LOVE AMONG THE RUINS [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Comedy; Drama; Romance
• Plot: Brand New 2K Master! From George Cukor, the legendary director of A Bill of Divorcement, Dinner at Eight, Holiday, The Women, The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib and My Fair Lady, comes this romantic comedy-drama starring screen legens Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter, Bringing Up Baby) and Laurence Olivier (Rebecca, Sleuth). Made for television, Love Amond the Ruins was a precious one-time-only collaboration between stars Hepburn and Olivier. The scene is Victorian London, were wealthy widow Hepburn is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fiancé. Olivier is the highly respected barrister engaged to defend Hepburn in court. The usually reserved Olivier relishes the opportunity to see Hepburn, who 40 years earlier had been his lover. He is driven to hilarious distraction by Hepburn's adamant insitence that she has never seen him before in her life. Winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Actor (Olivier), Actress (Hepburn), Direction (Cukor) and Writing by three-time Emmy winner James Costigan (Eleanor and Franklin, Little Moon of Alban). Co-starring the wonderful Colin Blakely (The Privat Life of Sherlock Holmes) with a rousing musical score by the great John Barry (The Ipcress File, Out of Africa) and top-notch cinematography by the celebrated Douglas Slocombe (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Robbery).
• Cast: Katharine Hepburn; Laurence Olivier; Colin Blakely; Richard Pearson; Joan Sims; Leigh Lawson; Gwen Nelson; Robert Harris; Peter Reeves; John Blythe; Arthur Hewlett; John Dunbar; Ian Sinclair; Mervyn Pascoe; Colin Thomas; Lincoln Wright; Edward Arthur; John Bromley; Leslie Southwick; Stanley Platts; Philip Lennard; Peter Lund; Frank Forsyth; John G. Heller; Rosamond Burne; Carol Fairweather; Jacqueline Clarke; T.C. Hogan; George Cukor; James Costigan; Allan Davies; Douglas Slocombe; John F. Burnett; John Barry; Carmen Dillon
• Director: George Cukor
• Runtime: 1:42
• Company: ABC Circle Films, Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie