson, Kirk Douglas, and Cyd Charisse, among others.
The CinemaScope location filming in Rome is stunning and the
melodramatic story of change coming to the film industry makes for
absorbing viewing. For more behind the scenes information see
the excellent critique in Stephen Harvey's MOMA book entitled,
"Directed by Vincente Minelli" (1989) Harper & Row.

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

A sequel of sorts to his BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, this moviemaking melodrama is a melange of backstabbing, paranoia and disallusionment. It's overripe, highly effective expressionism makes it a classic look at a business evolving on an International scale - and all in the wake of LA DOLCE VITA. The style here is impeccable.
This remastered print lacks some vibrancy in the color and clairty, but still has the glossy look of 20th-Century CinemaScope. Sadly, it wasn't recorded in stereo, so David Raksin's superb score doesn't shine as well as it could. A great film nonetheless.

Comments about 2 Weeks in Another Town (Remastered):

Another really interesting 50's film dealing with mental breakdown and recovery. This time with a cinecitta twist. Great Douglas performance.

Color is a little faded and detail is not that sharp, but you won't see this one available elsewhere, I'm betting, so grab it.