| Audio | Dolby Digital Monaural |
| Subtitles | English SDH |
| Languages | English |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.00:1 |
| Color | Color |
| Video Standard | NTSC |
| Packaging | Keep case |
| Barcode | 7 15515 03482 1 |
| ISBN | 978-1-60465-110-2 |
| Catalog Number | CC1789D |
| Criterion Collection Spine # | 457 |
| Brand | The Criterion Collection, Universal |
| Copyright | Universal Pictures Company, Inc., The Criterion Collection |
| Under exclusive license from | Universal Studios Home Entertainment LLC |
| Notes | Reckless playboy Bob Merrick (Rock Hudson, in his breakthrough role) crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator—at the very moment that beloved local Dr. Phillips has a heart attack and dies waiting for the life-saving device. Thus begins one of Douglas Sirk’s most flamboyant master classes in melodrama, a delirious Technicolor mix of the sudsy and the spiritual in which Bob and the doctor’s widow, Helen (Jane Wyman), find themselves inextricably linked amid a series of increasingly wild twists, turns, trials, and tribulations. For this release, Criterion also presents John M. Stahl’s 1935 film version of the Lloyd C. Douglas novel, starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. SPECIAL FEATURES SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET: New, restored high-definition digital transfer Audio commentary featuring film scholar Thomas Doherty Magnificent Obsession (1935, 102 minutes), a new digital transfer of John M. Stahl's earlier version of the film From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers (1991, 82 minutes), a rare documentary by German filmmaker Eckhart Schmidt in which Sirk reflects upon his career Video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Kathryn Bigelow, in which they pay tribute to Sirk Theatrical trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien Cover based on a theatrical poster |
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