My Girl

Director: Howard Zieff Howard Zieff

Overview

"Howard Zieff's childhood comedy-drama My Girl comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, and a Spanish soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer. This is an undistinguished release from Columbia/TriStar."

Product Details

Release Date:	05/27/1998
UPC:	0043396509993
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00

Special Features

Languages: English, Spanish, French; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; Theatrical trailer; Scene selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anna Chlumsky	Vada Sultenfuss,Jackie
Dan Aykroyd	Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis	Shelly DeVoto
Macaulay Culkin	Thomas J. Sennett
Richard Masur	Phil Sultenfuss
Griffin Dunne	Mr. Bixler
Ann Nelson	Gramoo Sultenfuss
Peter Michael Goetz	Dr. Welty
Jane Hallaren	Nurse Randall
Anthony R. Jones	Arthur,Actor
Tom Villard	Justin
Lara Steinick	Ronda
Kristian Truelsen	Charles
Dave Caprita	Ray,Actor
Jody Wilson	Mrs. Hunsaker,Mrs. Hunsaker
Linda Perri	Betty
Glenda Chism	Thomas J.'s Mother
Bill Cordell	Thomas J.'s Father
Ray Buktenica	Danny
George Colangelo	Ralph
Anthony Finazzo	Howie
Shane Obedzinski	Billy
Zachary McLemore	Zack
T.J. Collazo	Boy
Cassi Abel	Judy
Amanda Cole	Girl
Bree Butler	Girl
Harvey Bellman	Bingo Announcer
John DeRussy	Vernon
Henry Kohn	Carl
Florence Mistrot	Margie
Anthony Giaimo	Carnival Barker
Edgar Allan Poe IV	Carnival Barker
Robert Girolami	George
Kurt Smildsin	Policeman
Paul Nagel Jr.	Minister
Lynn Sellers	Suzanne
Mary Colquhoun	Actor
Ellen Jacoby	Actor
Paul Nagle, Jr.	Minister
James Newton Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

Laurice Elehwany

Barbara Benedek

Howard Zieff	Director
Joseph M. Caracciolo	Executive Producer,Producer
David T. Friendly	Executive Producer,Producer
Brian Grazer	Producer
Laurice Elehwany	Screenwriter
Steve C. Aaron	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Bill W. Benton	Sound Effects
David Cohn	Sound Effects
Harry Cheney	Sound Effects
Carlos Delarios	Sound Effects
Hannah Gold	Producer
Artie Malesci	Stunts
Barbara Benedek	Screenwriter
Mary Colquhoun	Casting

Editorial Reviews

A family-friendly tearjerker, the childhood drama My Girl was made by commercial advertising director Howard Zieff. First time actress Anna Chlumsky is totally likeable as Veda, an 11-year-old adventurous girl with an overactive imagination. Her mother's death and her father's profession as a mortician have informed her quirky obsessions with disease and death, but the macabre subject matter is treated tenderly and the characters are given compassion. As scatterbrained dad Harry, Dan Aykroyd is entertaining in one of his early transitions to dramatic roles, and Jamie Lee Curtis appears to be having fun as kooky beautician Shelly. If sometimes overly precocious, Veda is still a believable kid who yearns for attention from her father and gets a crush on her English teacher, Mr. Bixler (Griffin Dunne). Her most endearing scenes are shared with best friend Thomas J., played by child superstar Macaulay Culkin, fresh from the runaway success of Home Alone. Though it is guilty of being heavy-handed, My Girl still offers an accessible tale of love and loss featuring several fine performances.