| Authors: |
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Sturges, Preston.
McCrea, Joel, 1905-
Lake, Veronica.
Jones, Paul, 1901-1968.
Warwick, Robert, 1878-1965.
Hayes, Margaret, 1923-1977.
Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.
Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958.
Blore, Eric, 1887-1959.
Greig, Robert, 1879-1958.
Shuken, Leo, 1906-
Bowser, Kenneth.
Guest, Christopher
McKean, Michael.
Sturges, Sandy
Hopper, Hedda, 1890-1966.
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| Material type: |
DVD |
| Subject: |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videorecordings.
Producers and directors -- Drama -- Videorecordings.
Comedy films.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001. |
| Description: |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
1559409193 |
| Notes: |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. |
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Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer. |
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Some credits and series from container. |
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English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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DVD, Dolby digital mono. |
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Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal. |
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Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw. |
| Series: |
The criterion collection 118
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| Tags |
permeke, sturges |
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| Summary: |
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter. |