“Jim Harrison is one of my favorite writers. I read the book some years ago and talked to Zwick about the film long before it was made. Like my film with Robert Redford, River Runs Through It, this is a classic American story, but it feels more contemporary, more immediate”–Brad Pitt

The 3-disc DVD contains interesting commentary from Peter Cowie, a new retrospective documentary, and an English-language version, in which Burt Lancaster dubs himself.

Three women (Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor, and Taina Elg) take the witness stand and in a Rashomon-like style tell their version of the “Truth.” As their stories unfold, the film moves back and forth between the courtroom, the stage, and their personal lives. In Rashomon, a film Cukor adored, Kurosawa argues that all people are liars. In contrast, Cukor and screenwriter John Patrick suggest that people try to tell the truth, but they do it in their subjective manner.