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About Bringing Up Baby

All paleontologist David Huxley wants is to complete his brontosaurus skeleton, secure a million-dollar donation to his museum, and get married to his fiancée, Alice. When he collides—literally and figuratively—with zany heiress Susan Vance, though, every single one of David’s plans go out the window as the smitten Susan pursues him, drawing him into her vortex of loose leopards, a bone-stealing terrier, false identities, wild pratfalls, and so much more. Initially considered a box-office bomb, Bringing Up Baby has since been hailed the screwiest and funniest of all the screwball comedies. [102 min; comedy, romance; English]

“Countless films have imitated Bringing Up Baby, most famously Peter Bogdanovich's homage What's Up, Doc?, but it is futile to look for its equal.” — Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine

“Grant sails through the film's slapstick with breathtaking panache—only a supremely graceful actor could perform clumsiness so skillfully or amusingly.” — Jason Best, Movie Talk

“It is, to put it bluntly, the perfect screwball comedy, a rapid-fire barrage of ludicrous mayhem whose absurdity only gets funnier as it goes along, thanks in huge part to the game dedication of its cast.” — Mattie Lucas, From the Front Row

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