The magnificent Ambersons
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 film director,
Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, actor.
Baxter, Anne, actor.
Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, actor.
Haskell, Molly, writer of supplementary textual content.
Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, actor.
Baxter, Anne, actor.
Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, actor.
Haskell, Molly, writer of supplementary textual content.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2018.
ISBN
9781681435244, 1681435241
Status
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Lawn Public Library - AV | BLU-RAY FEATURE MAGNIFIC | On Shelf |
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2018.
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (57 pages ; 17 cm).
Language
English
ISBN
9781681435244, 1681435241
UPC
715515223515
Notes
General Note
"First printing: 2018."--Container.
General Note
"Screenplay, production, and direction by Orson Welles."--Container.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1942.
General Note
Booklet (57 pages ; 17 cm.) with program and transfer notes, excerpts from an unfinished 1982 memoir by Orson Welles, and essays by authors and critics Molly Haskell, Luc Sante, Geoffrey O'Brien, Farran Smith Nehme, and Jonathan Lethem inserted in container.
General Note
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; two audio commentaries; new interviews; new video essay on the film's cinematographers by scholar François Thomas; new video essay on the films score by scholar Christopher Husted; Welles on The Dick Cavett show in 1970; segment from Pampered youth, a 1925 silent adaptation of The Magnificent Ambersons; audio from a 1979 AFI symposium on Welles; two Mercury Theatre radio plays: Seventeen (1938), an adaptation of another Booth Tarkington novel by Welles, and The magnificent Ambersons (1939); trailer; essay by critic Molly Haskell and essays by authors and critics Luc Sante, Geoffrey O'Brien, Farran Smith Nehme, and Jonathan Lethem, and excerpts from an unfinished 1982 memoir by Welles.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Stanley Cortez ; editing, Robert Wise.
Participants/Performers
Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Agnes Moorehead.
Participants/Performers
Orson Welles, narrator.
Description
Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when an aristocratic Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
Blu-ray disc; region A; aspect ratio: 1.37:1; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Awards
National Board of Review, USA, 1942: NBR Award in Best Acting (Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead).
Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1942: NYFCC Award in Best Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
Awards
National Film Preservation Board, USA 1991: National Film Registry.
Local note
BLU-RAY
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Welles, O., Cotten, J., Baxter, A., Moorehead, A., Haskell, M., Sante, L., O'Brien, G., Nehme, F. S., Lethem, J., & Tarkington, B. (2018). The magnificent Ambersons (Blu-ray special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. 2018. The Magnificent Ambersons. [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. The Magnificent Ambersons [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection, 2018.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Welles, O., Cotten, J., Baxter, A., Moorehead, A., Haskell, M., Sante, L. and O'Brien, G. et al (2018). The magnificent ambersons. Blu-ray special edn. [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Welles, Orson, et al. The Magnificent Ambersons Blu-ray special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2018.
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