A new leaf

Author

Elaine May

Call Number

• BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

In English, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, William Redfield, Doris Roberts.

Publication Information

[Chicago, Illinois] : Olive Films, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: G.

Summary

Henry Graham is a man with a problem: he has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry, refuses to give him a dime, so Henry devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler to make his money the old-fashioned way--he can marry it. But he cannot see himself as a happily married man, so he comes up with an even more devious solution-- with a temporary loan from his uncle, Henry has six weeks to find a bride and repay the loan; otherwise he must forfeit all his property to his uncle. Henry finally meets his dearly beloved, a clumsy, painfully shy heiress Henrietta Lowell. The answer to his prayers--if only he can overcome the obstacles placed in his path by his uncle and Henrietta's lawyer.

Notes

Based on The Green heart, a short story by Jack Ritchie.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Special features: New restoration from 4K scan of original camera negative ; audio commentary by film scholar Maya Montanez Smukler ; "The cutting room floor: editing A new leaf" - interview with A New Leaf assistant editor Angelo Corrao ; "Women in Hollywood: a tragedy of comic proportions" - with director Amy Heckerling ; trailer