Title:
Brute force [DVD video]
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Edition:
Special edition.
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
ISBN:
9781934121306
Abstract:
"Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains"--Container.
General Note:
Motion picture.
Based on a story by Robert Patterson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
Accompanying material: 1 booklet inside container with DVD.
"Special features include: audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini; a new interview with Paul Mason, author of Capturing the Media: Prison Discourse in Popular Culture; theatrical trailer; stills gallery; [a booklet containing] a new essay by film critic Michael Atkinson, a 1947 profile of producer Mark Hellinger, and rare correspondence between Hellinger and Production Code administrator Joseph Breen over the film's content"--Container.
Performers:
Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne DeCarlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Howard Duff, Art Smith, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell.
Technical Details:
DVD format, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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Audience:
Not rated.