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Title:
The river [blu-ray]
Edition:
Blu-ray edition.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781604659788
Abstract:
Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
General Note:
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden.
Blu-ray release of the 1951 motion picture.
Restored by the Academy Film Archive in cooperation with the British Film Institute and Janus Films.
Special features: Introduction to the film from 1962 by director Jean Renoir ; Around the river, a 2008 documentary ; interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004 ; audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000 ; Jean Renoir: A passage through India ; trailer ; essay by film scholar Ian Christie and notes on the film by Renoir.
Performers:
Narrator, June Hillman ; cast, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukerjee, Thomas E. Breen, Patricia Walters, Radha, Adrienne Corri.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
