To be or not to be
(Blu-ray) 

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Contributors
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 screenwriter,
Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956, film producer.
Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974, screenwriter.
Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960, screenwriter.
Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942 actor.
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2013.
ISBN
9781604657609, 160465760X
Status
On Shelf
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Dark comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
Theater -- Poland -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Drama.

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Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2013.
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).
Language
English
ISBN
9781604657609, 160465760X
UPC
715515108911

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
General Note
Special features: Audio commentary featuring film historian David Kalat; Pinkus's shoe palace, a 1916 German silent short directed by and starring Ernst Lubitsch, with a new piano score by Donald Sosin; Lubitsch le patron, a 2010 French documentary on the director's career; Two episodes of The Screen Guild Theater, a radio anthology series: Variety (1940), starring Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Lubitsch, and To Be or Not to Be (1942), an adaptation of the film, starring William Powell, Diana Lewis, and Sig Ruman; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1942 New York Times op-ed by Lubitsch.
Creation/Production Credits
Production designed by Vincent Korda ; photographed by Rudolph Maté ; musical score by Werner R. Heymann ; interior decoration, Julia Heron ; costumes, Irene ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, Rudolph Mat ; art director, J. McMillan Johnson, Vincent Korda ; composer, Werner Richard Heymann.
Participants/Performers
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan.
Description
As nervy as it is hilarious, a masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch, To Be Or Not To Be; is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and urgent wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled.
System Details
Blu-ray; region A; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
English dialogue; optional English SDH subtitles.
Local note
BLU-RAY

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lubitsch, E., Korda, A., Lengyel, M., Mayer, E. J., Lombard, C., Benny, J., Stack, R., Bressart, F., Atwill, L., Ridges, S., Rumann, S., Dugan, T., Korda, V., Maté, R., Heymann, W. R., Heron, J., Irene, 1., Spencer, D., Kalat, D., Binh, N. T., Bernard, J., & O'Brien, G. (2013). To be or not to be (Blu-ray special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ernst Lubitsch et al.. 2013. To Be or Not to Be. [New York]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ernst Lubitsch et al.. To Be or Not to Be [New York]: The Criterion Collection, 2013.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Lubitsch, E., Korda, A., Lengyel, M., Mayer, E. J., Lombard, C., Benny, J. and Stack, R. et al (2013). To be or not to be. Blu-ray special edn. [New York]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lubitsch, Ernst, et al. To Be or Not to Be Blu-ray special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2013.

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