The magnificent Ambersons
(Blu-ray)
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Series:
Published:
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Format:
Blu-ray
Physical Desc:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Rating:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Status:
Description
An idle young man sees the decline of his Midwestern family's fortune and power. Directed by Orson Welles.
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Unknown
ISBN:
9781681435244, 1681435241
UPC:
00715515223515, 715515223515
Notes
General Note
Title from sell sheet.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1942.
General Note
Special features: two audio commentaries; new interviews; new video essay on the film's cinematographers by scholar François Thomas; new video essay on the films score by scholar Christopher Husted; Welles on The Dick Cavett show in 1970; segment from Pampered youth, a 1925 silent adaptation of The Magnificent Ambersons; audio from a 1979 AFI symposium on Welles; two Mercury Theatre radio plays: Seventeen (1938), an adaptation of another Booth Tarkington novel by Welles, and The magnificent Ambersons (1939); trailer; essay by critic Molly Haskell.
Participants/Performers
Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Agnes Moorehead.
Description
A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Welles, O., Cotten, J., Baxter, A., Moorehead, A., & Tarkington, B. (2018). The magnificent Ambersons. [New York, New York], The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. 2018. The Magnificent Ambersons. [New York, New York], The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Orson Welles et al., The Magnificent Ambersons. [New York, New York], The Criterion Collection, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Welles, Orson, et al. The Magnificent Ambersons. [New York, New York], The Criterion Collection, 2018.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Grouped Work ID:
409d0619-c77d-8253-1b57-7702742095f3
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