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Gigi [digital videodisc] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; an Arthur Freed production ; screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

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Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]

Man-woman relationships -- France -- Drama.

2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Two-disc special edition.

A wealthy Gaston finds out he prefers a young Parisian girl to be his wife rather than his mistress.

Academy Award, 1958: Best Picture, Best Director (Vincente Minnelli), Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Cinematography (Color) (Joseph Ruttenberg), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and Keogh Gleason), Best Music (Song) (Gigi, music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner), Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) (Andre Previn), Best Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan), and Best Costume Design (Cecil Beaton)

Academy Award, 1958: Best director.

Academy Award, 1958: Best screenplay (based on another medium)

Academy Award, 1958: Best scoring of a musical.

Academy Award, 1958: Best song (Gigi)

Academy Award, 1958: Best cinematography (color)

MPAA rating: G.

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