What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Warner Home Video - Warner Home Video

Release date: 2006-05-30
DVD
Director:Susan F. Walker
Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Jodie Foster, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy

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This was a stunning movie in its day! Of course, it's a bit dated now, but I think it has well stood the test of time. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were off-screen rivals who were not too fond of each other anyway. But, they had never worked together before! And here for the first time, these two 'silver screen giants' meet, work well together and both deliver stirring, powerful performances of two sisters whose rivalry matched the actresses' real-life squabble. Closely following Hitchcock's movie 'Psycho', this movie follows along the lines of a similar psychlogical thriller. Character anaysis of such deeply disturbed people were just not done in those days. There were good guy and there were bad guys, and that's all there was to it. Where Psycho tried to explain why Norman Bates was a nut, this movie explores the deterioration of 'Baby Jane' Hudson, played extaordinarily and chillingly well by the talented Ms. Davis. Fueled by jealousy over her sister's success, resentment over her own failed success as well as her financial dependence on her sister, and guilt over her sister's afliction...coupled with a sense of power she has because of her crippled sister's helplessness...Jane slides deeper into madness, torturing and victimizing her sister Blanche (played with expert precision by Ms. Crawford). I think Bette held out for the Baby Jane role on purpose, both so she could 'torture' Joan, but also because it was a meatier, heftier role as far as acting ability, the need to slowly descend into madness takes a keen eye and talent by an actress. And Bette did it very well indeed! As I said, this movie is a bit dated now, but it has overall stood the test of time. Davis and Crawford are both supurb in their roles. The script and pacing were both very good (but very 1962) but still excellent. I'll spare you the whole plot description, as I'm sure you've seen it in 100 other reviews. Suffice to say this was an important, shocking movie in its day. It is still a great movie to watch today...even if Bette isn't serving rats for lunch!

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I'm glad this was in black and white because on the back of the dvd case it showed pictures from the movie in colour. I'm not sure if I would want to see Bette Davis's face in colour because she is butt-ugly in this. Joan Crawford looked kind of "ill" in this movie, I don't know what she normally looks like, this was the first movie I've seen with her. I heard she was a pill popper so maybe that's why she looked weird. As for the movie, it kept getting better and better. it starts off slow, and some of the editing was bad so it definately has it's flaws. I noticed some of the scenes could have been edited by a couple seconds so they didn't drag towards the end. The scenes with the fat dude were bizarre, the acting was borderline, he kind of annoyed me. The acting with joan and Bette was incredible, some parts had me laughing because Baby jane really turned into a horrible b!@#$. I couldn't believe how evil she became, it was hilarious. I turned it off towards the end because I eventually want to buy the movie. I want to find out later what happened to Baby jane!

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"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" is a dark and disturbing film starring Betty Davis and Joan Crawford. The film centers around two sisters: "Baby Jane" and Blanche Hudson. Both were aspiring movie stars whose careers took off in different directions: Blanche became a famous movie star while Jane fell through the cracks as a forgotten child star. A car accident, however, left Blanche crippled and ended her movie career. It was up to Jane, then, to care for Blanche. One day a local television station began airing Blanche's old movies, which leads Jane to flip out...you can guess what happens after that! This movie ranks with "Misery" as a frustrating and disturbing film centered around being trapped in a house with a mad woman. Although there is an important twist in the end, you begin to sympathize with Blanche as she is tortured by her jealous sister. This is sibiling rilvary at its best. What's even more important is the real-life rilvary between Davis and Crawford off the screen...and Crawford's real-life madness (remember the movie and book "Mommie Dearest"?)... Thumbs up!

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