Eclipse Series 30: Sabu! (Criterion Collection) On DVD
Actor: Sabu , Joseph Calleia, Raymond Massey, W. E. Holloway, Walter Hudd, John Qualen
Director: Zoltan Korda
Genre: Action/Adventure
Year: N/A
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 281
Released: November 29, 2011
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Color
Language:English
Subtitles :English
DESCRIPTION:
In the thirties and forties, the Indian actor known as Sabu (born Selar Shaik) captured the hearts of moviegoers in Britain and the United States as a completely new kind of big-screen icon. Sabu was a maharaja’s elephant driver when he was discovered by documentary trailblazer Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North), who cast him as the lead in Elephant Boy, a Kipling adaptation Flaherty directed with Zoltán Korda (The Four Feathers) that would prove to be enormously popular. Sabu went on to headline a series of fantasies and adventures, transcending the exoticism projected onto him by commanding the screen with effortless grace and humor. This series collects three of the lavish productions Sabu starred in for the British film titans the Korda brothers:Elephant Boy, the colonialist battle adventure The Drum, and the timeless Jungle Book.
Actor: Sabu , Joseph Calleia, Raymond Massey, W. E. Holloway, Walter Hudd, John Qualen
Director: Zoltan Korda
Genre: Action/Adventure
Year: N/A
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 281
Released: November 29, 2011
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Color
Language:English
Subtitles :English
DESCRIPTION:
In the thirties and forties, the Indian actor known as Sabu (born Selar Shaik) captured the hearts of moviegoers in Britain and the United States as a completely new kind of big-screen icon. Sabu was a maharaja’s elephant driver when he was discovered by documentary trailblazer Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North), who cast him as the lead in Elephant Boy, a Kipling adaptation Flaherty directed with Zoltán Korda (The Four Feathers) that would prove to be enormously popular. Sabu went on to headline a series of fantasies and adventures, transcending the exoticism projected onto him by commanding the screen with effortless grace and humor. This series collects three of the lavish productions Sabu starred in for the British film titans the Korda brothers:Elephant Boy, the colonialist battle adventure The Drum, and the timeless Jungle Book.
| Product Name | Eclipse Series 30: Sabu! (Criterion Collection) On DVD |
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