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Article: Preston Sturges at his best, and more.(The Orange County Register)
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- August 28, 2001
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Can a successful maker of film comedies switch gears and make a meaningful film about the poor and downtrodden?
That's the question filmmaker John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) wants to answer in one of the best motion-picture comedies ever made. And now that film, written and directed by the remarkable Preston Sturges, is available on DVD for the first time in a spectacular special edition. It's "Sullivan's Travels" (The Criterion Collection, 1942; not rated; 1 hour, 30 minutes plus supplemental material; original full-frame format; Dolby Digital mono; $39.95).
The serious film that Sullivan wants to make is "O Brother, Where Art Thou" (yes, that's where ...