Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: 50th Anniversary Edition Hits Blu-ray On Feb. 7Posted by Wilson Morales
December 22, 2016
A groundbreaking film classic that still resonates with audiences today celebrates a golden milestone when GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER: 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION arrives on Blu-ray™ Feb. 7 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, the acclaimed film was directed by Stanley Kramer and stars film legends Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn & Sidney Poitier.
This edition, befitting the film’s stature as an all-time classic, is digitally restored and will be presented for the first time in stunning Digibook packaging, with rare photos and an all-new essay. The film addressed key issues that remain relevant today with its story of a couple whose liberal attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé. Originally released in 1967, the film won two Oscars including Best Actress for the legendary Hepburn.
SYNOPSIS:
Celebrate 50 years of this iconic and wonderful classic: Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance) are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghton), the beautiful daughter of crusading publisher Matthew Drayton (Tracy) and his patrician wife Christina (Hepburn), returns home with her new fiancé John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), a distinguished black doctor. Both families must sit down face to face and examine each other’s level of intolerance. With this film, director Stanley Kramer has created a masterful study of society’s prejudices.
Blu-ray Archival Bonus Features Include:
Introductions by Tom Brokaw, Quincy Jones, Karen Kramer and Steven Spielberg
Three Featurettes:
– “A Love Story of Today” Featurette
– “A Special Kind of Love” Featurette
– Stanley Kramer: A Man’s Search for Truth
2007 Producers Guild of America “Stanley Kramer” Award Presentation to Al Gore
Stanley Kramer Accepts The Irving Thalberg Award
Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER has a running time of 108 minutes and is not rated.
