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Title:
The night of the hunter [DVD video]
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Abstract:
"The Night of the Hunter -- incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed -- is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic -- also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee -- is cinema's most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil."--Publisher.
General Note:
From the novel by Davis Grubb.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Digital restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Performers:
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castilo.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature -- Special features: Commentary with second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney and author Preston Neal Jones. 'The making of The night of the hunter' documentary; 'Moving pictures' documentary; 'Stanley Cortez' interview; 'Simon Callow on Charles Laughton' interview; 'The Ed Sullivan Show' excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode; Davis Grubb sketches ; Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs 'The night of the hunter, ' a two and a half hour compilation of outtakes and behind the scenes footage -- Introduction by Robert Gitt and Leonard Maltin ; Booklet: 'Holy terror, ' essay by Terrence Rafferty -- 'Downriver and heavenward with James Agee, ' essay by Michael Sragow.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Personal Subject:
Title Subject:
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Added Corporate Author:
Audience:
Not rated.
