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Snake Pit

( Catalog Number 198280 )
(1.33:1) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Snake Pit
1948 - 108 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"A woman loses her mind and is confined to a mental institution." That's the usual TV-listing encapsulation of The Snake Pit -- and like most such encapsulations, it only scratches the film's surface. Olivia de Havilland stars as an outwardly normal young woman, married to loyal, kindly Mark Stevens. As de Havilland's behavior becomes more and more erratic, however, Stevens comes to the sad conclusion that she needs professional help. She is sent to an overcrowded state hospital for treatment -- a curious set-up, in that, while de Havilland is treated with compassion by soft-spoken psychiatrist Leo Genn, she is sorely abused by resentful matrons and profoundly disturbed patients. Throughout the film, she is threatened with being clapped into "the snake pit" -- an open room where the most severe cases are permitted to roam about and jabber incoherently -- if she doesn't realign her thinking. In retrospect, it seems that de Havilland's biggest "crime" is that she wants to do her own thinking, and that she isn't satisfied with merely being a loving wife. While this subtext may not have been intentional, it's worth noting that de Havilland escapes permanent confinement only when she agrees to march to everyone else's beat. Amazingly, Olivia de Havilland didn't win an Academy Award for her harrowing performance in The Snake Pit (the only Oscar won by the film was for sound recording). While some of the psychological verbiage in this adaptation of Mary Jane Ward's autobiographical novel seems antiquated and overly simplistic today, The Snake Pit was rightly hosannahed as a breakthrough film in 1948. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Snake Pit

Olivia de Havilland
Mark Stevens
Leo Genn
Celeste Holm
Glenn Langan

Feature Details

Title: Snake Pit
Feature Release Date: 1948
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 108 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

Technical Details

LD Release Date: 15 Dec 1993
Catalog Number: 198280
UPC: 086162198267
Publisher: Fox Video

Diameter: 12"
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 198280-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Olivia de Havilland and Mark Stevens in...

Snake Pit

( Catalog Number 198280 )
(1.33:1) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
See Many More Rare LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

Snake Pit
1948 - 108 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"A woman loses her mind and is confined to a mental institution." That's the usual TV-listing encapsulation of The Snake Pit -- and like most such encapsulations, it only scratches the film's surface. Olivia de Havilland stars as an outwardly normal young woman, married to loyal, kindly Mark Stevens. As de Havilland's behavior becomes more and more erratic, however, Stevens comes to the sad conclusion that she needs professional help. She is sent to an overcrowded state hospital for treatment -- a curious set-up, in that, while de Havilland is treated with compassion by soft-spoken psychiatrist Leo Genn, she is sorely abused by resentful matrons and profoundly disturbed patients. Throughout the film, she is threatened with being clapped into "the snake pit" -- an open room where the most severe cases are permitted to roam about and jabber incoherently -- if she doesn't realign her thinking. In retrospect, it seems that de Havilland's biggest "crime" is that she wants to do her own thinking, and that she isn't satisfied with merely being a loving wife. While this subtext may not have been intentional, it's worth noting that de Havilland escapes permanent confinement only when she agrees to march to everyone else's beat. Amazingly, Olivia de Havilland didn't win an Academy Award for her harrowing performance in The Snake Pit (the only Oscar won by the film was for sound recording). While some of the psychological verbiage in this adaptation of Mary Jane Ward's autobiographical novel seems antiquated and overly simplistic today, The Snake Pit was rightly hosannahed as a breakthrough film in 1948. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Snake Pit

Olivia de Havilland
Mark Stevens
Leo Genn
Celeste Holm
Glenn Langan

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