| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 126 |
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| Video Release: | 29 Sep 2003 |
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Other biopics about musical entertainers include Ray, Dreamgirls, and Walk the Line. Song and dance routines like the ones portrayed in this movie also show up in White Christmas.
Home Video Extra Features
Home Video Notes: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Release Date: 30 September 2003
Yankee Doodle Dandy releases on Blu-ray in a 2-Disc Special Edition. Bonus extras include:
- All-new transfer from restored picture and audio elements
- Warner Night at the Movies, 1942 introduced by Leonard Maltin including trailers, newsreel, musical short subject and cartoon “Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid”
- James Cagney trailer gallery
- “James Cagney: Top of the World” documentary (1992)
- “Let Freedom Sing! The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy” documentary (2003)
- John Travolta Remembers Jimmy Cagney
- “You, John Jones” short (1943)
- Audio vault: outtakes and rehearsals, 10/19/42 Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater Radio Show
- Waving the Flag galleries: George M. Cohan sheet music, dressed set stills, scene concept stills, publicity and posters
- Looney Tunes: “Yankee Doodle Daffy,” “Yankee Doodle Bugs”
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
