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Year:    2004
Studio:  Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Feature: 2/5
Extras:  3/5

De-Lovely is a dramatic musical based on the life of songwriter Cole Porter (Kevin Kline), someone I'd never heard of but after watching this movie a lot of those songs were quite familiar.The movie focuses on the relationship between Cole -- who was mostly homosexual -- and his wife of many years and whom he loved dearly, Linda (Ashley Judd).

I thought the movie was ok but it was quite boring. I didn't find the character interesting. The musical numbers were more interesting but most of them are just a couple of stanzas and the chorus which I hate. The commentary track was better since they went a bit more into Cole Porter's life.
Extras

Commentary Track: director Irwin Winkler and actor Kevin Kline
Commentary Track: Winkler and writer Jay Cocks
Making of De-Lovely: 25 minutes
Music of De-Lovely: 15 minutes
Anatomy of a Scene: Be a Clown - 5-1/2 minutes
Anatomy of a Scene: Love for Sale - 3 minutes
Deleted Scenes: 9 scenes, 13 minutes
Theatrical Trailer

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