Bombshell [DVD video] : the Hedy Lamarr story

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Added Author:

Dean, Alexandra, 1979- screenwriter, film director, film producer, editor of moving image work.

Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000, interviewee (expression)

Brooks, Mel, 1926- interviewee (expression)

Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022 interviewee (expression)

Osborne, Robert, 1932-2017, interviewee (expression)

Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber : Zeitgeist Films, [2018]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.

General Note:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2017.

Wide screen.

Special features: Gillian Jacobs outtake; Mel Brooks outtake; Robert Osborne outtake; interview with director Alexandra Dean; trailer.

Performers:

Interviewees, Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Osborne.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1; 16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.

Personal Subject:

Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000.

Subject Term:

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.