Frustrated film director Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is fed up with serving out easily digestible but ultimately meaningless chunks of comedy for the studios. He decides to set off across America to rediscover the daily lives of the Joe Lunchpails as research for his socially responsible next film, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Giving up all his unnecessaries, he begins his cross-country road trip in hobo's clothes with barely a dime in his pocket to regain his focus.

Theatrical release: January 1942.

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS is number 39 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Funniest Movies.

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1990.

The Coen brothers made a film in 2000 named for the film that Sullivan wanted to make--O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

Excerpt: "There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have?"--John Lloyd Sullivan (Joel McCrea)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Noah Baumbach - Director, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean - Actors
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Additional Audio Material: Rare Audio Recordings of Sturges
Documentary: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER
Production Interviews:
1. Sandy Sturges - Widow of Preston Sturges
2. Preston Sturges - Director
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Stills
Publicity

Joel McCrea: American Actor
Veronica Lake: Actress, SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Robert Warwick: American Character Actor
William Demarest: American Character Actor
Franklin Pangborn: American Character Actor
Porter Hall: American Actor/30s-50s
Byron Foulger: American Actor
Margaret Hayes: American Actress

Preston Sturges: American director, screenwriter

Paul Jones: American producer, THE LADY EVE/ROAD TO UTOPIA

Preston Sturges: American director, screenwriter

Leo Shuken: American Composer\D. 1976
Charles Bradshaw: Score Composer

Stuart Gilmore: American Director/Editor

"...Superbly played and paced, and features a gallery of eccentric supporting characters..."
"Cramming a hundred ideas and a dozen genres -- screwball, road movie, thriller, musical -- into a package that moves like a runaway train..."
"...Its endlessly fertile and still-influential fusion of satire, screwball comedy, drama and slapstick remains tartly fresh..."
"...One of the most brilliant screen mixes of comedy and drama in history..."
"[A] superbly crafted comedy."