Actor: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest Director: Preston Sturges Genre: Comedy Year: 1941 Studio:Criterion Length: 94 Released:October 16, 2001 Rating:Unrated (Video) Format: DVD Misc: NTSC, Black & White Language: English Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
Additional Features
Criterion's digital transfer, created from a 35mm duplicate negative, is luminous and so sharp you can see the grain in the film. The commentary by film scholar Marian Keane is informed but academic and gets a bit cerebral as she extends her theme of role-playing to the entire film itself, constantly reminding us of the Hollywood machinery just out of frame. Peter Bogdanovich offers a more down-to-earth appreciation in his short video introduction, and James Harvey writes a lovely essay in the accompanying booklet. The disc also features the "Lux Radio Theater" adaptation performed by cast members Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Coburn (Ray Milland takes the Fonda role), Edith Head's costume designs with written comments from her memoirs (in which she describes her doomed efforts to create clothes for the snake!), stills and publicity materials, and the trailer. --Sean Axmaker
Special Features:
New digital transfer
Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
Edith Head costume designs
Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills
1942 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theater adaptation, performed by Barbara Stanwyck & Ray Milland
Actor: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest Director: Preston Sturges Genre: Comedy Year: 1941 Studio:Criterion Length: 94 Released:October 16, 2001 Rating:Unrated (Video) Format: DVD Misc: NTSC, Black & White Language: English Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
Additional Features
Criterion's digital transfer, created from a 35mm duplicate negative, is luminous and so sharp you can see the grain in the film. The commentary by film scholar Marian Keane is informed but academic and gets a bit cerebral as she extends her theme of role-playing to the entire film itself, constantly reminding us of the Hollywood machinery just out of frame. Peter Bogdanovich offers a more down-to-earth appreciation in his short video introduction, and James Harvey writes a lovely essay in the accompanying booklet. The disc also features the "Lux Radio Theater" adaptation performed by cast members Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Coburn (Ray Milland takes the Fonda role), Edith Head's costume designs with written comments from her memoirs (in which she describes her doomed efforts to create clothes for the snake!), stills and publicity materials, and the trailer. --Sean Axmaker
Special Features:
New digital transfer
Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
Edith Head costume designs
Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills
1942 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theater adaptation, performed by Barbara Stanwyck & Ray Milland
