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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Directed by: George Stevens
Featuring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Dan Tobin, William Bendix, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake
Before Katharine Hepburn ever met Spencer Tracy, she wanted him as her costar in this film. George Stevens’s Woman of the Year, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Hepburn had made in The Philadelphia Story, is the story of rival newspaper reporters who wed only to find that their careers aren’t so compatible, and in it the pair forged a fresh and realistic vision of what marriage could be. The freewheeling but pinpoint-sharp screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin won an Academy Award, and Hepburn was nominated for best actress. Woman of the Year marks the beginning of the personal and professional union between Hepburn and Tracy, who would go on to make eight more films together, and it stands as a dazzling, funny, and sometimes rueful observation of what it takes for men and women to get along—both in the workplace and out of it.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Documentary, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- New interview with George Stevens Jr., the director’s son
- New interview with George Stevens biographer Marilyn Ann Moss
- New interview with writer Claudia Roth Pierpont on actor Katharine Hepburn
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, an 86-minute documentary from 1986
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
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Release Credits
Artwork: F. Ron Miller
Producer: Elizabeth Pauker
Release Notes on Restoration
Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on a Lasergraphics Director film scanner from a 35mm fine-grain master positive made from the 35mm original camera negative.
The 35mm original soundtrack negative was transferred using the Chace Optical Sound Processor. The monaural soundtrack was remastered; clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.
The 35mm original soundtrack negative was transferred using the Chace Optical Sound Processor. The monaural soundtrack was remastered; clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.