Product Description

Rock Hudson and Doris Day light up the screen in the new 50th Anniversary Edition of Pillow Talk! This timeless romantic comedy tells the charming story of Jan Morrow (Day), an uptight interior decorator who must share a party line with laid-back playboy Brad Allen (Hudson). But the real connection is made when the two meet and he begins wooing her with late-night calls - while pretending to be someone else. Nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Actress, this enjoyable romp co-stars Tony Randall (TV’s "The Odd Couple") and features delightful new bonus material. Pillow Talk is the film that brought Rock Hudson and Doris Day together for the first time and is a dreamy addition to any DVD library!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8507 in DVD
• Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
• Released on: 2009-04-14
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 103 minutes

Customer Reviews

Pillow Talk's 50th Anniversary NOT REMASTERED!
I was so excited to see that Universal is making a special edition of PILLOW TALK's 50th Anniversary on dvd. The 1959 comedy romance movie about an interior decorator Jan Morrow (Doris Day) who shares a party line with a womanizing wolf Brad Allen (Rock Hudson),was an unbelievable box office hit in 1959, and I thought Universal will really make this Golden Anniversary of the film a great one! Upon viewing the film, I at once noticed nothing new. I am a huge Doris Day fan, so I pulled out my other Pillow Talk dvd copies, looked at them side by side and here's the facts:
This dvd is the EXACT dvd that was made for the 2007 THE DORIS DAY AND ROCK HUDSON COMEDY COLLECTION, which includes all 3 movies they made together: Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers.
This 2007 Doris/Rock Set is an improvement over the Pillow Talk dvd's that were made in 2004 and earlier, as Universal "remastered" it with a tiny bit more brightness, a tiny bit more detail and a tiny bit more frame area. 2007 was the first year Universal made tiny "upgrades" to Pillow Talk when they made this Doris Day/Rock Hudson dvd set. All they did for this 50th Anniversary Set, was use this 2007 Pillow Talk dvd.
This Anniversary Edition includes these Bonus Features:
Commentary with Film Historians Jeff Bond, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman.
Chemistry 101: The Film Duo of Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Featurette that talks about how filmmakers first saw the sparks between Doris and Rock, and how that made them put the duo together for 2 more successful films.
Back in Bed with Pillow Talk: Film Historians, experts, authors, cast and crew discuss the many elements that propelled PILLOW TALK to a top box office spot for Universal Studios in 1959.
Theatrical Trailer.
This 50th Anniversary Edition is great to own, if you never bought the 2007 "upgrade" of Pillow Talk, as it is a slightly better copy over all the dvd's that were made before 2007. The Bonus Features are not that exciting, as Doris is not in anything new. I'm disappointed that Universal could have made a fantastic upgrade of this film, and included better Bonus Features, and included Doris- if only for 5 minutes!! (Look what they did for Disney's 50th Anniversary of Sleeping Beauty and Wizard of Oz's 50th- absolutely gorgeous.) If they had only included 5 minutes of Doris and spent another 5 weeks upgrading the original 35 mm film, they would have gotten my 5 stars!!

"UNIVERSAL SHOULD HAVE SLEPT ON IT"
"FAR BE IT FROM ME TO CONTRADICT MY FELLOW REVIEWER, BUT THIS EDITION OF 'PILLOW TALK' IS '"NOT DIGITALLY REMASTERED TO MY EYES". I THINK IT IS ONLY "UNIVERSAL" AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK KILLING FROM THEIR "LOYAL" BUT SOMETIMES NAIVE CUSTOMERS. PS I "ADORE" "DORIS DAY" BY THE WAY AND "THE MOVIE" THOMAS.

Pillow Talk
Great to listen to the commentaries on this edition.
Pity Doris herself didn't contribute to them, though.
The featurettes included - while a bit on the short side - are interesting and serve as an appetiser for the movie itself.