Hunchback Of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton: DVD Cover

    Hunchback Of Notre Dame Director: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell

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    • DVD Release Date: 01/06/1998
    • Original Release: 1939
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 2,115

    Viewer Rating: (2 ratings)

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    Behind-the-scenes documentary featuring an exclusive interview with Maureen O'Hara; Interactive menus; Production notes; Scene access; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Español; Subtitles: English, Français, & Español

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    1. Credits and Prologue. [1:52]
    2. Expressions of thought. [3:13]
    3. Fools Day festivity. [2:57]
    4. Audience participation. [3:42]
    5. King of Fools. [4:40]
    6. Answered prayers? [9:02]
    7. Esmeralda flees. [4:33]
    8. Court of Beggars. [2:52]
    9. Put to the test. [2:54]
    10. Gringoire's rescuer. [6:52]
    11. Quasimodo sentenced. [2:40]
    12. Public scourging. [5:42]
    13. A moment's mercy. [3:50]
    14. "She gave me water." [2:19]
    15. Bells of rapture. [1:55]
    16. Frollo's confession. [4:34]
    17. Lovers unto death. [2:19]
    18. The devil's logic. [3:51]
    19. Esmeralda on trial. [4:51]
    20. Tortured and sentenced. [6:21]
    21. Witnesses to penance. [3:03]
    22. Sanctuary! [1:48]
    23. Tower tour. [6:09]
    24. Dangerous public opinion. [5:42]
    25. Guilt revealed. [2:17]
    26. Defending Notre Dame. [7:12]
    27. Liquid repellent. [2:50]
    28. Frollo's fall. [2:36]
    29. Freedom. [1:43]
    30. Why not stone? [1:30]
    31. Cast List. [:44]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Few will argue with the contention that RKO Radio's 1939 adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the best of the many screen versions of the Hugo classic. We say this even allowing for certain liberties taken with the source material-liberties calculated by scenarists Sonya Levien and Bruno Frank to draw parallels between 15th century Paris and 20th century Europe. Thus, Claude Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke), the villain of the piece, is no longer merely a religious hypocrite unable to control his own carnal desires. Instead, Frollo is a bush-league Hitler, warning that the invention of the printing press is dangerous in that it will encourage the rabble to think for themselves, and plotting the persecution and destruction of the "undesirable" gypsies. In the same vein, Gringoire the Poet (Edmond O'Brien in his film debut) has been transformed into an agit-prop "Group Theatre" activist, bent on bringing the unvarnished truth to the ignorant Parisians. Many of Hugo's subplots have been dispensed with, the better to concentrate on the grotesquely deformed Quasimodo (Charles Laughton), bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his puppylike loyalty towards imperiled gypsy dancer Esmerelda (Maureen O'Hara, in her first American film appearance). The schism between the haves and have-nots in the walled city of Paris is illustrated in broad, visually dynamic strokes by director William Dieterle. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Hunchback Of Notre Dame is a cinema classic!by Daxsalmon

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    September 12, 2009: This movie continues to entertain and never gets dull. As old as the movie is, the performances are timeless, and each character shows humanity the way it always was and will ever be. I think it shows all ranges of human emotion, such as love, compassion, as well as sadness, hatred, jealousy, and prejudice towards unfortunate people that live among us. Laughton, O'Hara, Mitchell, and O'Brien are wonderful in their character roles, and I'll bet this is one movie they were very proud to be a part of.

    Warner Bros. did a good job in the transfer, the only thing I disliked of the presentation was the packaging. The snapper case is a cheap awkward way to release this, and I hope they do away with this in ALL their releases one day. If you want to give yourself a treat, buy this one. It's a great picture of humanity-warts and all.

    I Also Recommend: Controversial Classics, Hobson's Choice.

    quasimodo rulesby Anonymous

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    April 13, 2008: The only flaw in an otherwise perfect movie...ignore edmund o'brien hambone caricature....how esmeralda digs him is beyond belief. The final scene, esmeralda looking over her shoulder, the final line....and music that follows...whew and wow.