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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569795020
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 06, 2007
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 23278
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 1945
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Description:
Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp.
Amazon.com:
Sometimes simplicity can be heartbreaking. So it is with The Clock, a wonderfully simple love story that stands as one of the gems of the MGM golden years. It should be noted right off that this 1945 film is not a musical, despite a talent roster led by the maestro of MGM musicals, producer Arthur Freed. Rather, it's a straight, black and white romance about a soldier (Robert Walker) with a two-day pass in unfamiliar, overwhelming New York City. He meets an office worker (Judy Garland), and in the glow of the city and each other, they fall in love. Underlying the sweetness of the romance is the time limit of the soldier's leave, after which he will be sent overseas; the clock brings an urgency to the action, especially after the lovers lose each other in the crush of a subway. Veteran character actor James Gleason provides lovely support, as does his real-life wife, Lucile. Director Vincente Minnelli brought his designer's eye to the film, turning (by his own avowed intention) New York City itself into the third main character in the drama. It's not difficult to guess the reason for the film's strong emotional tug, or for Judy Garland's radiance; Minnelli had fallen in love with Garland during the making of Meet Me in St. Louis a year earlier, and they would marry after filming The Clock. She was never lovelier than in these two pictures. --Robert Horton
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Rating:  - The Definitive 1940s Love Story!
I first saw this movie when I was eight years old and ten years later I still have not grown tired of it. It is one of those films which gets better with each viewing. The deceivingly simple love story of a young woman and a GI who fall in love and get married within 24 hours seems formulaic. But this film is anything but formulaic. The characters are unique and down-to-earth. What I liked best about this film is the way you can imagine what life was like in New York in the 1940s. The mannerisms of people and the mood of the America in this movie are so different from today, yet the film has aged well and is still relatable. Anyone who has ever felt bewildered in a new city could connect to Robert Walker's character (it is everybody's dream to find his/her soulmate by accident in a strange city populated by millions!) The film is may be slow-paced for some, but don't let this discourage you. By the end, you'll be surprised how completely immersed you'll be in the story and the characters. The film, besides starring Judy Garland in her only non-musical role, has an excellent supporting cast and is directed by the talented Vincent Minnelli. And as a side note, the beautiful musical score of the movie amplifies all the emotions in the film. Don't be surprised if you get watery eyes.
Rating:  - Great Acting in a Wacky Plotline
Compared to most of the other reviews, I'm sure mine will seem like a cynical, bitter pill. I'm under the age of 50, so I'm sure that might have something to do with my opinion as well.
Listen: I love movies from the golden era as much as the next guy, but this overly sentimental bomb is saved only by Judy's presence in an otherwise near-psychotic piece of Hollywood drivel. I'd rather watch Wizard of Oz, at least I know I'm watching a fairy tale ahead of time.
Since others have given the basic plot line, I'll skip to the parts that I thought were completely implausable.
It takes a great deal of suspended disbelief to swallow this movie. The fact that they have not exchanged more than first names after 24 hours is a great example. People do more than that even in today's fast-paced dating scene, so I'm sure that in that age you'd need a bit more info before falling in love and getting married, regardless of impending war.
The dialogue in the park scene was absurd and the odd music (complete with angelic vocals)under the scene where they somehow unrealistically fall in love made it seem extremely... well, unrealistic.
A ride from the milkman in order to get home from the park? Sure, I'll swallow that. Delivering the milk for him? I doubt it, even in that innocent time.
Then we get to the cafe scene. Pure Fellini. The drunk and the extremely odd woman at the bar made it seem like a nightmare scene at best. More ... Read More
Rating: - TIMELESS LOVE STORY
ONE OF JUDY GARLAND'S BEST PERFORMANCES, WITHOUT HER SINGING! IF YOU LIKE GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVE STORIES, WHERE BOY & GIRL BUMP INTO ONE ANOTHER AND ETC.., YOU'LL LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
Rating:  - Disappointing
I have always been a fan of Judy Garland, but this film was a big disappointment. I don't suggest any one buy this film.
If you like Judy Garland stick with the musicals.
Rating: - The Clock
Minnelli's sentimental, spirited and touching wartime romance was a small picture by MGM standards, but Garland's star power and the backdrop of bustling Manhattan (actually Hollywood sound stages) give the picture a dynamic, worldly feel. Walker is likable as the earnest hayseed, and doe-eyed Garland is grand as ever without once singing a tune. (Minnelli, of course, married Judy as soon as the film wrapped!) Great support work from James and Lucille Gleason as a milkman and wife round out this sweet film about love on a very tight schedule.
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